Apartment Review for Trends Capital, Llc Aka Jlb Investment Properties - Pittsburgh, PA

I cannot express in words my distain for this company and the people who work there. I know that I will be merely repeating the reviews of others (minus those that Jason Cohen wrote himself), but it will be theraputic for me to reflect on how truly vicious and greedy these people are and how willing they are to put their tenants comfort, sanity, and lives at risk to make a dollar. Here goes. I moved in to the 1401 Mervin avenue apartment last August with my girlfriend. The rent was reasonable, but not cheap for a 2 BR, $600 plus electric and hot water. The lies began with the first meeting. I was told that there would be a parking spot reserved for me behind the building. Since I have lived in Oakland and hate to drive around the block looking for parking spaces this was a big sell for me. I signed the lease, only to find out later that three were no reserved spaces behind the building, it was a first-come-first-serve system. I overlooked that problem. I was already busy tending to the next problem. After less than a week we had a hard rain, and since had the misfortune of renting an apartment on the top floor I found myself putting buckets under several leeks that dripped grimy, filthy, smelly, brown water. I called several times, but I only got their answering service who told me that there was nothing they could do to help since it was after hours, so it turns out that the old "Our phones answer 24 hours a day," line was BS as well. It took them a solid week to get a maintenance person to "fix," the roof. He put a "quick and dirty," coat of tar on the roof above my place that lasted for another 3 months until it started to snow and it happened all over again. Subsequent reqests were utterly ignored. As it happens I left my apartment, 1 year later, with a bowed ceiling that was still leaking water. Speaking of winter. When it got cold that "free heat," that I signed on for kicked in, and let me tell you, you get what you pay for. I had to develop a morning routine, it was so bitterly cold. I bought a space heater and turned it on the moment that I woke up and then ran to the warm shower while the bedroom heated up. After a warm shower I had to race back to my room before I froze to death and dry myself off in front of the warm heater. Most people dont like to show up to work in the morning, the prospect of warm ensured that I was never late. I am not joking about the heat. I could see my freaking breath! Beleive it or not that s not all. Nine months into the lease my stove started leaking gas. When my girlfriend started to smell it we called the gas company and it was red tagged and shut off. I notified them of the problem on a weekly basis for the next 3 months and it was FINALLY fixed a few weeks before I left the apartment. And as for a security deposit... forget it. I did not even bother trying to get one. I have a few friends who have tried and failed and I have read dozens of reviews that made it clear that you should not expect to get it back. I am going to close this little diatribe with a last thought. When I dropped my keys off to the rental office I noticed a beautiful jet black lexus sitting in front. I can only imagine that it was Jason Cohen's lexus and it infuriated me to think that he was making the payments off of my suffering. Before you rent here, ask yourself if you want to fund his next luxury car with you sweat and tears. If you think that I am joshing you check out this link: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08160/888291-53.stm