Is local Billings Landlord JD Kober a slumlord? Looks like…read moreit! Unsafe conditions on property... When people rent a house they hope that the landlord will respect their need for safety. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Some landlords do not make it a priority to ensure the safety of their tenants. This type of behavior should be announced to the community. It gives people doing some due diligence the chance to find the answers that they are seeking. The general public deserves to have access to information about their soon-to-be landlord. I have found one such situation that I would like to address today. It should be expected that a landlord will not leave extremely dangerous materials laying about unattended, especially where children can access them. Most people try to give their landlord the chance to correct the problem. They would simply remind them to clean up after themselves. This is, of course, what my wife and I did when our landlord JD Kober left a mess. We discovered that he left many boards laying around our property unattended, after he worked on a fence. The boards had rusty nails sticking out, so we asked him to clean them up as soon as possible. Most landlords would only need it mentioned once before they got their rusty nails taken care of, but it took JD Kober more. We were extremely unhappy with the situation. He messaged us, "Please ask your little guys to ignore those until I can get there." I have children that are 3 years old, 8 years old, and 12 years old. This went on for a long time considering how dangerous the situation was. We kept our kids away from the boards and out of the yard all-together because of it. I would have cleaned them up myself if the landlord would have told us how long it was going to take. I did not want to put myself at risk because of his carelessness, so I decided not too. Weeks and weeks later those boards were still sitting right there waiting to be taken away. The mess that was left in May took until July to be cleaned up. No future tenant should be forced to accept such behavior without fair warning first. He also harassingly called us after 9pm over and over again even after being told to stop.

Most kind hearted and fair landlord we have ever had the pleasure of renting from. We had multiple…read moreissues and he was always on top of getting someone to our house to fix the problem. He is more than fair on rent prices. Great soul.

I live at a a complex ran by this company for 10 years. Horrible experience. no one in the office…read morethen would blame you for the unresolved issues. rude managers. lots of crime on the property that was protected by the management due to them being family. I went two years without a heater in Montana. i finally moved out after they raised the rent over 700$ then they hit me with a bogus 1000$ charge they could not be explained. please don't rent from these crooks.

This review is specific to the Missoula property Orchard Gardens, but Tamarack in Billings also…read morewill not help tenants experiencing issues with the Missoula staff. Update December 2024: DO NOT RENT FROM THEM!!! I stand by my previous review after having rented from them for almost 3 years. Due to the rental market in Missoula, this was the only place we could afford during that time. They do not do maintenance on these apartments when there is a problem, a simple drive around the property and you would see the buildings are in disrepair. Screens are gone or falling off, paint is peeling, exterior window trims are dangling by a single nail. Even the central courtyard looks sketchy. The interior is not much better, we had outstanding maintenance requests that were never repaired from our move-in inspection. We lived there one month shy of three years before we left. In the time we lived there, we went through at least 5 property managers. The office staff was always changing and even though they posted the hours, and significantly reduced them, no one was ever in the office if you needed them. I was told that I would be evicted Dec 2023 because I did not complete my recertification, but it wasn't due until April 2024 and I hadn't been able to schedule a meeting with them for the recertification. I paid my rent on time, drove it to the office each time, which since the office was always closed resulted in placing it in a drop box outside the building even during office hours. They were quick to send letters stating that they would evict you and when you would finally get a hold of them, they would say they didn't know what letter you were referring to and that they weren't pursuing eviction. I had a VA case manager that was helping me and they would say one thing to me and another to her. Finally, she told them to knock it off since she was sent the same paperwork and also was notified when the rent was paid. The mental load and stress they give you was exhausting. When they finally started doing the unit inspections, the person that went with the property manager had said I was violating the law by having a ring doorbell; I had permission for all the modifications made to my unit, none of which were illegal or permanent. The guy then went around telling all my neighbors that I was breaking the law. It was all caught on my video doorbell and baby cameras in my unit. When I brought it up with tamarack, the PM told me it was nothing and that if I wanted I could file a complaint. I had to reach out to Billings to do so and then nothing was done about it. They also violated my privacy when inspecting my unit by opening closets and storage areas that have nothing to do with the wellbeing of the unit. My wardrobe and underwear are none of their business. Because I took such great care of my unit (as told during the inspections when present and on camera when absent), I was subject to extra inspections for them to show the owners and higher-ups that the units were being taken care of. Originally from March 2021: This property management is unorganized, undependable, and incompetent. I applied to the waitlist and waited almost two years for the property I was interested to have an availability. I paid the deposit when I applied and completed all the required paperwork. Two years later, I am notified of an opening, update all the required paperwork promptly, and state that I would like the apartment. They go through "checking my file" multiple times (each time they find something else I need to complete) and call me nearly every day, sometimes in upwards of 5 times in a day. The apartment I am waiting for is in repairs for over 3 months and my applicant file took 4 months to get right before they sent it to compliance. Mind you, all the paperwork was submitted promptly (usually within hours) when it was requested. I asked if my file was complete with the exception of my move voucher and was told yes. I wanted to be sure it would move quickly once I received my voucher since they are time limited. I gave them my voucher and request for tenancy approval the day I received them and it took them a month to return it to the housing authority. I received an email stating I would need to pay my deferred application fee when I moved in, to which I replied with the specific check/date/bank information of the payment I already made for it. Also, I was given a tentative move in date of the first week of the month. So I gave my 30 day notice to my current landlord for the middle of the month. I am now about a week away from my move in date and still haven't even been able to see the apartment, due to repairs. I called and emailed asking if it would be done it time for my move and they haven't returned my call or email. Moving is hard enough, avoid the headache and choose a landlord/property management that values you as a tenant.

Great customer service, took the time to listen to my situation and worked with me to find my new…read morehome. I appreciate all of their help.

From the owner: Specializing in quality rental properties at reasonable rates. We will strive to treat all…read moreapplicants and tenants in a fair and consistent manner. We believe that doing this while providing quality rental units at reasonable rates offers the public the right combination in their housing needs.

if I could give zero stars, I would. I have had maintenance issues for MONTHS and not only will…read morethey not fix them, they have extremely poor communication. I've had to reach out multiple times for them to just tell me they will let me know. Which of course, they don't. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone.

Beware of this landlord. They are so careless for renters. They only care about how to help the…read moreowner make money. Rent increase $250 within 6 months. When we call them, they said "nothing we can do". When they could say something better, offer a different apartment or more options. But they just don't care. And they make the owner looks bad too. They make it sounds like the owner is a cold blood business man that will keep increasing the rent and their job is just collecting money.

Rainbow property management has been very good to me. When I was sick in the hospital julie went…read moreand took care of my cat she made sure that my cat had everything that he needed. The staff at RPM has always been nice and helpful to me.

We waited six weeks to hear back from Rainbow Property Management about the property we wanted to…read morerent. At the last minute, they asked us to send a picture of our dog, which made us believe they were still considering our application. After the long wait, we were told that we did not qualify because our credit score was not high enough. We are disappointed that it took six weeks to receive this decision, especially since the credit requirement could have been reviewed and communicated much sooner

Obviously a place that does not understand a non-traditional rental situation. Judgmental towards…read moresingle moms, part-time workers, poor credit and big families. They want "good on paper" people. Not truthfulness. Come here if you want a brutal, hurtful lecture on all the things you've done wrong in life. Bonus points if you can make it through the rejection without crying ... because I couldn't. First, not hearing back from someone's prior landlord does not make it a negative rental experience. Some landlords are just busy or on vacation. We have paid each and every lease break fee we've ever had. Second, I am a stay-at-home mom who gets child support and was able to verify ~20K in savings. You knew before apps we were interested in prepaying a portion of the lease to offset income. The rest of us have jobs or are in the hiring process. You just didn't like them. You should be reported to Fair Housing for your discrimination towards our family situation. I DO NOT have maxed balances. My daughter does. You can think you were on the "right" side of this (and have your relatives counteract our authentic reviews) but as a property manager you are unprofessional and a hypocrite. Your "give me and us a chance" motto is laughable.

My family and I were applying for a place and requested a 4bed property that we viewed and loved…read more Chris, the leasing manager, was actually surpassingly communicative. Upon application he took a while but then rejected us. We were up front about our employment situations, references, credit, and everything required. We asked for info on why and he gave a lecture to our mother about years past history that had absolutely nothing to do with this rental. On top of that he straight up lied saying that multiple people were unemployed (which is false and the employed persons even provided offer letters and pay rates). Now he is trashing our Google reviews with lies about rental references (which he was unable to contact and blames us about), savings (which he says we didn't have even though we clearly provided photo evidence, he just didn't like), and lies about our credit (which was made PERFECTLY clear from the beginning in both text and in person). He is also asking his relatives to put in false reviews to boost the ratings of his business! That is ridiculous and low for a business that claims excellence to do. I am saddened to see the current state of property management. Take your money and go elsewhere. Probably won't find any other decent property management companies in Billings anyways.

0 stars, this was a absolutely horrible experience. We are moving to Billings in the next two…read moreweeks. The townhome on 2027 lake hill dr, billing, mt. I really feel bad for the owners because this management company has one in particular woman named Robin who is rude, unprofessional and makes everything extremely complicated. We applied on a Friday (2/6) and just got APPROVED today (2/12) . During the application process they said we were lying about our income and because myself, husband and my mother who comes in and out every location I've lived out all were applications and all applied . My husband is a coach so we have lived in multiple cities and our families have to always come to us due to his schedule. For whatever reason they thought we were lying about why my mom needs to be on the application. Mind you, my mom makes 10k a month and regardless if she wants to live there and be on the application or not we all had PLENTY of financial proof of income to be approved. What does it matter. If she wanted to be in it alone and never be there. ITS GETTING PAID FOR SO WHY GIVE US SUCH A HARD TIME!!! Which again we were approved finalllly after the integrations and basically calling us liars. Go find my moms review and you will hear more about that and told them via phone we will be doing these reviews. Anyways we are happy to say that we denied the offer to move forward with them and are completely happy with not staying there. Western Management aka Mrs Robin was a TERRIBLE start to our experience with people in this area and once we started digging we realized a lot of people have said awful things about her and we will continue to make sure we write these review on every and any sites we can about this place. 0 stars. Save the response because it'll just say we are so sorry about you're experience and then never change. Don't waste your time here. And go ahead and send Robin our $80 from our application fees since she clearly need it more than we do.

I rented an apartment through these people for about 6 month in Billings, MT. I cleaned this place…read morefor hours. The inspection guy came by while I was there and he created a long list of additional cleaning I needed to do to "keep my deposit". I cleaned for 3 more hours. That place was spotless, WAY cleaner that when I moved in. Just got a letter saying that they had to hire 3 more hours of professional cleaning ($115.00). These people are a total ripoff. Good luck if you choose to work with Western Management.

I know this woman (Judy) and I can tell you that she is a liar. She is the kind of woman who…read moreeventually believes the lies she spins - know the type? She tried to affix blame to the tenant for structural damages caused by her un-permitted changes to a load bearing wall! Jeanette had no choice but to fire her as a client because Judy is liar, a racist, and she cares nothing for Fair Housing Laws. Do not work with this clown - she is a horrible person.

debizel property managers don't care about there renters because if they did they would enforce the…read morerental agreement I have been living in this apartment for two years and and a new person moved in right below me and she has Ben smoking pot and cigarettes and I have reported her about 6 times and still nothing has Ben done it states in the lease no smoking in the apartment but she gets away with it and I have to smell her pot and cigarettes I think that this property management company needs to do there job and stop ignoring renters complaints it is not fair for the renter to have to smell pot and cigarette smoke she does this every day and night

We rented with Debizel for 2 years before buying our home. They were always quick with any repairs…read morethat needed to be done. The best rental company around town.

We've lived here for less than six months and they've scheduled 3 inspections. Absolutely an…read moreinvasion of privacy. Worst company. Look elsewhere.

Paid our application fee to this property management company as well, was told at the front desk it…read morewould be 72 hours, this was last Monday 8/1, and we submitted the paperwork they told us too, and when I asked a simple question to the man at the front desk a very rude lady answered by saying no! They remind me of BP asset management, and Metro Property management, stay away!!! Dodged a bullet with this company too, and I'm soo happy the place we wanted rented. Said rude lady yelled no! At me from another office, if that is the way they treat potential renters, than I'm glad she was rude!