We recently had the unfortunate time to meet Brian Leeper. We are in the market to buy our first home. We first were going to rent, but a friend of ours who is a mortgage broker was able to get us financed, so we started shopping. We are a young, Cuban couple that have been living in Tyler for the last two years and were excited to buy our first home. We shopped and we shopped, but couldn't find anything we liked, but eventually we came across Brian's house in the paper.
We drove buy and liked what we saw so we called and set up a time to meet. Our first impression of Brian was great. We thought he was a nice guy, even though he was reluctant to shake my hand and he gave us a funny look. My first impression of the property was not good. It had a very distinct smell when we walked in. I couldn't place my finger on it, but it was nauseating. Brian's phone rang and he had to walk off, so we walked around, trying to hold our breath. After a little while we went looking for Brian, when we found him, he was still on the phone, and we heard him say, "I'm showing a house to a bunch of "the n-word" and then I'll be there.
This upset us greatly. We're not African-American, but it was incredibly offensive. We immediatly left, without saying anything.
He tried to call us but we ignored his calls. I eventually did some research and found out that he has an extensive criminal background. But the most disturbing was the property he was selling was not even in his name. I don't know what he's doing, but I believe it to be a scam. He's not a realtor, nor did he say he was. I sent a letter to the title holder to let them know what is going on. This is a warning to any potential buyers of this property. Stay away!!
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