AATN Enterprise LLC

Complaint: [redacted] I am rejecting this response because:It seems that Mr [redacted] either had bad intentions from the beginning by planning and executing his dubious scheme or his understanding and communication is illogical for other reasons Unfortunately Mr [redacted] ’s arguments in his response doesn’t add up, but in order to help clarify what happened, I recount the events hereIt’s an unbelievably bold attempt to get my deposit, an example of very poor business practices and possibly deception/fraud.1) My agent has sent the following request to Mr [redacted] , explaining very detailed the length of the lease and the payment schedule (the actual amount was mutually reduced later to $5,a month)This is how the payment was done to Mr [redacted] .“Hi ***, [redacted] would like to rent the property at $per month from March 21st until June 21st.We suggest the following payment schedule:- now: $(deposit) + $(March prorated)- April 1st: $5500- May 1st: $5500- June 1st: $3725”2) Mr [redacted] insisted that it be done without an agent and he didn’t pay our agent a commissionUnlike Mr [redacted] , who doesn’t seem to care about creating win-win, long term and positive business relationships, our agent accepted this, so we can have the place.Question: Mr [redacted] , why did you refuse to pay your fellow realtor a commission, knowing that he was forced to accept your inappropriate proposal to make his client happy? You are a realtor yourself, this is your colleague!So without the proper support and counsel of our realtor we signed the contract with Mr [redacted] I am not sure if Mr [redacted] insisted on doing this without an agent in order to have an advantage over us, given that he is a trained Texas realtor and knows the ins and outs of the leasing contracts better than somebody like us who are new to TexasWe definitely reserve the option to complain toward the board of Texas and [redacted] realtors regarding ethics violations of Mr [redacted] .3) There have been almost a dozens encounters between Mr [redacted] and meSome of which include my business partners and other roommates at the houseWe often spoke about the move-out and it was always clear that we will be moving out at the end of leaseMr [redacted] also always verbally confirmed this and gave us no reason to suspect that he will make claims like he is doing now.4) I paid the last payment of the lease on June 1st in the amount of $3,Now Mr [redacted] claims I was already on a month-on-month lease but according to his argument, if that’s the case, I should have paid him $5,on June 1st and not $3,Mr [redacted] did not say a word or give me any written complaint about this, so I had every reason to assume that the agreement of me moving out June 20th was in effectIt completely contradicts his arguments.Question: Mr [redacted] , if I was already on a month on month as you now claim, why did you not complain about me paying you only $3,on June 1st 2015?5) I was in frequent contact with Mr [redacted] believing that I had a good relationship with himI asked him if we could extend for a few days or weeks at a discounted rate, but he didn’t want to give us a discountI talked with him on the phone regarding an extension for a few days and he agreed to extend a few days until June 28th at the prorated rate of $1,I thought everything is fine.Here is the e-mail documenting the agreement:“Dear ***,As discussed on the phone, we would like to take your offer to extend until next weekend at the prorated current rateMove-out: Sunday, June 28th.If possible I would like to pay you the days of June to June 28th out of our depositPlease let me know if that is possible for youIt would help us a lot and I think your risk is quite manageable.Please confirm the exact amount, I calculated $(8/days)Kind regards, [redacted] “Question: Why did you agree to extend until June 28th on the phone if you know claim we are already on a month-on-month lease with you? You received my e-mail above, if you know deny that you said that, why didn’t you respond to this e-mail?6) Mr [redacted] now claims that I was on a month-on-month situation with him and I didn’t give him any notice, but on June 21st he writes the following e-mail, telling me that I have to “vacate the property”“Dear [redacted] hope you dong well, as you know base on our contract you needed to vacate the Duncan property on June but you did not move out yet.I want to know your exact date of moving out, also you just paid rent or June First to June 20Th.Thanks [redacted] ***I”Question: How does that make any sense Mr [redacted] ? You are now saying that I failed to give you day notice but then you ask me to vacate the property, so I had to find a new place and deal with the related costs and you charge me for the property sitting empty while I pay for it? You also changed the locks, so I couldn’t re-enter and live there.7) Before move-out on June 28th I still didn’t suspect anything about Mr [redacted] ’s schemeHe told me on the phone that we will meet at the house and I give him the keys and a cashier's check of $,for the extra days and he will give me the deposit of $5,back on that dayI had a cleaning person there cleaning the house and she witnessed what happened nextMr [redacted] said that he will not give me the deposit of $5,back because he has days according to Texas law to do soI asked why he told me on the phone that he will give it back to me when we meet and he said, it’s my bad luck because it’s not in writingThis is when I got suspicious that he might lied to me all along to scam me for the depositHe insisted that I pay him $1,and said that he will return the deposit in daysI already sensed that there was something fishy.According to his argument now, I was still on a month-on-month contract with him at that point, but he forced me to leave the building and changed the locks.Questions: Mr [redacted] , why did you force me out of the building if you now claim that I was on a month-on-month with you? Why did you lie to me repeatedly? Do you think this fosters a good environment in the [redacted] real estate market? Do you think that’s good business practices?Summary: Based on all the written communication, it is obvious that Mr [redacted] was well aware of the exact move-out date and his agreements with me have been documented and are backed by the flow of money and actions takenHis argument that I was on a month-on-month situation is completely flawed and contradicted by the fact that Mr [redacted] asked me in writing to leave the building and changed the locksThis is not a case of a landlord needing the security deposit due to a tenant not giving timely notice, it’s a situation of a landlord carefully scheming out a situation in which he can use the fine-prints of the law to squeeze out money of a tenant in the hope that it is too much effort for the tenant to retrieve that moneyThis kind of landlord and business behavior is unworthy of an advanced economic center and growing city like [redacted] and unless Mr [redacted] comes to senses and pays the money back, I will be forced to take this to court, including criminal charges for deception/fraud Regards, [redacted]

Dear [redacted] This is a response to the claim filed by Mr [redacted] I am not sure if Mr [redacted] have submitted a copy of the lease agreement as an evidence to his claim, therefore I am sending you attached a copy of the section of the contract that addresses the Tremination of lease Please notice Paragraph 4, Item (A), of the Automatic Renewal and Notice of Termination, The lease agreement requires a written notice of termination days before the expiration date Based on our lease agreement the move out date was June 20, Mr [redacted] moved out days later, on June 29, For extra nine days he paid $on July 15, He did not pay any late fees or penalty as required by contract I sent him a statement of security deposit on July 28, 2015, a copy is in the attachment As listed in the statement, he owes $802.28, the balance of unpaid charges Please contact me if you have any questions Yours, [redacted] AATN LLC [redacted]

Complaint: [redacted]
I am rejecting this response because:It seems that Mr. [redacted] either had bad intentions from the beginning by planning and executing his dubious scheme or his understanding and communication is illogical for other reasons.  Unfortunately Mr. [redacted]’s arguments in his response doesn’t add up, but in order to help clarify what happened, I recount the events here. It’s an unbelievably bold attempt to get my deposit, an example of very poor business practices and possibly deception/fraud.1)   My agent has sent the following request to Mr. [redacted], explaining very detailed the length of the lease and the payment schedule (the actual amount was mutually reduced later to $5,000 a month). This is how the payment was done to Mr. [redacted].“Hi [redacted],[redacted] would like to rent the property at $5500 per month from March 21st until June 21st.We suggest the following payment schedule:- now: $5500 (deposit) + $1775 (March prorated)- April 1st: $5500- May 1st: $5500- June 1st: $3725”2)         Mr. [redacted] insisted that it be done without an agent and he didn’t pay our agent a commission. Unlike Mr. [redacted], who doesn’t seem to care about creating win-win, long term and positive business relationships, our agent accepted this, so we can have the place.Question: Mr. [redacted], why did you refuse to pay your fellow realtor a commission, knowing that he was forced to accept your inappropriate proposal to make his client happy? You are a realtor yourself, this is your colleague!So without the proper support and counsel of our realtor we signed the contract with Mr. [redacted]. I am not sure if Mr. [redacted] insisted on doing this without an agent in order to have an advantage over us, given that he is a trained Texas realtor and knows the ins and outs of the leasing contracts better than somebody like us who are new to Texas. We definitely reserve the option to complain toward the board of Texas and [redacted] realtors regarding ethics violations of Mr. [redacted].3)         There have been almost a dozens encounters between Mr. [redacted] and me. Some of which include my business partners and other roommates at the house. We often spoke about the move-out and it was always clear that we will be moving out at the end of lease. Mr. [redacted] also always verbally confirmed this and gave us no reason to suspect that he will make claims like he is doing now.4)         I paid the last payment of the lease on June 1st 2015 in the amount of $3,325. Now Mr. [redacted] claims I was already on a month-on-month lease but according to his argument, if that’s the case, I should have paid him $5,000 on June 1st and not $3,325. Mr. [redacted] did not say a word or give me any written complaint about this, so I had every reason to assume that the agreement of me moving out June 20th 2015 was in effect. It completely contradicts his arguments.Question: Mr. [redacted], if I was already on a month on month as you now claim, why did you not complain about me paying you only $3,325 on June 1st  2015?5)         I was in frequent contact with Mr. [redacted] believing that I had a good relationship with him. I asked him if we could extend for a few days or weeks at a discounted rate, but he didn’t want to give us a discount. I talked with him on the phone regarding an extension for a few days and he agreed to extend a few days until June 28th 2015 at the prorated rate of $1,334. I thought everything is fine.Here is the e-mail documenting the agreement:“Dear [redacted],As discussed on the phone, we would like to take your offer to extend until next weekend at the prorated current rate. Move-out: Sunday, June 28th.If possible I would like to pay you the days of June 21 to June 28th out of our deposit. Please let me know if that is possible for you. It would help us a lot and I think your risk is quite manageable.Please confirm the exact amount, I calculated $1334 (8/30 days)Kind regards,[redacted] “Question: Why did you agree to extend until June 28th 2015 on the phone if you know claim we are already on a month-on-month lease with you? You received my e-mail above, if you know deny that you said that, why didn’t you respond to this e-mail?6)         Mr. [redacted] now claims that I was on a month-on-month situation with him and I didn’t give him any notice, but on June 21st 2015 he writes the following e-mail, telling me that I have to “vacate the property”“Dear [redacted]hope you dong well, as you know base  on our contract you needed to vacate the 915  Duncan property on June 19 but  you did not move out yet.I want to know your exact date of moving out, also you just paid rent or June First  to June 20Th.Thanks[redacted]I”Question: How does that make any sense Mr. [redacted]? You are now saying that I failed to give you 30 day notice but then you ask me to vacate the property, so I had to find a new place and deal with the related costs and you charge me for the property sitting empty while I pay for it? You also changed the locks, so I couldn’t re-enter and live there.7)         Before move-out on June 28th 2015 I still didn’t suspect anything about Mr. [redacted]’s scheme. He told me on the phone that we will meet at the house and I give him the keys and a cashier's check of $,1334 for the extra days and he will give me the deposit of $5,000 back on that day. I had a cleaning person there cleaning the house and she witnessed what happened next. Mr. [redacted] said that he will not give me the deposit of $5,000 back because he has 30 days according to Texas law to do so. I asked why he told me on the phone that he will give it back to me when we meet and he said, it’s my bad luck because it’s not in writing. This is when I got suspicious that he might lied to me all along to scam me for the deposit. He insisted that I pay him $1,334 and said that he will return the deposit in 30 days. I already sensed that there was something fishy.According to his argument now, I was still on a month-on-month contract with him at that point, but he forced me to leave the building and changed the locks.Questions: Mr. [redacted], why did you force me out of the building if you now claim that I was on a month-on-month with you?  Why did you lie to me repeatedly? Do you think this fosters a good environment in the [redacted] real estate market? Do you think that’s good business practices?Summary: Based on all the written communication, it is obvious that Mr. [redacted] was well aware of the exact move-out date and his agreements with me have been documented and are backed by the flow of money and actions taken. His argument that I was on a month-on-month situation is completely flawed and contradicted by the fact that Mr. [redacted] asked me in writing to leave the building and changed the locks. This is not a case of a landlord needing the security deposit due to a tenant not giving timely notice, it’s a situation of a landlord carefully scheming out a situation in which he can use the fine-prints of the law to squeeze out money of a tenant in the hope that it is too much effort for the tenant to retrieve that money. This kind of landlord and business behavior is unworthy of an advanced economic center and growing city like [redacted] and unless Mr. [redacted] comes to senses and pays the money back, I will be forced to take this to court, including criminal charges for deception/fraud.
Regards,
[redacted]

Dear [redacted]   This is a response to the claim filed by Mr. [redacted].  I am not sure if Mr. [redacted] have submitted a copy of the lease agreement as an evidence to his claim, therefore I am sending you attached a copy of the section of the contract that...

addresses the Tremination of lease.  Please notice Paragraph 4, Item (A), of the Automatic Renewal and Notice of Termination,  The lease agreement  requires a written notice of  termination  30 days before the expiration date.  Based on our lease agreement the move out date was June 20, 2015.  Mr. [redacted] moved out 9 days later, on June 29, 1015.  For extra nine days he paid $1334 on July 15, 2015.  He did not pay any late fees or penalty as required by contract.   I sent him a statement of security deposit on July 28, 2015, a copy is in the attachment.  As listed in the statement, he owes  $802.28, the balance of unpaid charges.     Please contact me if you have any questions.   Yours,   
[redacted]
AATN LLC
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Dear [redacted]   This is a response to the claim filed by Mr. [redacted].  I am not sure if Mr. [redacted] have submitted a copy of the lease agreement as an evidence to his claim, therefore I am sending you attached a copy of the section of the contract that addresses the...

Tremination of lease.  Please notice Paragraph 4, Item (A), of the Automatic Renewal and Notice of Termination,  The lease agreement  requires a written notice of  termination  30 days before the expiration date.  Based on our lease agreement the move out date was June 20, 2015.  Mr. [redacted] moved out 9 days later, on June 29, 1015.  For extra nine days he paid $1334 on July 15, 2015.  He did not pay any late fees or penalty as required by contract.   I sent him a statement of security deposit on July 28, 2015, a copy is in the attachment.  As listed in the statement, he owes  $802.28, the balance of unpaid charges.     Please contact me if you have any questions.   Yours,   [redacted]AATN LLC[redacted]