This property management company is unprofessional and doesn't take responsibility for its tenants and the nonsense their tenant put the neighborhood through.
Since their tenant has moved in there have been four shootings at the property and three were drive-by shootings.
On the second occasion a man exited the property and returned fire to the fleeing car, shooting out its back window. This is fact and the Columbia Police will confirm it.
After the second incident my tenant - as well as I - called Southern Properties/Re/Max Rental Resources, LLC and I spoke with Susan Horak, who was apologetic and told me she would have her property manager (who ran that property) call me.
I received a call from a woman whose name I don't remember but I have her telephone number as she called and than texted me. So the business can identify her, the last two digits of the phone number are '66'.
The property manager was not only combative but inept. She claimed there was no police report, which is untrue. I sent her a link to the police report. I also urged her to contact my tenant for video, details and a police contact who could fill her in, which the property manager refused to do.
After I texted her the link to the police report she stated "I am going to silence my phone now as it's Sunday and I would like to spend some time with my family" only to (after I didn't respond as she claimed she was silencing her phone) send me several passive aggressive texts off in a row unrelated to the shooting.
She also claimed her tenant had nothing to do with the shootings because she was at work, however, if the property manager took a moment to be an adult and to perform her job she would have learned from the officer that there's a man who isn't on the lease who's staying at the property and as mentioned, returned fire after the property was shot at.
It would be great if your property manager did her job; hopefully the next tenant you put into the property and his/her cohabitants who are/aren't on the lease doesn't cause any more shootings, violence or nuisances in the neighborhood.
We're not interested in dealing with bad tenants, their enemies or a slumlord property management company who denies their tenant did anything wrong.
Since the property manager felt the need to give me advice on how to run my business I'll give her a piece of advice in return: If a security deposit goes toward fixing bullet holes you're not screening your tenants properly. read more