MIMS CZ2 Real Estate

The management confirmed the photos on their website were accurate and that the rental space I was interested in was "move-in ready." Based on their guarantee of unit fidelity to the "recent" (their word) images on their website, I placed a deposit on the unit discussed. On arrival in town and being shown the unit, I was appalled. It was filthy. The bathroom alone was a horror story. Appliances were broken, fixtures were ancient and dilapidated, and the sink and toilet were unsanitary--certainly not "move-in ready" as the management had promised. I asked if the company would first clean the unit so that it was up to the standards of their advertisement. They refused, asserting the unit was "rent as is." Despite my having digital photos showing the unit was NOT in the condition advertised on the company's website, the company maintains its images were accurate and that the images I took are merely my "subjective" assessment. This kind of abrogation of truth in advertising laws is, sadly, common in the property management business, reflecting what the US government itself finds--that there is not a single US county with sufficient availability of affordable housing. Consequently, consumers are often pressured into accepting questionable or even illegal rental conditions to satisfy a basic human need, housing. MIMS CZ2 takes advantage of this by using false advertising of at least some of its units to lure at-distance consumers like me into placing deposits on units, then refusing to rehab the units so they are consistent with its corporate website's images. MIMS is happy, however, to pocket consumers' fees when it becomes obvious their advertisement was false. MIMS CZ2's owner/manager has also threatened to destroy my credit should I choose to pursue this matter in court, hoping, thereby, to silence me and make this matter go away. Contrast the first two photos attached (images I took on my cell phone and which are characteristic of the state of the apartment when I viewed it) with the last two which were advertised on the company's website for the specific unit I placed a deposit on). Yet the company maintains its unit was clean and "move-in ready."