Delighted with my experience with Atwood Management, so I have to leave a review! The staff are so…read morekind and easy to work with.

Whatever you do DONT MOVE HERE or rent from this place they are scammers!! In it for the money and…read morethat's it! Rent is insane for the apartment size and quality ( plus it's going up since no one will rent from them and they're not making money) and they do not care. I've lived here for a year and have never once heard back from the management about any issues, NOT ONCE! i communicate solely with the maintenance men who are the only people that seem to care about the residents living conditions! when we moved in they failed to set up out wifi, and of course would not respond to our messages about how/where to go to get one. We ended up having to contact the company ourselves and scheduling a time for them to put in our wifi....almost 3 weeks after moving in. Had to pay out of pocket to extend my hotspot and they refused to pay me back for their mistake. They will enter you apartment and turn off the water without notice because they "forget" to send them out. They allow dogs but there's broken glass ALL over the property that I repeatedly have to clean up. For most of the winter they didn't clean our sidewalks and my boyfriend or the downstairs neighbor would go shovel and sand so people didn't fall. We have a large problem with theft in the mail/laundry rooms and had to create a petition for the management to even consider putting up cameras. Now it's been almost a year and still no cameras but supposedly they are coming. Rent wise they charge us an extra $32 a month for "resident benefits" that we never get anything from (supposed to be coupons or free stuff from local spots) and i just found out I also have to pay annually for my dog to have a pet account each year which is another $35 on top of the $100 a month it cost to have him + $600 pet deposit that you don't get back. Overall they don't communicate or try to improve their properties AT ALL and wonder why no one wants to move in. They also have people pretending to give them 5 star reviews on google to trick people into thinking some people like them. I know because some of the account name's are people I met with/spoke to when moving in... they've boughten so many properties I believe they have to money to make decent apartments they just truly don't care about making a safe, decent place for residents to live and want to make money

SLUMBLORDS! I rented a property managed by HOM Properties in…read morethe Rochester, Minnesota area and want to share my experience to alert other potential tenants. The original rental advertisement listed a specific monthly rent amount with no mention of additional responsibilities or fees. However, at the time of lease signing, I was informed that the tenant would be required to handle all landscaping duties for the property. If I declined to perform the landscaping myself, an additional $200 per month would be added to the rent. This condition was not disclosed in the listing or any prior communications, which I found to be misleading and a significant departure from the advertised terms. During the tenancy, repair requests were frequently delayed or resolved inadequately, leaving issues unresolved or only partially fixed. At the end of the lease, I thoroughly cleaned and restored the property to excellent condition, documenting the move-out state. Despite this, HOM Properties withheld my entire security deposit (equivalent to four months' rent) and assessed additional charges of $4,800. When I disputed the deductions, they threatened legal action if the amount was not paid, noting their ownership of over 200 properties in the area and suggesting they had substantial resources to prevail in court. These practices--including undisclosed add-on fees for landscaping responsibilities, inconsistent maintenance, and aggressive deposit withholding--appear to place tenants at a disadvantage, especially those with limited financial resources. I strongly advise anyone considering a rental from HOM Properties to: * Insist on all terms, including any tenant maintenance responsibilities (such as landscaping) and associated fees, being clearly stated in writing before signing. * Thoroughly document the property's condition with dated photos and videos at move-in and move-out. * Be prepared for potential delays in repairs and challenges in recovering the security deposit. Prospective tenants should exercise caution and consider exploring other management companies in the area.

This rental company preys on young college students. They charge rent 2 times the value of the…read moreactual property. The roof was concaving on our house and the foundation leaked everytime it rained or the snow melted. They never fixed it like they claimed to us they were going to. They have so many "charges" in the lease and are quick to add them to your account without even explaining them. They scam you out of your deposit as well. I would never recommend renting from this property management company ever!! Their houses are all dumps. I would not even give this company a 1 start, but yelp makes you. Otherwise I would rate them a 0/5

SMR hands down does a great job. You listen to the lease rules and all is good. They try to update…read moreunits as much as possible. So much work is always going into the building and they do a great job! ​

I lived at Meadowview Townhomes in Sleepy Eye for 3+ years. SMR took over management about halfway…read morethrough my stay, and things continually went downhill from there. Maintenance requests were ignored, nothing was done when I called the police about domestic assault/noise complaints and reported it to management, and our rent was increased by $100 per month for "property improvements". When I finally decided I had enough of this nightmare, I did my part to clean up the apartment in order to receive my deposit back. I had the carpet professionally cleaned, scrubbed both the toilets for over an hour, and made sure I left everything in better condition than when I moved in. I even bought four new blinds for the windows (totaling $260) because I wanted the new residents to have a better experience than I did. I received my deposit in the mail 2 weeks after moving out, but they had deducted over $300 in charges/fines. Some of the items listed were completely out of my control, such as hard-water stains in the toilet (they were there when we moved in, we were also never provided a water softener, and then told that we would have to buy our own water softener if we wanted one). Additionally, there was a master lock half-installed into the bedroom door, but I figured it would be fixed eventually so I didn't mind. I was just excited to move into the apartment. This was deducted from my deposit and required 2 hours of maintenance (???) to fix. $40 stolen out of my pocket ($20 per hour). I mentioned before that I had the carpet professionally cleaned, but I was charged $125 because I didn't leave management a receipt, which was never mentioned on any paperwork. Furthermore, they added on ridiculous fines: $16 for "glass globes". I asked management what these were and where these were replaced, and I was told I would need to speak to her boss about it (?). Definitely not the right answer. I could list about 100 other things wrong with Meadowview Townhomes, but I think you get the picture. SMR has the audacity to steal from their residents' pockets in order to fix their rundown apartment complex. The extra $100 per month they added to everyone's rent went towards a new sidewalk... which only ran from the street to the managers office. What a disaster. Drugs, violence, and constant law enforcement at the apartments. I was trying to raise my newborn daughter here. TERRIBLE IDEA. I didn't get very far after complaining to management, and I figured I wasn't going to receive any further reimbursement. 0/10. Worst experience I've ever had renting. If anyone ever asks me about Meadowview Townhomes, I will steer them as far away as possible. Please pass this on if you ever hear anybody interested in living at Meadowview Apartments in Sleepy Eye.

I rented from one of Joe's houses, and it was a terrible renting experience to say the least…read more When we first moved in the house had not been cleaned at all. We spent hours cleaning. Even though we cleaned everything, the house was still caked in dust and dirt because it's so old and not properly taken care of. The house is dirty and musty and no amount of cleaning will fix it. There were holes in the walls and chipped paint everywhere. The landlord said he would fix the paint on the walls over winter break, but that never happened. We also had a huge crack in the ceiling from an upstairs toilet that overflowed a year earlier. It took about a year and 4 months for him to fix it. In the summer we had significant problems with bugs and had to throw out a lot of food because bugs would get into it. In the winter we had significant problems with mice. We asked the landlord several times to take care of the mouse problem. It took finding a mouse in my bed for him to finally call an exterminator. That was about three months after the mouse problem started. Joe expected us to show the house to potential leasers which was annoying because people would show up at our house without any notice. Additionally, he illegally entered the property at 7am with no notice while I was asleep to show the house off. After all of this, he still took a significant amount of money out of our deposit citing "cleaning." The house will never be clean because it was never taken care of and is now caked in dirt and dust. He also does not do any cleaning or updates. He leaves it up to the next residents at move in. Save your money and your sanity. This was the worst renting experience of my life.