Stay away from Chris Richards!!!!! He is super shady, and a sorry excuse for a human being.
However, Craig Weisman is awesome, and you should totally try to deal with him if you decide to call this place! I have info below about my experience for both Craig and Chris.
I rented a warehouse space for 5 years for a family friendly, aerial fitness gym, and Chris Richards was the land lord's realtor for this space. A few weeks after I moved in, the land lord rented the unit next door to a porno company, and one day Chris Richards stopped by my space with the land lord and he had the nerve to ask me if I "ever let the porno neighbors come over and film using my aerial yoga hammocks for their scenes." I was completely appalled. No, I never allowed porno people to come film sex acts on my gym equipment that I have my clients, ages 7 and up, pay to workout on. It was completely unprofessional, inappropriate and disrespectful, and he said it all with this sh*t eating grin on his face like he was being so clever and funny. What a creep!
This is just one example of a typical encounter with this guy. Flash forward to the end of my 5 year lease....
I had about 2 months of lease left and the land lord decided he wanted to rent the space out to some people who wanted to grow weed in my unit. Chris came to me and said that they had a lease agreement already drawn up for the weed grow house people, but didn't have a move in date on it yet, and were wondering if I would be moving out early so they could move the new tenant in earlier. He told me if I found a place to move to before my lease was up that I could get out of my lease. Chris texted and/or called me every day to see if i found a space yet. There was extreme pressure coming from him to basically get out of my space quickly. I did find a new place to move to, and ended up being able to move out a couple weeks early. After i turned the keys in early I tried to get my deposit back. His response was that I was contractually obligated to rent that unit until my lease was up and because I didn't pay for the whole last month they would have to take my deposit for that. So he basically lied to my face about breaking my lease early and then bullied me into movong out earlier i had to. He was super generous though, saying, "my advice is just to move on with your life" when i confronted him about my deposit. Yeah, thanks Chris for your stellar and condescending advice! So helpful.
If you want a super shady, slimy, unethical, inappropriate realtor that will lie to you and probably screw you over then Chris Richards is your man!
I do have to say that Craig Weisman, who also works at this company, is actually a GREAT realtor, and I feel bad that he has to be stuck working next to a scumbag like Chris. I would give more stars for Craig if it weren't for the douche that is Chris Richards. Craig goes above and beyond for his clients, is always easy and responsive to get in touch with, and genuinely seems to care about helping his clients find a space that is right for them.
Chris Richards should be fired and kept somewhere with limited human interaction. read more