At first I was nervous to sign a lease with HomeWorks simply because the reviews were terrible--…read morebut we liked the house and took a leap of faith. Honestly, our experience has been very pleasant! The management team has been VERY helpful and timely when a work order was submitted. The house we moved into was vacant for 5 months, and soon after we moved in we noticed a mouse problem. We were naturally very nervous and hoped HomeWorks would resolve the issue as it was preexisting. My husband and I personally purchased about $70 worth of pest control, and after submitting receipts to management they credited our rent for the following month. They were very reasonable, understanding, and helpful throughout the whole process. The only frustration I had was that the house was grimy/dirty/filthy when we moved in. The company does a "commercial cleaning", however the floors were filthy, and there were COPIOUS amounts of dog hair throughout the house. When I mopped the basement the bucket had thick mud at the bottom, even after 4 times mopping. I had to clean for a week straight-- scrubbing banisters, sweeping, and mopping multiple times before we felt comfortable unpacking. As a whole, HomeWorks is a decent place to lease from. If you read an especially terrible review, keep in mind that 9/10 times it's bitter tenants airing out their dirty laundry, for reasons that were likely their own fault in the first place. HomeWorks management are NOT slumlords.

I had to find a place at the last minute because I wanted to be close to the hospital being that…read moreI'm a travel nurse. I could've paid more for something further but I chose these jerks before even moving to IN. Note: please check for rats roaches and other animals before moving in. management is horrible and don't even ask for maintenance because it doesn't exist. You'll basically be taking over ownership of the home while your there. Nasty carpets, bathroom falling apart 2 mos after I moved in not to mention none of the vents were cleaned before I moved in which I was told they would be. Most of the people in that office lie and pass you on to another person to lie to you again until you say F** it I'm out and had to pay to break your lease. My experience may different than yours but I guarantee that yours will be close if you rent from these idiots. Read the comments.

Laurie, Billie and the entire Simply Remarkable Team were phenomenal as a resource to me when I was…read morea first time home buyer a few years back. I was surrounded by agents whos opinions I could rely on to deliver results. I was totally alien to the process when we began and Billie was so incredibly patient in navigating a shifting market that was super competitive. I know Billie and Laurie both have listed homes of all price points in the past and continue to be leaders in the St Joe County, Indiana market.

Laurie LaDow is a warrior in the real estate market…read more Being my first foray into the world of home buying, I was relatively clueless on how the entire process works. I needed an experienced professional who could concisely explain the process of buying a home to me and guide me in the right direction every step of the way. I needed someone who, instead of trying to take advantage of my inexperience, would work for me with my own interests exclusively in mind. Laurie LaDow fits that bill perfectly! I'm confident that Laurie's #1 goal truly is the satisfaction of her clients. She will not try to sell you on the first house you see so that she can make a quick transaction and closing. With her great amount of experience in showing houses, she made many observations about some of the properties we looked at that we did not notice at first. Her observations often actually steered us AWAY from those particular homes in search of something more ideal. I cannot express enough how appreciative I am of a realtor who will give her honest opinion on a matter instead of put her own interests first. After we found our ideal home and began the complicated closing process, Laurie really came through and showed her value. She handled all of the fine details, such as arranging inspections per my request and communicating with the seller through the seller's agent regarding inspection results. The MOST impressive aspect of working with Laurie was certainly her tenacity to improve the deal for her customer. For example, there was one inspection result (leaky window seals) that I didn't feel confident in asking the seller to repair. However, with Laurie's insistence on the matter, I eventually decided to ask the seller to repair the defect and replace some window panes. At first, the seller initially refused to make any repairs at all, and said that I could back out of the closing altogether if this was unacceptable. But Laurie would not allow that to stand. With my approval and her insistence, Laurie managed to convince the seller to pay half of the costs to repair the windows. That saved me several hundreds of dollars! Laurie truly will go above and beyond the call of duty in order to ensure that her customers get the best deal possible, with no hidden surprises! Laurie LaDow is an experienced and extremely professional realtor who will not disappoint you! Highly recommended!

Zero follow through and even less communication. Could not more highly discourage any kind of…read moreprofessional or working relationship with Choice Property Management.

Choice Property Management is a PM that goes above and beyond their duty. CPM has been managing my…read more4 unit apartment for a few years now and back in December 2022, just before the holidays, a pipe burst in the kitchen of one of my units while the tenant was on vacation. As soon as Jackie was alerted about the situation, her team sprang into action, was able to shut off the water to the unit, took pictures and assessed the damage, notified the tenant and me, and even helped with the clean up. There was significant damage to the kitchen and bathroom which needed to be replaced which was no small task. Several months later, Jackie and her team were still working hard on my unit, working with the insurance adjuster and making sure that restoration company that the insurance company had recommended did the repairs accurately and on-time and holding them accountable when they didn't do something correctly. Jackie is dependable, reliable, tough, a no nonsense type of PM who knows her market and the industry. As an out of state investor, it's important that you can rely on your PM to take care of your properties as if it was their own, and Jackie and her team at CPM is that PM who I would highly recommend.

used to be a great place to live... now it is a dump they do not have on site staff. They dont mow…read morethey dont plow .. friends live there and when i visit i see how horrible it is.. tenants who have lived there for a long time are moving due to the treatment and condition of the place.

The company is known for taking over properties dramatically increasing the rent yet doing a…read moreterrible job of maintaining the properties. A blind man could do a better job at maintaining this property than legacy does. No one ever does any of the bushes or the weeds. No one comes and picks up the trash that's laying all over the place. They do not care about their properties. They sit in an office and phone it in and the women who work there don't have the willingness nor the fortitude to actually come out and take care of the properties they manage

SAVE YOURSELF THE HEADACHE. Do not rent from Central Management Realty if you have other options…read more Like everyone else here, if I could leave zero stars, I would. The few times we had to call maintenance, it was always DAYS before someone came out to fix anything. I work from home and I'm in meetings most of the day, and the maintenance guy was there installing a new water heater. He was on the phone with one of the girls from the office (had her on speaker phone) cussing up a storm and gossiping about other people. Completely unprofessional. The biggest issue started when we had a small fire in our kitchen. According to the fire marshall, the fire started because the stove in our rental was decades old and there was no source of ventilation above the stove at all. The fire left us without power, and all we needed was an electrician to be sent out to inspect and turn the power back on. At one point, they sent their "maintenance guy" out again to take a look. Well, not only did he not turn on the power, but he actually SHUT OUR WATER OFF while we were there without saying anything to us. This whole time, by the way, they had put a lockbox on our door with a key in it so I guess whoever had the code could get in whenever they want. In the end, it took them nearly a week to get our power back on. In the meantime, we were living in our house without power in March, all $400 of our new groceries in our fridge went bad, and we had to spend a couple of nights in a hotel. Of course, this was of no concern to them, nor did they offer to put us up anywhere while repairs were made. We were left without a working stove for over a month. Luckily, there is a clause in our contract that allowed us to break our lease early if there were damages caused to the premises that deemed it partially unusable. I would say that not being able to cook meals would be unusable, but of course, they "disagree" lol and are still trying nickel and dime us as much as they possibly can. Oh and if I didn't already mention, we rented from Central Management Realty for a year and a half and always paid on time. Please consider this review and all of the others here and save yourself the headache and rent from a company that has a competent owner and employees.

If I could leave zero stars, I would. First off, a minor complaint, we thought that we would be…read moregetting a personal showing of the property. It was a surprise when a bunch of couples showed up. Apparently it had been changed into an Open House showing and there wasn't any warning for that, which I feel is unprofessional. We decided to try to move forward. We have been working with this company for a whole month trying to get all of the paperwork in. They won't work through third parties, so I had to ask my manager to fill out paperwork manually and turn it in. It's summer and it's slow at work, so he had time for that, but other managers might not be able to do that so beware. After a solid month of working with the company, we finally got a phone call on this past Saturday with them asking when we could bring in the deposit. The company was closed when we returned the call. Sunday they were closed. Finally, Monday, my boyfriend called to talk to them. After a month's worth of constant contact, they told us that they had already moved on and someone was coming in with their own deposit within the hour. They had not attempted to contact my number, only my boyfriend's, and they did not attempt to call us during their open hours that day. They never once got in contact with us- we called practically daily in order to know the status of our paperwork and I even came into their office on my day off in order to completely understand where we were at. We have sacrificed so much time and money in running around for these people, we have to move out of our apartment at the end of this week, and now have no place lined up to go. They didn't even offer us a phone call to tell us that we wouldn't be getting the house like they had told us they would on the phone, they emailed me (funny because they couldn't pick up a phone and call my number). We are very rational, easy to work with people and this company dragged us through every obstacle possible. If you want to be on your phone with them constantly and compete viciously and constantly with other people, go ahead.For me, 0/10, I don't even slightly recommend their services. Now on to find some comfort food and figure out a new place to live -- spoiler alert, won't be with this company.

John @ Michian Property is terrible. Believe he is bankrupt and was fired as property manager of…read morehome we were renting for not delivering rent to them and then never returned our $1300 deposit when due. If I could rate him lower I would and am looking at filing charges against him immediately.

Laurie Ladow from Cressy Everett in South Bend, IN helped us purchase our home. She was very…read moreknowledgeable, helpful and thorough (and friendly!). We would definitely use her services again.

The absolute worst experience I've ever had buying anything was with MaryBeth HoopenGarnter. She…read morenever calls, only texts. talks to you like she knows everything and has ZERO customer service skills. For starters she lost my earnest money and told me I DID after the day I drove to the office I dropped it off at the day before she found it in the trash can at the front desk AFTER I called the bank and told them they gave me the wrong paperwork. Then she only wants to reach out when she has questions, not answer yours. She also told me that I was not to pay for the inspections after I paid for my home inspections. That part of my agreement was for them to pay that so we waited until after my close date for the sellers to pay for it. Now I'm being stuck with the bill and I'm just going ahead and eating the cost after her not wanting to really do much about it. The cherry on top was the lockbox with the combination she failed to remove and a third party came by without my consent and took it off and she had the nerve to blow me up about it. Even if she offered me a free house I'd rather pay a toddler with paper money versus ever dealing with her again, at least they'll be honest with me and talk to me with respect. 0 outta 10

I rented from them for 4 years and hated everyday of it! They will say and do whatever they have…read moreto to make things good for them, they are a shady company and I wouldn't ever rent from them again nor would I ever recommend them..

Tried to put my property up with Home Keys. Signed their contract and waited for them to return it…read morewith their signature. Waited some more and found that they weren't going to sign their own contract after giving it to me to sign. This put me in a bind.

We recently rehabbed a property in the area and Sara and Randy completely helped us make decisions…read moreabout our needs as rental owners. They have experience and are local. They are not a large corporation that will not look out for your needs. They take care of our place while we are away and have a great cleaning service when our renters are done. We currently use them as managers for our property and are very satisfied. We highly recommend them!

Did not show up in mask. Unprofessional, did not give 24 hour notice for non emergency situation…read more Walked into home while my daughter and I were sleeping. Many other issues.