I found an ad in Craigslist for a home available for a Lease Option. I called the number in the (650) 263-3209
And I was told over the phone that the home owner of the house that I am interested in doing a lease option has signed up with www.newhousehunters.com and that all I needed to do was call the owner to set up a walk through. And the owner's information will be available in their website. However, I needed to pay $40.00 and this information would be made available to me.
However, this is not the case, I never received the login information. And my Realtor friend was able to find the owner info in Public Records which we contacted and the Home Owner had no idea their home was being advertised.
Further, I did some research and found that the website merely aggregates pre-foreclosure data and the bulk of home owners don't know that the home is being advertised their system posts the listing using the Google maps pictures.
See: http://sfbay. Craigslist.org/pen/apa/3410245493.html
This is the property I was interested in.
I have requested a cancellation on the following grounds:
1) Services not received (I have not received the login information and never logged in)
2) Services not as advertised. (Ad states property is available for a lease option, but the owner is not even aware the home is being advertised).
3) Bait and switch tactic (the Craiglist ad appears in the lease section but no lease option is not available, instead the I ended up signing up for membership in for their website, and no login was ever provided.)
I never heard back from House Hunters LLC regarding my cancellation and refund request.
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