CENTURY 21 Doug Anderson

My wife and I purchased our property through Century 21 Real Estate. in 1986. Milton Stark was our realtor, and knew everything about the Antelope Valley. He was very patient with my wife and I, and Mr. Stark made sure we were protected as buyers when we "finally" found our property. Sadly he passed in November 2016 (greatly missed). Melissa Case is now our new realtor at Century 21, in fact she just got us a great price on my dads house. She is the best realtor that I have ever dealt with, and is just an easy person to talk to. Melissa's sister has been in Antelope Valley real estate forever, and has her back when the difficult questions arise (sometimes they do...sometimes they don't). I am a huge fan of Century 21 of both the Company and the staff. I came to Century 21 with my dreams in 1986, and the people at Century 21 helped me accomplish those dreams, from my marriage (and a few friends marriages as well), the birth of my son, to the smile on my face today...it wouldn't have happened if not for Century 21. Thank You Century 21...for "Everything" !!

Great Job. We had some land my parents purchased in the 1970s. Didn't know how to sell it, and other agents in the area were either very pessimistic, or didn't know how to deal with it. KIRK SWIRCZYNSKI did a great job of listing it, making a web video, and he found buyers for both lots. He did a great job. If you want to buy/sell land in the area, I would highly recommend working with Kirk.

50 bucks for an application 24-48 hr response? No it was more like 96 hours only to be turned down due to stringent scrutiny of my credit report. I was told that the home owner wouldn’t approve, no reason given due to privacy issues. Despite being employed at the same public utility for 29 years. Stable renter for 4 years, home owner 5 years prior to that. I was approved by Logix for 100k loan towards a home, obviously not enough however not the worst credit. More than one person commented that is sounds like they had a renter already set. Awesome C21 basically took my money for nothing and made me wait, knowing they were not going to approve me? Given all that, the people at that office I spoke to were unorganized, unprofessional completely unhelpful. They offered no further help. I felt less than a second class citizen. All their good reviews are self aggrandizing, placed there by C21 to inflate their star rating! DON’T YOU BELIEVE IT !!!!!!!!

As a former Realtor, Commercial Broker, and property manager for 15 years, with offices in 3 states, I have more than a little experience in rental management. From July of 2012-July 2013, I had a very bad experience as a residential tenant with the property management side of this brokerage. Throughout the tenancy we had numerous problems with the home including malfunctioning of the heating and cooling system, stove knobs falling off causing serious gas leaks, fence boards falling off allowing neighbor's dogs from three sides to enter the yard, main front door locks not working for months, screens missing, weeks of lawn care missed that were supposed to be included in the rent, and withholding of the bulk of the deposit. When I questioned the withholding of $330 for 11 knobs for a stove that only has 5 knobs, they said we broke 11 during the tenancy. We were charged for cleaning windows and screens that were dirty when we moved in, etc, etc. We loved the home, it was my wife's first dream home, but never again through this company. I did everything I could to resolve the above issues speaking with the broker in charge of the office, the property manager, and the assistant property manager in a conference call. It was three against one, and of course, they were right about everything: I damaged the property and left it in deplorable condition. I suggest if you decide to rent, that you document every single thing in writing, the condition of the property with pictures, do your own pre-move in inspection with pictures showing scratches and tears in detail inside and out, and submit it when you sign the lease, keeping a copy for yourself. (They tried to charge us for things they said at the onset were pre-existing .) If you see problems, document them in writing at the onset of the lease. Submit ever maintenance request in writing, (they ignore their online maintenance request system.) Send the maintenance request as certified mail, and get a receipt. Keep all your records in a safe place. Keep a copy of everything, You will probably need it. Do not depend on their staff to take a maintenance request over the phone. We had to ask over 5 times to get the front door lock repaired. Each time they acted like they had never received the request or had already fixed the locks Beware..

Illegal deductions from security deposit. Make sure you know what your rights are as a tenant! They are not legally allowed to charge cleaning fees for normal wear and tear! They are the worst. Never again will we use them.