Advantage Realtors

I can see that I’m not the only person who has been scammed out of money or lied to by Advantage Realtors’ Rob Whitfield, aka Robert A. Whitfield, aka Robert Audrey Whitfield. Robert Whitfield is a scam artist who stole money from me last January 2014.
He has a history of stealing money and doing minimal to no work at all and it is only a matter of time before his licenses are permanently REVOKED. He doesn’t have an office so this scam artist works from his home located in Roswell and uses a PO Box in Marietta. It is typical of a scam artist to use different addresses to conduct scams.
This cunt has at least 7 different home selling websites yet he hasn’t sold a home in a year. He was desperate for the money he stole from me and lied about several things from the very beginning, including his past real estate knowledge and experience. He is licensed, unfortunately, and decided to run a scam on me because I lived out of state. He was hoping I would just go away after getting my money. I filed a written complaint with the Georgia Real Estate Commission for an investigation. Another individual filed a complaint with the BBB concerning his practices in 2010. Just go
and type in ADVANTAGE HOME BUYER or call them for details about the complaint. He contacted the BBB as well to have them manipulate his rating, however they have not removed him from their system.
He convinced me to send him funds overnight in order to provide me with property listings (Red flag #1). He never would disclose why he needed the money in such a hurry, but questioned why I was in a hurry to move, although he swore he could find me a place to live in a short period of time. Silly me, I sent money to him that he received the following day and he had his phone set up to display to callers that it was out of service! (Red flag #2). I immediately emailed him asking where the listings were. He wrote back stating he would send them later on, claiming to have experienced a «technical glitch».
He sent me listings of properties that were ramshacked and gutted and located in run-​down neighborhoods. Why would I have a desire to move into such a neighborhood if I wasn’t living in one at the time and had not lived in one in the past? When has anyone ever needed help in order to move to a bad area or a property? People can do that on their own without any assistance. Why hire an agent, or in this case a scam artist?
He claimed he knew how to negotiate with owners, but did absolutely none of that. He never spoke to or emailed anyone, nor arranged an in-​person meeting. He also refused to meet with me in person just 2 days after stealing my money. (Red flag #3)
To give you an idea of how desperate he is, he created fake client reviews on his own profile (reviews have the same i.p. address) to make it appear as if he is this sought after expert in the real estate field who knows the ropes. Little did I know that he is the complete opposite. He swears to be a seller of multimillion dollar homes and he doesn’t even live in one himself. I found out he has 0 employees, besides his wife who is UNLICENSED, and they live in a home that is only worth about $ 78,000 (the total assessed value), a far cry from a million. In the past year, he has sold ONLY 1 home, and that home WAS NOT one of the million dollar homes that he advertises on his sites. Ask any realtor to pull his information up in Georgia MLS and give you his home selling record for the past year.
He swears he is a financial expert yet he and and his wife filed bankruptcy listing a number of creditors they couldn’t pay off. The financial «advice» he tries to give to individuals obviously hasn’t worked for them so why should anyone else listen? An agent who knows what they are doing and is really about business doesn’t need to advertise much about what he or she can do. Their work will speak for itself, AND REAL people will actually leave REAL feedback and REAL reviews!
He lists his hobbies on his sites as if they are somehow relevant or influential to a buyer or seller’s interests as if homebuyers or sellers weed out agents according to their personal hobbies or interests. Do people actually give a damn about whether an agent collects butterflies in their spare time? LoL, typical square AND sissy who associates himself with the Boy Scouts of America. He claims to be from Tampa, but is actually from Clayton County Georgia. He is too embarrassed to include that in the rest of his phony «portfolio» because Clayton County is considered one of the more downtrodden, high-​crime areas of Atlanta that has deteriorated over the years. He made up several lies once he realized that he was in violation of SEVERAL ETHICAL rules, even claiming at one point that he had been «threatened and harassed by me simply because I challenged him about the money he stole.
He is running a scam and I HIGHLY recommend that you look elsewhere!

Working with Robert was easy. He was able to guide us through our first time buying experience with his expertise. We enjoyed working with Robert and we found a perfect home for our family. We would highly recommend him to anyone buying or selling a home.

I have been fortunate to have worked with Robert on the purchase of 3 homes over the last 10 years. In each occasion, Robert guided us in our buying decision to perfection. Like many broker agents, Robert has a very good understanding of the market, the neighborhoods, the schools, etc. But where he really is different from any other broker/​agent we have worked with, is Robert knows a great deal about construction, and house systems (like HVAC, septic, etc.). During the selection process, it was really important to us that our representation can quickly recognize a good property, not just as a function of its price/​location, etc, but also if the house itself is quality.
We most likely would have selected a different property, if not for the insight Robert has and shared with us, and had we made that decision we would be dealing with improvements/​repairs now, instead of simply enjoying our home.

It is our pleasure to recommend Robert Whitfield as the buyer’s broker of choice for any individual or family searching for the ideal home for their unique situation. We were relocating to Atlanta and needed a larger home with a great yard and we only had about 5 weeks to find a home and get moved or we were going to have to rent, then move twice! Robert made sure we did not have to experience that.
Robert had an initial meeting with us and took diligently noted our specific needs in a single family home, as well as our budgetary limitations. His firm is a member of two MLS systems which enabled him to research multiple real estate databases to quickly find us a variety of homes for sale in the best school districts. He personally looked over the quality and structural conditions of all homes for us, and did not waste our time with homes that were out of our price range or out of line with our needs. We are not aware of any other realtor offering that level of experience and due-​diligence.
A master at contract negotiations, building codes, and new construction homes, Robert located a new construction home we liked very much and negotiated a great deal for us. We found his extensive experience as a Broker/​Owner and New Home Construction Expert to be invaluable while dealing with our new home builder, overseeing and specifying upgrades and basement finishing details, and negotiating changes to protect us in the builders custom contract. Nothing escaped Robert’s attention when it came to quickly locating ideal properties for sale, or negotiating contracts. Robert took an active role throughout our home buying process, and was always responsive with updates and easy to reach. He was particularly helpful in making sure all parties, including our lender and closing attorney were on track with contract terms and timelines. Finally, Robert followed up with us after closing to make sure everything was fine.