Lee Mather Company Realtors

Like so many others who have voiced their concerns, I have had an absolutely putrid experience with Lee Mather. They are unethical and give all realtors a bad name. Disgusting, GREEDY, LIARS.
Beware if you rent a property from Lee Mather, you will end up paying for most of the fixes yourself, and in my case was left without a working oven for my last two months of tenancy. Mind you, I was paying a hefty $ 2300 per month rent on a house and my property manager Mercedes Estrada had no decency to ensure that the heater or oven worked. I couldn’t live that way any longer. I spent so much money on the yard and sprinkler system to keep the place from flooding, and reported everything to Mercedes who NEVER sent anyone to fix it. All I would hear from her is I’ll get back to you. When the garage door broke, it was the straw that broke the camels back.
When I finally got sick of Mercedes Estrada never returning my calls and emails to complain of the living conditions, I decided to move out early. Breaking my lease 3 months early cost me dearly. After discussing the issues with the home with Mercedes, she agreed that I could move out early and not incur any penalty if I would market the home and find a new tenant to take my place, in essence assigning the remainder of my lease to a new tenant. After posting the advertisements, interviewing renters and showing them the place, organizing the placement of the new tenants with Mercedes, she happily let me do all that work for her, with never any intention of letting me out of my lease.
So, after all that, Mercedes withheld my security deposit for nearly a year! I moved out January 2015 and JUST yesterday got my deposit back. But that’s not all, SHE KEPT $ 600 OF IT FOR HERSELF AS A RENTAL COMMISSION!!! WHAT A FILTHY CRIMINAL!!! She didn’t even do anything!!! I did her work for her!!!
And when you bring this up — they say oh well you moved early. What about our agreement??? Disgusting!!!
LET THIS BE A LESSON TO PROPERTY OWNERS… as a property owner myself of two investment properties (one in San Diego and one in Sacramento), I WOULD NEVER use Lee Mather Company! I would hate seeing my properties left to degrade without proper upkeep. If you are a concerned or ethical property owner, PLEASE USE CAUTION if you select one of these rip-​off artists to manage your investment. IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THEY RIP YOU OFF, TOO!
Remember if they can do it to your tenants, they can do it to you.
Happy house hunting.

I’ve been a renter since my divorce over 4 years ago, and what started off as cordial relationship has become irritating to the point where I’ve just given my 30 day notice. I would recommend that they read a book or get some type of training on how to deal with customers. They have a down right rude disposition and I will never refer this agency to anyone and in fact will discourage folks to not use this group.

Company was extremely nice and helpful till they got my money and I signed a contract since then their tone has completely done a 180, they have since become extremely rude and condescending, I have even been accused of throwing party’s when I’m not even home. Have 3 weeks of interactions left with them we’ll see how those go and I will update accordingly

Shannon. Ask for Shannon. I don’t know about any of these other realtors that are getting bad reviews but I haven’t had a bad experience with Lee Mather through Shannon.

If you want the worst renting experience with zero communication and people who could care less then go with these guys. Complete and total disregard. If there is a problem with there online payment system, «its your fault not ours». Out of town for work and it stopped working, «not our problem, figure it out.» They wanted to do an inspection and gave the 24hr noticed AFTER it already happened. Broken light fixtures, didnt fix them. If you want anything from them or any information at all do not bother. Everyone in that office has been extremely rude to me, my roommate and our friends and we have been the easiest, problem free tenants. Heed the advise I should have before I moved in here, STAY AWAY from lee mather properties.

I’ve worked with Lee Mather as both a homebuyer and a home renter. Most people are friendly, some are just focused on the business at hand. Our escrow was overall smooth… Tammy and Nancy were very friendly and willing to go the extra mile. My rental process was also smooth… love, love, love my new home. If you’re wanting to rent or buy in Coronado, LM is worth checking out.

I am going through the process of moving out of one of Lee Mather’s rental properties. It has been a horrible experience. They schedule at least 4 visits from possible renters of our property every week. The two rental property managers at Lee Mather never communicate, so one will make an appointment and the other will forget to show it… so there have been numerous times where they will arrive late, early, or not at all. Theire ’24 hour notice of a showing’ is lackluster at best. They are rude and often turn the blame on to you if you ‘did not recieve the phone call for appointment’.
Also, we gave our move out notice a month prior, and have been bothered by them daily. However, when it comes to our walk-​through, they claimed we scheduled a specific date when in actuality they never notified us of it, and our land lord showed up on the date! We were not prepared and we seemed as if we forgot or didnt care about the appointment. Its like they wanted to screw us out of our deposit.
I am already nervous about receiving the deposit… expecting it not to be much.
I would never use this rental company. They have so many rental properties and could care less about their renters, just look out for their homeowners. Every one in that office is snotty and rude.

I first experienced the services of «Lee Mather Company» as a renter for one apartment I used to rent and they were very good, very responsive whenever I was calling them; then when I decided to purchase a place I noticed they were also real state agents. So far I’ve purchased 2 properties using one of their agents (the same agent) and they’re excellent in service.
The agent accomodated the touring of the properties and the appointments to my work scheduled, I would recommend this company in a bit.
Very knowledgeable and excellend and friendly service

Lee Mather… Hands down the WORST rental property managers I’ve ever had to deal with. We rented and the property was FILTHY, not painted, fixtures broken, you name it. When asked to have plumber come pipe the 50 year old plumbing, they refused to pay for it claiming it was ‘our fault the pipes were clogged.’ There was a hole in the roof, water leaking all over the rug and furniture, they did not send someone to come right away (we had pots in our living room for two days). Then they had to fix it TWICE and never even bothered to fix or paint the interior ceiling – we ltierally had paint falling from the ceiling afterwards. Purposefully scheduled walk-​throughs when they knew we were out of town, refused to make improvements (correction – would only make improvements if the lease $ went up accordingly). They REFUSE to give back all of the deposit, even though we left the unit in extraoridinarily prisitne condition (1000 times cleaner than entering), and I have never been so frustrated with a rental agency ever. It is well known around Coronado they are unfair to tenants, are called SLUM LORDS, and their agents always send tenants formal legal notices, do not refund deposits in full yet do not make improvements upon properties. I have talked with several people, and we’ve all had the same experience. I will never deal with them EVER AGAIN. On the flip side, if you are an owner, they will definitely fight to keep your unit rented ²⁴⁄₇.