Robert L. Jensen & Associate is one of the big companies in central valley who manages from residential to commercial properties, but despite of what the company manages. The concern for many people here in central valley is the company work ethics, honesty and integrity.
Robert L. Jensen & Associate hired managers to manage buildings such as apartment's complex, but there have been numerous incident involving integrity, honesty and how their employee's (managements) treating their tenants. The company been known to mysteriously misplaced numerous tenants paper works, such as tenants contracts and other legal documents. The company then turned around and raises the rent amount from $50 to $100. This maybe okay, if it's done with honesty and integrity.instead this was not the case for many tenants, especially the tenants who is on a signed contract for a certain time period.
When the tenants received notice that their rent is being raised, they were surprised, because they wonder how can the company and its manager raised their rent when the tenants is on a signed contract. So the tenants went to the manager office and asked the manager why their rent is being raised when they have signed a contract for a certain time period. The manager looked into the tenants files and said, we don't have your contract in our files.
My question is, how can a company and its manager misplaced tenants contracts when there is one file for each unit? Well, let's see, maybe the company and its manager trying to pull a fast one or better yet practicing dishonest business.
The company and its manager also been known to be racially motivated and incompetent about their job, especially when it comes to responding to tenants complaints. One particular manager who works for Robert L. Jensen & Associate seem to allowed only there people of color into the complex, ever since the company took over the complex about 1.5 years ago. The complex used to be more divers and now many tenants had moved due to various reasons, but the reason boiled down to the way managements treating their tenants, with poor attitude and unprofessional degrading manner.
The Tenants and Landlord Laws stated that landlords may not discriminate a potential renter base on color, creed, races etc., but yet this particular manager (Rick Larson) from Robert L. Jensen & Associate does it freely.
Who to punish this company and its associate? Well maybe if the company and its associate are to be exposed to the media, maybe and just maybe then, they will stop being a races bastard and treat their tenants with a little more respect and dignity and maybe do their job with some integrity.
Sometime people who rent an apartment's wonder, when you come across an apartment manger that is dishonest and have no integrity or moral values. What would you do for those who don't have a voice of their own? The people who rent an apartment sometime feared that they would get rip off of their deposit or even be treated poorly, especially for those who don't understand about the Tenants and Landlord Laws.
Now I'm not saying I'm an expert in the Tenants and Landlord Laws, but I do know when something is not right. I also know that honesty and integrity should come with the job description as well as treating people with respect and dignity and with a little common courtesy.
Warning:
A privious tenant of briarwood apartment receivied $80 out of $700 security deposit
Prior to moving in, management did not do a walk through inspection with the tenant
Management then turn around and charged this privious tenant out ragious charges
It does not cost $300 to clean the carpet. Carpet cleaning is between $55 to $65, this is what the carpet cleaning company charged at briarwood apartment
Robert l. Jensen and associates has been known to have numerous complaint with the fair housing department
Know you rights as a renter!!!
F.Y. I
All tenants at briarwood
The complex you are currently residing in is managed by
robert l. Jensen & associates
2160 north fine, fresno, ca 93727
559-252-4525
If you feel you have been discriminated, you have the right to notify your local department of fair housing in central california
559-244-2950
Security deposit
Know your rights when you departure your unit: management has three weeks after you departure from your unit to refund your deposit and/or notify you of the charges. You have the right to asked for itemize charges and conduct your own investigation for any possible dishonesty within the company or you can contact your local district attorney office if you feel the company have committed fraud
There is no longer a formal distinction among tenant deposits, i.E., security, cleaning, last month rent, pet, key, waterbed deposits, etc. California recognizes only a unitary security deposit. This is defined as any advance payment to the landlord to be used to remedy defaults in rent payments, repair of damage to the premises exclusive of normal wear and tear, cleaning upon vacation by the tenant, or to restore damage to specified landlord personal property in the custody of the tenant where the rental agreement so provides. Landlords may not charge any non-refundable deposits or "fees" {Civil Code Sec. 1950.5}.
The statute implies, but does not explicitly require, that this deposit be held separate by the landlord. Payment of interest is not required by State law, but several local jurisdictions do require it. Landlords who own rentals in Berkeley, Cotati, East Palo Alto, Hayward, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Santa Monica, Watsonville and West Hollywood must pay interest to tenants on deposits. Call the applicable rent board, city clerk or apartment association for further information or requirements.
The security deposit may not exceed three months' rent if the premises are rented furnished, two months rent if they are rented unfurnished. An amount equal to an extra one-half months rent if the tenant has a waterbed {Civil Code Sec. 1950.5}.
Within three weeks (21 days) of the date the tenant vacates the landlord must provide an accounting of any charges to the deposit in writing. The landlord may not charge for repairs, cleaning, etc., above and beyond reasonable wear and tear. The accounting may be mailed to the tenant's last known address together with any refund due. Failure to do this in bad faith subjects the landlord to any actual damage suffered by the tenant, as determined by the court, plus statutory damages of up to $600 {Civil Code Sec. 1950.5}.
When the landlord sells the property, before title passes, he must elect to refund any unused portions of tenant deposits to the tenants, with an accounting similar to the one mentioned above, or to transfer the unused portions of such deposits to the new owner through escrow, together with such accounting. Failure to do so subjects the new owner to joint and several liability with the old owner to any aggrieved tenants for damages {Civil Code Sec. 1950.5}.
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