Adam Patten

Software Developer

Mar 12 2008

I will be moving soon and I need to find a place to live in PB so I’ve been apartment hunting. Today I went looking for a place with my future roommate and we found a decent place that is a little beat up. I figured with with some paint, a new carpet and a little TLC could be a great place. The Realtor lady assured us that Cal-Prop, the property management company, would be fixing it up. I thought it would be good to move into a place with all these new things, but the future roomy said she heard that Cal-Prop can be shady and usually keeps your whole security deposit when you move out. I didn’t like the sound of that! I understand there are going to be times when tenants trash their places, especially in PB, and property management will keep some or most of the deposit, but not the whole deposit all the time. I figured I would check into the claims of Cal-Prop being a bad property manager when I got home, and it looks like they are indeed shady. I only found three different sites reviewing Cal-Prop, but none of them were good. Those bad reviews were enough for me to skip this place and keep looking, I’d rather save myself from headaches that I don’t need. Anyone else have a bad experience with Cal-Prop?

Rick Thornton of Cal-Prop responds:

Adam- I read your interesting post as it was just brought to my attention today (9-21-09). I started CPM 22 years ago and have worked very hard to make it a successful company. In looking over your entire site a post on my company seems strangely out of context. Your negative perception comes from your roommate who said she heard “cpm was …”. Since you have such a keen interest in my company I would be more than happy to show you around, go through our entire deposit return procedure and take you to lunch to discuss opportunities I see in the real estate market. Rick Thornton, 858-483-3534 Ext 13