Lepman Properties

It bothers me more than it should that everyone is quick to tear down a property management group because they feel above a set of rules that are readily available to them. The entitlement can be suffocating when you’re looking for honest reviews on a company that you’re thinking of working with.
Yes, you have to meet an income requirement. So figure it out before you apply or speak with them directly.
Yes, there are rules to follow because you don’t own the property. They do have to protect their overall investment. They have to be strict or they risk leaving themselves exposed to people will who take advantage and violating laws. This goes for every-​single-​person you’ll ever rent from, so learn it quickly or you’ll hate every single place you rent from for the rest of your life.
Treat a landlord like you would treat any business deal. They are not your parents, they are not your friends. If you show respect and understanding of proper business transactions, you will be treated well in return.
I adore the place that I rent through Lepman. They just updated the lighting and facets so that things are now energy efficient! I can actually tell the difference between the showerheads in terms of how much water the new one uses compared to the last one. It’s weird to be excited over something so small but I can truly appreciate that upgrade, even if it’s just to sooth my environmentally friendly state of mind.
Some of their places are going to be better than others. Their rent is outstanding after coming from the hellhole that is downtown Eugene pricing. Maybe I’m just excited to be out of there, so these folks have become my favorite property management folks.
They just updated their website so that you can pay online and submit maintenance requests the same way. We’ll see how that goes but that’s a nice improvement to see any company make, it saves people a lot of energy to make things more efficient.
Don’t be scared away by the cruddy experiences of others, at least talk to them. Their application fee is $ 20 and that’s also a hell of a lot better than other places in other cities.

An absolutely horrible landlord to ever rent from. I was struggling to find a place and I had to be out of my old place because of a no cause eviction due to leaking wax seal under toilet and flooring needing to be replaced. Friends worked for a different part of the company and told me to talk to Dale the manager. I did and the only place that met my needs only became available 1 week before my move out date. I was very specific in telling him my move out date and he acted like that was no big deal they could get me in. He said there were other applications ahead of mine, but then magically mine ended up going to the top of the stack, he didn’t say that part but that is what happened. My move out date was July 1^st; the previous tenants move out date was June 24^th. I knew it would be tight but the places were only two blocks away so I thought it could be done without a problem. They missed it by over a month. I just got a call on August 7^th, that the place would be ready on the 13^th; they just needed to clean the carpets. That is almost 7 weeks, I had been by the place probably 20 times and they made no efforts at all on it. Now I am out my $ 100 holding deposit and my $ 20 application fee. I don’t care who you are most people don’t have 7 weeks to wait after the move out date to be able to move into the new place, that amount of time is just unthinkable. During that time I received no calls or updates from them just left wondering and having to drive by to see if they rented it to someone else. They are screwing the owner of that property out of 2 months’ rent, my last place I lived there for 6.5 years, by doing this they lost a long term tenant. I don’t have my own place now but I will not rent from a slumlord like Lepman. I would suggest avoiding these scam artists, I should have trusted the reviews I read but the friends got my application accepted and bumped to the top. Trust the reviews these people are horrible and dishonest.
Update. I emailed them telling them I wasn’t interested in the place since it took them so long. They called back and left a voicemail admitting they let someone else live there while they fixed their place. They said it was the neighbors I would have had. It was a complete lie since I had been by the place time after time and nothing changed, blinds didn’t move from the crooked angle they were. Turns out they refunded me my $ 100 but Dale didn’t understand why I was so upset, being homeless for a month and a half kind of would make anyone upset I think.

When applying for any of this company’s properties, beware. They use a loophole in regards to reference checking to get out of renting to anyone they don’t like, or whom they can’t get a ton of money out of. They will deny you, saying that you got a bad reference, but they never contact your references, and don’t run your credit. There have been terrible reviews about them from other websites. Do not rent from these crooks!