Vijay Shankar of Shankar Realestate 1508 coffee #j2 .I've read is a associate of your,s whom you promote online within your own advertising. The man is a outright "theif and predator ial slum landlord".Whom has used band-aid repairs and petty, bigot scapegoating deflecting of his responsibilities as a landlord to whomever is the actual of owner of property of this property.By religiously ,and with vigor avoiding replacing the failed roof with "oh! James the owner is cheap".I couldn't believe his audacity to think I had no understanding of the responsibility he has as a landlord....But for yrs and to this yr 2026 that was his excuse to me following the many failed band-aid repair,s.Which allowed water intrusion.Which then allowed mold.Vijay would recite it as proud as a child altar boy in a Catholic Church. 2023-2024 complain to Vijay of visible mold and moisture damage.That at times gave off a very bad smell.He visited once.And agreed.But it was no until Nov 2025 that he hired a mold remidiation company to remove mold.Which in my initial ignorance thought great.But,after I googled the situation.It said the water intrusion needed to be stopped first.Then address the mold. Or both repairs needed to be done simultaneously.Therefore Vijay with all his knowledge,and great reverence in the community of Modesto.Began the repairs ass backwards.Ignored tenants safety,and continued to collect rent.But as fate would have it .It actually rained during the mold remidiation as the crew demolished kitchen.The crew placed a plastic sheet over open ceiling to protect rain and wet molded insulation from entering house .And left.Never to return to remove visible wet and molded insulation.See photos.I thought they're job was incomplete.I alerted Vijay.His response was his repair man would be by to complete kitchen.However the repair man began restoration of property.in total 3 room,s had visible mold or and severe moisture damage. Now I'm thinking why was the visible molded and moisture damage insulation not removed. Why? start restoration if mold is still in house attic,s insulation.I thought this guy is letting his narcissistic and bigot habits into his business. I called an attorney.They suggested to get a 3 rd party mold inspection report.That I should first ask Vijay.And if he doesn't provide it.That I should pay to have a independent 3 rd party mold report.I did so.And it stated on 01/07/26 mold was still present in rental property.A lawsuit of owners negligence began.My attorney added that our rental was uninhabitable.That landlord was resquired to offer us relocation to a comparable housing or relocation fee,s... Vijay officially did neither.As according to my law firm at the time he never of contacted them."And it must be said that the city of Modesto also said Shankar RE never received a permit from city to do any restoration repairs to follow a mold remediation. More leaks 2026.This house leaked possibly every month of this yr it rained. Including May 27-29 approx date.I reported and shared photos with attorney and Vijay each time. Now ,not just following leaks,etc of previous yr,s and band-aid repair,s.Vijay hires cal west roofing of Modesto to allegedly replace roof. But days,if not hrs after cal west roofing had a inspection of the completed so called roof replacement.It rained.And the kitchen and hallway leaked and filled pot,s in hrs.Which will only further exasperat the growth of mold in this property...What has Vijay done since nothing.! Meaning the roof will likely leak next rain.And certainly the mold reported in 2023-24 grows in attic and ultimately throughout house. Worse he allows his tenants of more than a decade to live in uninhabitable rental property.Knowingly he has a responsibility to provide relocation fee,s or relocate us to comparable housing immediately.Not to omit my sister on fixed income has been battling cancer.Which Vijay is well aware of In closing,this a description of a preditorial theif and slum landlord.And a foolish man who will go to no limit to collect his rent and ensure his property and family is safe.And in the same breath he bigot thinking believe,s I will allow him to lie ,cheat,steal and manipulate my family...I have alerted the "defendant Vijay Shankar"that I will boycott his business and allied associate,s.Both physically and online. read more

RENTERS BEWARE!! OWNERS BEWARE! This management company rips hard working people off. They charge $35 for each occupant. My daughter and her husband need to move into a home. I knew they have little credit so I asked Liberty, who is owned by PMZ if I could CO-Sign for them. Since I have really good credit and I could guarantee the rent and home, whereas I have 5 years where I live and always pay my rent early and as far as credit pay everything on time. They said I could apply as a co occupant so they could qualify. Then they turned us down. I asked them if my credit was able to qualify on it's own, They said yes. But then came the big BUT!! They said they're credit was not enough to meet they're criteria score of 70%. I asked how close were we. They said 67%. I said 3 points off?? I said what were the factors. They said my daughter has a prior eviction in another county 4 YEARS AGO. I personally wrote the lawsuit against that landlord for failing to provide a habitable home in violation of California law. I told them there is no such thing and we could prove it. They had to sue the landlord for fraud. There was never any proceedings. Then they said they didn't live in they're current home for over a year. This also is not true. I told Liberty that the current landlord bought the home after they were in it for a period of time. We could prove that. After telling me reasons for not making the criteria, and after I told them they were not true and we'd be happy to provide proof they were incorrect, they still said they didn't fit the criteria. I know contradiction when I see it. This is outright discrimination. My daughter work full time and is being asked to be the manager where she works. Her husband gets $900 a month for disability. They would not consider that. It's like they don't want to rent so they can collect for the fee's they charge everyone. I bet if you were to audit them you would find out. So to sum it up, when we asked what made the criteria not be met, they told us why. After we offered to correct that and prove that those are not correct, they contradicted themselves and again state same stupid statement and default to "CRITERIA" as an excuse. I would have never cosigned or whatever they call it if I knew they only wanted their $105.00 in Application Fees. Yep that's right Think about it, If they charge multiple people people the $35 fee, which costs them about $5, then think about how much profit they make and how many people out there struggling for their hard earned money goes to this dishonest company. I hope if you own a home and are considering PMZ or Liberty Property Management for your management, ask them how they live with themselves ripping these people off. I say Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Me I make more money in a week than it costs to rent the duplex they wanted in a year. But my daughter, like many other families in Modesto who have had their housing prices raised so high it's ridiculous, who have to struggle just to keep food on the table and take care of their children, don't need cruel selfish people like these further stealing hard earned money from them. SHAME SHAME SHAME. read more

As a realtor, I've had the distinct pleasure of collaborating with Liberty Property Management, and I can unequivocally declare them the premier property management service in California. Their unmatched professionalism and deep market expertise position them as the leading choice for both residential and commercial property management. Liberty Property Management truly excels with their unwavering dedication to exceptional client service. They adeptly manage properties of all types, ensuring that both property owners and tenants enjoy seamless experiences. Their proactive approach means they address potential issues before they escalate, significantly boosting tenant satisfaction across residential and commercial portfolios. What distinguishes Liberty is their comprehensive property management strategy. They conduct meticulous tenant screening processes for residential properties while also strategically targeting business tenants for commercial spaces. Their efficient maintenance services are tailored to meet the unique needs of each property type, ensuring that both residential homes and commercial buildings operate smoothly. Furthermore, their innovative marketing strategies maximize visibility and expedite leasing, effectively reducing vacancy rates and increasing returns for owners. In today's competitive real estate environment, Liberty Property Management leverages the latest technology and industry insights to remain at the forefront. Their commitment to transparent communication and results-driven service makes them an invaluable ally for any realtor navigating both residential and commercial markets. If you seek a reliable, efficient, and highly respected property management company in Stockton, your search ends with Liberty Property Management. They redefine excellence in property management across all property types. Jamie MacDonald The MacDonald Group PMZ Real Estate read more

My experience with Liberty Property Management has been nothing short of exceptional from beginning to end. From the very first inquiry, the entire process felt smooth, professional, and genuinely supportive. Moving can often be stressful and overwhelming, but Liberty Property Management , especially Carla, made the journey feel organized, reassuring, and even exciting. Carla has truly been such an amazing help throughout this entire process. Her response time is phenomenal -- every question I had was answered quickly, thoroughly, and with so much patience. No matter how small or detailed my concerns were, she always took the time to explain everything clearly and made sure I felt comfortable every step of the way. That level of communication is rare, and it made a world of difference. From the application process to approval and finally renting, everything was handled efficiently and professionally. Carla has been incredibly informative, making sure I understood timelines, requirements, and next steps without ever feeling confused or left in the dark. She truly goes above and beyond for her clients. What stands out the most is her kindness and willingness to help. She doesn't just do her job -- she genuinely cares. It feels like she wants the best for the people she works with, and that personal touch makes Liberty Property Management stand out from others. She has been such a blessing during this transition. I am beyond grateful for the support, professionalism, and dedication I experienced. If you are looking for a property management company that communicates well, treats you with respect, and makes the renting process seamless, I highly recommend Liberty Property Management. And if you have the opportunity to work with Carla, you are truly in great hands. read more

Please AVOID this place! It's an unprofessional, dishonest, and scammer riffing off. I would give it a negative start if yelp allows me here. Almost a year that I used their property management service to manage some units in north Stockton. One of their property coordinator that I am still working with was quick in finding a tenant to fill the vacant unit at the beginning, thus, being over charged at 8% for management fee was justifiable. I asked $850/month per unit with $850 deposit but they gave tenant 1st free month rent, rent $550/month and just $150 deposit without checking me. During the entire occupancy over 6 months, tenant always with late rent and it ended up that I have to pay $50 per 3 day notice so what's the point managing here? They claimed tenant was late but when I checking with tenant, he provided bank statements that proved the rent was paid on time. This place again DISHONEST and can't be trusted here. All property coordinators never return my calls or email for new tenant moving in or not, what I got from them just billings for repairs and 3 day notice fee. Property coordinators and their establishment are unprofessional and all failed to perform what they are hired for. They are not hired just to collect rent. Tenant talked to me that they requested for maintenance issues to be fixed but never follow up. All issues that brought to my attention and paid but actually never fixed. This further illustrate how unprofessional and unreliable they are, not to mentioned they probably created the fake invoice and kept the fee. I am happy just couple more months that I am done with this place. Don't make the same mistakes and stay miles away from this place entirely! read more

BEWARE!!!! I strongly advise everyone...do not do business with this company unless you are ok with being screwed over & treated as if you are misbehaving child!!! If you have no choice and have to do business with Liberty, here's a couple of heads- up for you...do not for any reason believe that you will get any portion your deposit back, regardless of how clean you left the place. These people (especially Megan Hitchcock) are rude, blatantly dishonest, abrasive, aggressive, patronizing, unreasonable, condescending, and will not hesitate to lie right to your face. They will even go as far as giving you a receipt for "cleaning services" that were never performed, and then argue with you about the validity of the invoice, its absolutely ridiculous!!! Megan has to be the rudest, most aggressive, discourteous, employee I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with. I'm thinking she must b a relative of one if the owners, because no one in the right mind would hire such a rude, snobby, aggressive person, to deal with their customers!!! They will blatantly lie right to your face, with trumped up charges to clean or replace items that were never there in the first place. Threats of sending you to their legal dept , who she claims will laugh in your face, is her method of dealing with customers. I swear if I had the time to pursue it, I would take them to court in a heartbeat , laughing all the way to the bank. So if you do rent from them, make sure to document everything in writing and with photographs upon moving in, because they are not in the business of providing adequate customer service to their tenants who are moving out!!! read more

Terrible service, I'd rate even lower if possible. As tenant, part of the fees I pay go towards the staff of the property management salaries. "Heidi" forgot that part of the fees I pay go towards her salary and what I heard from her was "stop jerking around" threatened me with putting the 60-day eviction with intent to sale in my record, she even asked "do you know what a record would do to you?," and ended saying that she would personally get me out if I didn't leave by the 14th. All I asked was for 8 days extension. I have scheduled the movers for the 20th. They denied it, so looking for a solution, I reached out to the broker handling the property's sale post my departure, asking if he could contact the owner on my behalf to extend the deadline I then instructed the property management to hold onto my check until we heard from the owner. Heidi did not like that, she asked me to stop circumventing and was using a less than desirable language for a professional broker/realtor. My last day calculation was based on the date the notice was received. Despite their claims of sending emails and leaving notices, I have no such records. The only proof I have is the postmark on the envelop with the notice, which I acknowledged in good faith since it wasn't certified. Do property managers really have the authority to threaten tenants or deny an extension without consulting the owner of the property? read more

Do NOT do business with this company. I own a fourplex which this company managed for me. I specifically told them that I only accept lease term with 6 months or more. But this company never sent out leasing agreement to any of my tenants on their anniversary. The lease would just go month-to-month. When I questioned why they did not follow my instructions. They told me that they have full authorization to manage the property, including making this decision to me. Well, I specifically gave them direction of what I want and don't want! For over 6 months, I asked them to send me invoices on any repairs that I paid for. Nope, never received those invoice automatically. I had to ask them EVERY SINGLE MONTH. What a hassle. I got slow to no respond from this management company most of them time. It got so bad that I had to report my problems to BBB. Then they started to communicate with me so they could close the case at BBB. I decided to fire them due to poor performance. And they have the courage to ask me for a $1500 early termination. Their management contract is NOT to the favor of landlords. Make sure you get legal counsel before you sign contracts with them. There are so many one stars here, so I don't need to make another point for you to know that this is an awful company. I am just so glad I don't have to deal with this company. read more

My husband and I needed a rental. We paid Liberty Property Mgmnt to check our credit since they had a property we were interested in. However, we wanted to make sure the backyard would be done, not just dirt. Two weeks passed and no one even called us. We went with another company. Three months later I decided that I wanted my money back so I asked for it in an e-mail where I let Paula Zagaris know her staff was unprofessional. She promptly called me back & told me that I need proof that no one called me back & yelled at me like my mother did when I misbehaved as a small child. I was dumb founded. Needless to say I got a call back from someone else there who issued the refund. Paula Zagaris is the owner. She is the most unprofessional person I have ever dealt with in my life. Its unfortunate that people like her have to use her family name to get anywhere, but that is the only reason she's successful. Ironically I posted a complaint on Craigslist & got about 20 responses in one day, ONE DAY, stating similar unprofessionalism from Paula Zagaris. Unfortunately, Craigslist does not allow complaints using people's names so they removed it. I would not wish Paula Zagaris on even on people I don't like. read more

don't know, if I am the only person who have had bad experience with this company. But if there is more people with the experience that I will describe, let me know. Before I moved out from one of their homes in Manteca. They sent me a link very nicely asking my experience with them. My experience at that moment, wasn't that bad So I wrote a really good review. Before that event I had a big problem with one of the garage door. I have several emails asking them to fixed it, which it never happened. Anyway I was thinking of moving out I didn't really care anymore. But ones I was moving out, I called and requested one more day to fish up. I called and talked to a lady name Jacky, she said ok. But the day we were going to finish we arrived and there were a guy name. Todd. Who was talking pictures and had steals, not sure what else, but for sure that I saw on the cámaras was two cases of modelo beers. Which I didn't know until I saw the videos on my phone. Since camamaras was the last thing we removed from the house.later I will attached fotos and videos if I can And they used the pictures that this drunk guy took to keep my security deposit Really upset I will never recomend you this company. Not professional read more

Terrible customer service. A groups of us college students have been contacting Lisandra Rivera in order to obtain a house for our upcoming school year. She has essentially ghosted us. She has no problem taking our money for the application but can't take our phone calls. Not only would she hardly take our calls OR our previous landlords so they can verify with her but when she would finally pick up she had an attitude. The house we applied for was also not available and she failed to let us know when we questioned her about why it wasn't posted anymore. We aren't the only college students she has scrammed and I'm honestly disgusted in her unprofessionalism and her attitude. If I can give her a negative stars trust me I would. UPDATE: After I posted my review Paula called one of the other students in my group applying for this house and essentially threatening and yelled at her. She was completely out of line and ordered her to demand Michaels and I's reviews be taken down because they're "false". Our personal experience with this place and these people gets worst and worst. I genuinely feel that because we are college students they think they can step on us like us. Absolutely terrible. read more

Listen haters, cry me a river. I had the BEST experience with LPM. My wife, my daughter and I are relocating from Georgia and I am only able to dedicate the weekends I am in California to finding a place. I've noticed that a large majority of PM companies do not allow sight unseen applicants, which is totally understandable, but inconvenient in my situation. I spoke with HOLLY, who is a freaking rock*star, and she was able to get me the information to look at a property through Rently.com. It was the perfect house, in the perfect location. I communicated my situation with her and she totally expedited the process for me. My wife and I were notified within a couple days that we had been approved and we are ecstatic about it. SAMANTHA was involved on the approval end, she's rock*star #2, and my experience with her was wonderful! We are homeowners in Georgia, and would definitely use LPM to manage our property if they were available! I am going to finalize my paperwork tomorrow and we are very excited about this new journey in our lives. LPM, thank you for playing such a positive role! Thank you HOLLY and SAMANTHA!! read more

Overall a very pleasant experience with LPM - incredibly responsive, flexible when they can be, and has taken our concerns/issues/constraints seriously. My girlfriend and I were in a time-crunch to find a property and were forced to do a sight-unseen rental. We ran into application issues from afar due to current landlords that refused to give confirmation of tenancy, etc etc and LPM worked very hard to help us get what we needed to get our application approved. Upon finally moving in (the property is beautiful!) we had a few small issues regarding locks and outlets but we put in a maintenance request and had a response within 24 hours regarding who was going to contact us and when. Great experience so far - I'm hoping this is a new face to LPM because I would hate to run into the sort of customer service the earlier reviewers received... And when I say LPM was great, I'm referring to Hilary Leffler, the most available, attentive, and amicable Property Manager ever! note: they do accept credit cards but there is a small fee for doing so (I think it's 3%) read more

As I'm sure most of you know, people tend not to write reviews when they are happy and content. Only when we have an axe to grind do we make the effort to spread the word. That being said, I've decided to spend a few minutes to write a possitive review of this company (which is something most satisified customers would probably overlook). The professionalism, courtesy and promptness of Liberty's service is exactly what I wanted from a property management company. Being an out-of-town property owner, I am leaving my biggest investment in someone else's hands to manage. The first company I contacted took several weeks to return my calls and then did not even follow-up once I received their materials. Noelle from Liberty, promptly returned my call, and even agreed to meet me on a SATURDAY! to complete the paperwork. Reasonable fees, and I have complete trust that Liberty Property Management will manage my property better than I could. 24-hour tenant emergency service, and being HQ'd downtown Modesto sealed the deal for me. read more

This is the worst property management company I have ever dealt with. I am a tenant who pays my rent on time every month, and all I ask is that I have a decent well managed home to live in. First of all when I moved in the agent Mary never went to see the house but gave us a move in checklist wich we had to sign prior to moving in, and told us to make our notes and bring it back. Every thing is the house was filthy and broken. The person moving out before us must have gotten foreclosed on and tried to destroy the place when moving out. I have tried for several months to get the place fixed and livable, but these people are the most unprofessional bunch of lazy people I have ever seen. Dan the maintenance "supervisor" is worthless and rude! I would not rent from nor allow them to manage my place ever again! If you want to have a good renting experience don't rent a property they are managing. Landlords, you would do much better just renting it yourselves than to deal with these idiots.. read more