Finding info on owner or property

By Chrob

How do I find out how to contact the owner of my apt complex?  I live in a small privately owned complex, the owner hired an individual, not a mgmt company – to live on and be the manager – the only contact number there is available is through her.  She is doing a poor job of maintaining the property – when I ask her about it – she blames it on the owner being cheap – however, now it’s not just cosmetics anymore, the requested repairs are not being done and those being done are done poorly and I fear improperly.  We wait months for simple repairs like fixing a door lock – she hired another resident to do repairs – who knows if they are qualified – I feel this is unsafe for me and my property.

Edited on: Monday, October 31st, 2011 1:40 pm

One Response to “Finding info on owner or property”

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anonymous

October 9th, 2010 2:42 am

To find out who owns the rental property can be done, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that things will get done. Some landlord operate on a basis of being slumlords. Not that they want to be slumlords but that they avoid expenses at all cost.

Most likely if you get in touch with the owner of the property, he/she will probably direct you back to the apartment manager whom they have hired to deal directly with tenants. A lot of property owners will refuse to deal with tenants at any level. If the landlord (owner) has purposely hidden all of his/her info from the contract, then you can be sure that they want nothing to do with tenants. (At least on a personal basis) The owner is probably very aware of your repair request but is not willing to do them either because they are costly or not required by law.

I would think that you would have best luck filing a complaint against the landlord. Most likely this will hold a lot more weight than if you were to call him or mail him something out of the blue. If its that big of a problem for you, file a complaint with the RPA, and let the apartment manger go straight to the landlord with the legal notices sent by the RPA. I’m sure that will get the owners best attention.

Or, if you really want to track down the owner to approach him/ her yourself you can contact your county registrar to request the how to find the ownership info on your rental. It will vary by county, but often times they may be able to provide you this data for a small fee or even for free.


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