NE Properties

After losing my previous apartment in a fire, I had the misfortune of responding to an ad for an apartment Danielle was showing. She rescheduled on me twice when showing the place to me (and even admitted that she lied about why she didn’t show it the first time). When she did show it, she texted with a time to confirm that was half an hour earlier than she’d told me before, and another person showed up at the same time as me. So after she’d shown me the place, she had to show it to the next person, so she told her son (who looked about nine or ten) to take the other person in, which he did, then yelled at him when he came back outside where she was with me, saying he should have stayed in there.
Then, when I filled out an application, she said nothing came up for me when she ran a credit check, which I knew was impossible, so after I spent a whole day freaking out she finally said she’d tried it again and had just mistyped my SSN the first time. She will only respond to texts, not calls. After I texted her several times about the next steps, she finally responded, said it wasn’t definite because there was another application in, and that I’d have to meet her the next day at a certain time to give her the checks– a time I was not available. When we finally settled on an alternative time, she texted about an hour before I was supposed to come and told me they’d given the apartment to someone else. Oh, and she showed absolutely zero sympathy when I told her about the fire.
Danielle Felice is a horrible realtor, clearly a terrible mother, and an all-​around worthless human being.

So, I definitely had a different experience with NE Properties than the other reviewers. I recently saw a listing on Craigslist for an apartment they had listed, so I sent a text to Danielle and heard back quickly. I scheduled a showing of the place with Mike and communication with both Mike and Danielle was prompt and efficient. I just signed my lease yesterday and the process was smooth. One star off because the apt was listed at the wrong price, but it all worked out in the end anyway.

I had similar experiences with everyone that has posted here. I left her a voicemail on a Monday about an apt that I wanted to look at. She never responded so I attempted texting her on Friday. She responded to me on Saturday and said that she was available on Monday to show me the apt but she never told me a time or an address. I figured she would eventually text me the info on Saturday evening or on Sunday. When I hadn’t heard anything, I formed my own opinion of her and I decided not to reach out again because I don’t want to do business with a flaky agent. She ends up texting me on Monday around 9am. All she said was «I can show you the apt today at 4:30.» I decided to pass because she was so unreliable. If she couldn’t even get her S#%! together to show me an apt, I don’t know how ANYONE trusts her to sell them a house. I am still apartmentless because Danielle is now the THIRD flaky agent I have had the wonderful pleasure of having to deal with *Sarcasm*. It disgusts me how many of the realty companies flake out on apartment showings because they don’t make much money on those. If these realty companies don’t want to deal with apartments, then just don’t. Stick to selling homes.

This is also my first Unilocal review. Looks like Lauren B. and I are on the same page here.
To start with the short version, the best way I can describe the experience with Danielle Felice of NE Properties is that it was like an episode of Catfish. I have no way of telling whether she’s running some elaborate scam or whether she’s just a complete and total flake and really bad at her job.
Now that I have your attention, here are the details: I saw an apartment listed on Craig’s List with Danielle’s name and contact info attached. I thought it was a little strange that she never answered her phone and requested to be contacted via text message, but I played along because it was a nice deal. I heard back from her and we began discussing a showing for Wednesday. Suddenly, someone else (I forget his name) starts texting me saying they would be the one to show me the apartment. I tried to confirm the appointment but I stopped hearing back from both Danielle and her friend/​assistant, and never got a confirmation from her for the showing, so I made arrangements for another showing instead. While on that showing, I got a text from the other person, asking if I would still be at the showing (mind you this was about 5 – 10 minutes before the showing). So we arranged a showing for the next day, and then, about an hour before hand, texts me to tell me the apartment’s been rented.
About a month later, I saw another listing from Danielle. I was skeptical and cautious because of what happened previously, but the price and location were perfect. That’s when I began doing some background research on her through Google searches (and subsequently how I found this page). I saw the reviews, and read about a pretty interesting story involving her renting to some bad tenants (
), so at this point, there were more red flags than I could even keep track of. Much to my surprise, we actually made the arrangements for the showing and I saw the apartment. That was on Thursday. I filled out an application and sent it to her that night, and the following morning (Friday) she emailed me to tell me she would need the check for the realtor fee, a money order for key deposit, and she would also need to see my recent pay stubs. I emailed her back an hour or two later and said that would be fine and told her I could meet her that day or the next day to do the exchange. I didn’t hear back from her that day. Or the next day. Or the following day. I tried reaching out to her at various points and by various means (calling, email, texting) and got no response. It was a holiday weekend, so I could understand if she was busy, but she had all day Friday to tell me that she would be out of town or otherwise preoccupied, and wouldn’t be able to meet up or touch base again until Monday. It would have taken her five seconds to simply text me back and say, «I’m away for the weekend. We’ll touch base on Monday.» It would have been one thing if she had given me a warning, but instead, she just dropped off the face of the earth. She finally got back to me Monday morning and simply said, «Hi Erik. What time are you around today?» No explanation for blowing me off for three days, no apology. Just basically, «when can I get the money?» I told her how I felt about being ignored for the entire weekend, and said I would not go any further until I either met the landlord or spoke to him/​her over the phone. No huge surprise, she didn’t get back to me. I texted her a couple hours later (as is her wont) and she immediately got back to me to say she had dropped off a deposit from another person today and that she would let me know if it is still available.
So, you can understand why I’m hesitant to give her my money. And you should be, too. I would avoid any listing from Danielle or NE Properties unless you’re ready for a lengthy run-​around.

Do not trust Danielle! This is my first review on Unilocal,but I am compelled to make sure she doesn’t deceive anyone else. I found an apartment on
and contacted NE Properties for a viewing. When I arrived, the apartment that was available was not the one that had been pictured on the website. The apartment that was pictured had a nice kitchen and a private porch accessible through sliding glass doors in the bedroom. The apartment that was actually available had an old, ugly kitchen and no porch (the only positives for this tiny place). When I questioned Danielle (owner of NE Properties), she claimed that when she took the pictures of the apartment for the website, she thought that a different unit was available. She later told us that the tenants of the pictured apartment were renewing their lease for another year. However, the pictures she took of the apartment showed it completely empty. I left the viewing disappointed and angry that she had misled myself along with the two other couples at the viewing. I have logged a formal complaint with the Better Business Bureau.

Contacted Danielle for an apartment rental on craigslist and asked her to send me larger photos of the unit. (So we wouldn’t be wasting each others time) Got a text from a completely different person who Danielle had forwarded my info to. She completely ignored my photos request and asked «What do you do for work?» «How many people is this for?». How is this person in the real estate business? I feel like I just went through a fast food drive thru window. Don’t give people like this your hard earned money. They also go by NEW ENGLAND PROPERTIES (I put it in caps because she tends to write in caps on craigslist)

Here is to my first review on Unilocal!I responded to an ad on craigslist for an apartment through this company. In the ad it said to contact said number but for a faster respond to text. I thought it was a bit odd and a bit unprofessional, but I went with it as the good deals for apartments in this area were going fast. The listing was clearly through something on MLS, a database all realters have access too. After a series of texts with Danielle’s secretary, of trying to figure out a time and day to see the place I was given her «real number» to text a confirmation to. I told the secretary that this time originally was not good for me but I would change my schedule around somehow as it is deeply important I find a place ASAP. The morning of, I confirmed with Danielle to which she responded that she would be there at said time. Commuting an hour away from the city, I get a response from her again saying she won’t be making it. Quite frustrated as I changed my plans and drove into the city during immense traffic– I stupidly agreed to meet with her again that coming Monday, at HER SUGGESTION. To which I also had to explain that school started that Tuesday and time wise, the earlier the better because I don’t want to be stuck in traffic. Despite her trying to bargain another day or time, I asked her «what time on monday can you do?» she gave me the time of «1230». My roommate and I set out on another trip to to apartment area that day. I had sent her messages saying we will be heading in. She responds to my texts messages answering other questions about the apartment. I asked her twice where she was, if she would be showing up soon as we were waiting on the stoop. Her reply was that she «never confirmed with me a time». Excuse me, but don’t act like you didn’t know we were coming in midst of our texts I’ve explicity said several times we were on a way, we are still interested in seeing the place, etc etc. Nevertheless, after expressing my issue of her unprofessionalism to only respond to text messages and waste my time on two seperate occasions– her secretary contacts me later asking when I’d like to see that place.
Well, I still haven’t an apartment… but thanks to another realter I may actually get to see that apartment and several others.