I had a very negative experience. I was looking for summer housing for an internship and came in contact with him. Along the way, I had come across housing through other means and contacted him about it as soon as possible. As soon as my mother informed him that I had found another place to live, he proceeded to insult her and hung up. Very short fuse. This is a portion of an email conversation following the phone call:
To Mr. Daw: Dear Mr. Daw, I know you're angry & disappointed that we didn't find a suitable property with you, & you worked very hard to try to help us. Regardless of how you feel, we appreciate your efforts & hard work... (there was more but not enough space here to put the whole thing, but you get the tone...) Parent
From Mr. Daw: I 'm deleting this w/o reading it because you don't get it. You're a helicopter parent that's enabling your daughter to behave the way she & her friends do. The sad thing is I'll never try & help anybody like this again. You're focused on doing only what's best for you & have used my good nature to get what you want. I even had a restaurant willing to give waitressing jobs to them! I embarressed myself in front of my clients that I have convinced to consider these arrangements. Nothing you could say would change my opinion that you are greedy and self serving; what a lesson to your daughter to have bitten the hand of help. Do not contact me again; what an eye opening and sad experience. read more