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Hey there,
I’m in a bit of a pickle with a realtor, and was hoping that perhaps you all on here might have some advice on how to rectify this situation.

As a back story, for several days at the end of last month, my partner and I thought we would have to leave our apartment, so we blindly started searching and blindly signed an application for one apartment, leaving with them about $1500- the first month’s rent/deposit, which they told us was non-refundable unless we were denied the apartment. A day later, while browsing their site, we noticed an apartment that we were not shown, and requested to see it. Again, we blindly switched the application over to this new apartment (a studio) but did not initial, etc. the changes on the paper- the realtor took care of this at our request.

They did not run a background/credit check on me, so I am also owed that fee and there is no way that my partner alone could pass the application for said apartment.

Long story short, we no longer have to leave our home and want our money back.

We are pretty sure that we would be denied the studio based on my partner’s income (in retail) and my poor credit store and low income (I am a full-time student and a part-time barista), but have a feeling they would approve us out of spite. The best they can offer us is to put the money towards another place- but by June. Again, we now have no intention of leaving our space. The last correspondance from the realtor was today and in addition to basically being told to fuck off we were also told that the manager doesn’t make it a habit to contact clients.

In summation, we feel like we are being taken advantage of and also strongly believe that we are deserving of our money back, because to us, $1500 is nothing to sneeze at.

We are preparing to file a complaint with the Dept. of State in the hopes of getting some legal help.

Anyone out there have any other ideas, advice, etc?

THANK YOU!