Although SOME of my experiences with Anthony were positive, there were many signs that he was only…read morewilling to do the bare minimum when it came to repairs and maintenance. On one occasion, Anthony came over to put a $5, double-stick tape fix on the livingroom window, which daylight could be seen through. He then asked us not to open the window. This is after we asked him to repair it properly many times. The tape, which was left on there for months, started coming off on its own making it a complete eyesore for us to stare at all day long. Later, after moving out, we saw where our pilfered security deposit went, as he had completely rebuilt the window frame on our dime.
Not only that, he had his son move into a unit in the back of our place where he caused enough commotion with his live-in, unauthorized girlfriend, to have the cops called on him several times. Of course, they came to my door first because our unit was in the front of the house. A couple of these times in the middle of the night. They thought the commotion was caused by us and the cops made me wake my wife up so they could "make sure she was ok." Humiliating to say the least and unfortunately, Anthony refused to really do anything about it, even when his son was using the backyard as his own personal landfill, literally throwing his trash into a pile for all manner of critter to come and feast on.
He also strategically places "storage structures" on a lot of his properties so he can basically roll up whenever he wants...NOT cool. No notice, no nothing, just Anthony roaming into the back yard unannounced.
This is not just coming from a couple of incidents, I rented 2 different places from him over the course of about 5 years. When we were leaving the first house, I had a very expensive oilless compressor that was stolen out of the storage onsite. When I asked him if he maybe knew anything about it, the first thing out of his mouth was, "Well, I didn't do it. I'd be willing to take a lie detector test." ....who says that?! He was very strange towards me after that day. Obviously, I was never able to prove he took it, but anyone who comes back with that reply is probably guilty. I never even came close to accusing him and he came out with that. Either he's extremely paranoid, or a thief.
All in all, I consider him to be a classic slumlord who ultimately caused me and my wife a ton of grief while living at his properties.
We're glad to be homeowners now and not dealing with the parasitic landlords that are so synonymous with Santa Cruz County.
Renters beware!