Braum Real Estate

I called yesterday and talked to Joseph about the problem. He said Oscar had my work order, so I talked to him and he said he would be at my apt around 1 – 130 and he was right on time :) very happy about that. Oscar was able to fix the issues.
Finally I went home a and too a nice bath :) Thanks Braum.

Well our rent went up again not $ 75 or $ 100… This time $ 145 Wow. Well, I have to look for second job i guess to support my landlord’s needs. $ 1740 a Year increased.

Slum Lord Alert. Avoid any properties owned or managed by this company. We lived at the Friar St location in van buys for a year and half. Good luck getting anything fixed or improved. They are penny punchers to the point of neglecting the building.
When we first looked at it seemed great.
Joseph acts like he is trying to improve things but just gives the runaround. Nothing ever gets fixed. In the year and a half we lived there one dryer was always broken and for a while both didn’t work. They would take my quarter but never dry my clothes. Would run the got three cycles to get them dried.
They’re contracted workman are lazy and take forever to get jobs done. Only time things would get fixed is if it looked like it would cause damage and cost them money.
I would have to go into the office and refuse to leave until they made an appointment to fix things.
Main woman who answers phone calls speaks broken English or acts like it. She never knows how to help us or talk to someone who would. You could hear her lack of enthusiasm over the phone. Most times I would avoid calling in and just to office because she was so hard to deal with.
We were in a hurry to find a place so missed things we should have been looking for in a walk through.
Crappy and spotted paint job. They Painted over the air and heating control box. Had to scratch the paint off it in order to use it.
Screen had holes in it and we didn’t notice it till later the it was upside down as the wheels on the bottom didn’t work anymore.
Dividers between apartment backyards we pieced together with scrap wood and super ugly.
Multiple rolling closet doors had parts or hole knocked in them.
Kitchen and bathroom faucets were rotted and had cracks

One of the worst landlords in LA. Seriously, the other reviewers aren’t lying when they say it’s horrible.
Joseph is the worst, he has absolutely no couth. His brothers a nice guy but that’s where it ends.
They don’t fix a damn thing, they’re horrible to deal with and the office staff is rude.

Absolute worst! There was bedbugs when I moved in!!! And I can’t believe the lack of respect Michael Braum has. What a disgusting liar, scammer, and cheater. Ha! And he’s religious??? A religious crook and thief!!! Doesn’t care about tenants, just the money! Money hungry jerk! You should have seen living and parking conditions at 19 405 Haynes st. Reseda! It was ridiculous!!! I’d give negative stars if it were possible… And the entire office worships him and call him «mr. Michael» lol PLEASE they make it impossible to have a word with that monotone jerk! Stay about from them! I should’ve known when I was first moving in, I heard 2 SEPARATE girls from different buildings come into the office to complain!!! Things never got fixed… There was BUG BITES when I moved in! And they didn’t wanna get exterminators until the 19^th of the month!!! Are you kidding me?!

After showing the owner Daniel a leak in my bathroom sink over a month ago and calling various times to put in a work order so someone can come fix the sink, nothing. No one has tried to contact me or have even tried. I know people have a lot going on, but I’m done being treated like a second class citizen. If Me or my family get sick from mold, it’s not gonna be a pretty day. I’ve been very patient and polite, but this has made me very aggravated. no excuse for this happening.

We’ve been living in a Braum property for almost a year, and no complaints. When something needs to be fixed, it usually gets done in a day or two. Outside, landscaping etc is taken care of every week which is better than most!

Braum has been nothing but great for us. We’ve had no issues and love our place. Our on site manager is helpful and have had no issues with management. Thanks Braum!

Horrible. I’d give them zero stars. Scammers and unfair to their tenants. Stay away. They have several lawsuits against them for various and extensive reasons. There use to be a lovely lady that worked the front desk, but she’s not there any longer, I can imagine why.

We’ve had issues with our apartment at times but everything was fixed and corrected. Customer service was very patient and attentive.

Very positive experience so far. We’ve been living in one of their properties for about three months. Our dishwasher stopped working and they sent someone to replace it right away. I appreciate that it’s a small, family-​owned company because I don’t feel like I’m hitting a corporate wall when I call their main office.

First it took a little time to correct small defects. I should note that customer service was very patient and attentive. Any way everything was fixed and corrected. Noticeable improvement in the cleanliness and order. I wanted to put 4 stars, but I think that the guys deserve more. Keep it up!

A little unorganized, pretty laid back, but they’ve helped me out a lot and worked with me. The guys that run this are really nice and rent is fair. The receptionist at the leasing office needs to learn how to talk to people professionally/​friendlier — I’ve been hung up on several times but and I would give 5 stars except Hector one of the maintenance guys took my spare key to make a copy and never got back to me– eventually forgot and lost it. Not ok!

I have been with Braum for several years. Joseph is awesome can’t complain always willing to help. Love where I live great building and manager on site.

In live in 4653 Coldwater Canyon. Where to start? We didn’t have heat for the first 2 months – the temp in our unit dropped to the low 50s this past winter – and Braum didn’t fix it until we withheld rent, at which point we were threatened with eviction!
The building is left totally unsecured because they refuse to get the front and back gate and garage door fixed. My car got broken into in the garage, because the garage door was not working, and left in the open position for 2 months. When I inquired the security issues, their response was «We never guaranteed the building would be secured.» They generally respond to any complaints with total lack of concern for their tenants, and some pathetic attempt at finding a legal loophole for their negligence.
I recently reported Braum Real Estate to the housing authorities and made them aware that I am considering organizing a class action lawsuit. Today we received a threatening letter from them, addressed to «All tenants» of our unit, because after all this, have they bothered to even learn my or my roommate’s name? No, naturally not. Braum doesn’t treat their tenants like people; they treat them like liabilities. The letter stated that they would like to amend our tenancy to a month-​to-​month basis, and that our «CAPACITY TO LIVE [in their complex] WILL BE GREATLY CHALLENGED.»
In other words, they’re doing everything they can to find a reason to get rid of us, since we exposed their crookery, even though they know they have no legals grounds to evict us. Nice try Braum, nice try.

Do your research before renting from Braum. I cannot believe they are even still in business and Michael Braum is not in jail.
1.They rent «security» buildings that never have working locks or intercom systems 2. the gate to the garage was never repaired resulting in multiple thefts and vandalism from the garage,
3.The courtyard drains were never repaired and bottom floor apartments flooded every heavy rain and then they CHARGE the tenants to clean the sewage out of the apts.
4. The sewage flooding results in black mold in the complexes which they paint over. I have actual documented proof of the illness caused by breathing this in… that all cleared up when I finally moved out of this slum.
5. He makes illegal rate hikes on rent. If you even threaten to sue him you can forget ever having a repair done again.
6. Endless violations documented by housing authorities– look into it.
I could keep going… on, and on. If you see Braum Real Estate on the building sign or lease RUN!
RUN RUN RUN!!!

Update.
There are no more roaches. Once in a while we have ant problems but no more roaches.
They still have a huge problem with following maintenance requests. I’ve made some requests for months now and they don’t come. Sigh. They say they’re coming and they don’t come. I’m still here cause I like the neighborhood and the apartment, also my boys don’t want to move. But come on! The owner of the building asked me to please post an amendment to my previous post since they did take care of some of the problems, so now I’m giving it 2 stars.
As a matter of fact I just called them because the garage door is being held together with duct tape! lol Our cars may get stuck. Let’s see, hopefully they’ll fix that.

DO NOT RENT HERE. My roommates and I have lived here for a year and half now and we have had multiple types of bug infestations that are STILL ongoing, two laundry rooms that are never working properly, water problems that took days to take care of, a completely inept building manager, and constant construction with no consideration that there are people that work over nights in the building (a fact they’ve known about for over a year). This is the worst place I have ever lived. KEEP AWAY.

If you are looking for a livable, not very shitty, kind of affordable place to live Braum is the WRONG place. They offer horribly kept, very shitty, and expensive places to pay rent at. You will not have time to enjoy your shitty apartment because you will be to busy arguing with the owners of the complex. YAY! I have lived on Kester Ave for over a year now and I can say it has taught me some valuable life lessons, like patience, and how not to want to scream at the top of your lungs how awful of a place you live in.
Lets begin with a tour. You arrive at the complex, which is newly painted halfway because let’s be real Braum can’t finish anything they start. You walk though the complex that is covered in beautiful plants and trees, well I guess they would be if they weren’t hacked to shreds and drowned by their leaky sprinklers. Did you guys know we are in a horrible drought right now? Clearly Braum doesn’t. Lets proceed into the laundry room where if you are lucky, there is one washer working and maybe, just maybe a dryer on a really good day. Continuing on to my apartment… You walk up to a very old style beautiful looking door from the 50’s…sounds amazing right? No. Sure it’s pretty and vintage, but the doorknob is ALWAYS broken and when you try to fix it you learn that the knobs for these kinds of doors were DISCONTINUED 10 years ago. Who wants to special order a very expensive doorknob? You walk into a very tiny kitchen with a stove that is a million years old and very little cabinet space. The apartment itself has the potential to be a beautiful vintage style place… if it were maintained… maybe a little bit. Or how about hiring someone who ACTUALLY fixes things instead of rigging them long enough to look fixed. Hey maybe hiring a painter who can actually paint without getting it everywhere. Seriously, I repainted most of the rooms because it was that bad and I didn’t want their workers coming into my place with a brush within 10 feet of them. BUT HEY, If you can get past the potential mold they painted over, the patches that were never really fixed correctly (keep in mind, I am not a contractor and even I can identify this.) and the noise from the complex next door you are set.
Let’s see what your stay at Braum will entail shall we? For starters you will get an amazing wake up call on most mornings by creepy men working outside of your window. Who doesn’t love people staring in their window with drills and other loud power tools at 8AM? Moving on about your morning, you will go outside to check your mail and in the process almost loose a leg because they decided to hack up the trees outside a little more and leave their giant ass cutters in the middle of the walkway. Finally, unscathed you make it back to your place… but what? You notice something outside of your control is broken… let’s call the office.
RING RING… RING…*Someone answers… BUT you try to tell them something and they hang up! WHAT? So you call back. You are then hung up on again, before driving down to the office just to deal with someone who clearly didn’t eat their breakfast because they are a total B****H :) This applies to the males and females. After seeing how pissed you are they swear that the problems will be taken care of…
Fast forward a few months. You have now had to report the same problem multiple times and finally you threaten to sue (and have an amazing case.) They set a time and a date for maintenance to come. You leave. Next day. You are waiting patiently for the repair guys to come because everyone knows you have no other obligations or important places to be. Repair men never show up. What if something happened to them? Oh wait, they are fine! They show up at your door, with no warning bright and early the next day and tell you that the office made a mistake. OUPS, I wasn’t half naked in bed or anything, come right in! They then proceed to replace your broken items with something «better» but still broken… until they can get around to fixing it correctly. (HELLO, it’s been months!)
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!
If you rent from Braum you will also get free daily notices about shit you don’t care about, they won’t realize you are the only person on the lease until you bitch about it, all the important letters will be sent to your old roommate and some person you have never met before, creepy guys trying to look in your windows at all hours, and you will have constant noise in case you get lonely.
RENT HERE NOW, THEY ARE TERRIFIC *cough Cough* NOT *cough*
Ps. I can’t wait to move out.

I’ve been a tenant with Braum since November 2012 and have had a pretty good experience with them. I’m from New York and ultimately I’m very content with my apartment and the price I pay for it. Everyone has their Pro’s and Con’s — The only con I can bring up sometimes the communication between their office and maintenance can be lacking, I’ll admit I’ve gotten a little heated at times BUT, shit happens and they take care of it BUT there are other times when they are QUICK and exceed the expectations.
I’ve dealt with bad landlords in the past and Braum is far from it, I really don’t get the bad reviews on here. After reading through several and reading responses to some I concluded that people are just impatient and whiny. Be respectful when you demand stuff but don’t be a mooch either, fair is fair.
Cock roach problems. I’m 27 years old and have been living on my own since I was 17, been through plenty of apartments. You can tell when they suck, so just don’t move in. I’ve heard a couple stories about people mentioning cock roaches in my building — well, that’s their problem because I keep my unit clean and haven’t had a single one. Just an ant problem — but the bug guy came, sprayed and problem solved. If your unit is above a garbage container, comon now, you know that’s going to be riskier. I personally would have refused any unit adjacent to a dumpster, that’s like sitting at the table in the restaurant next to the bathroom door. But hey, that’s just me and you chose to sit there.
I’m a realist from New York, no bullshit here. Sometimes Braum makes me have to be a little aggressive to get something done in a timely fashion, but they do it with a smile on their face and they don’t give me an attitude, and they do a good job. Their Maintenance man Hector is awesome and despite some scheduling conflicts, I do believe it was simply from miscommunication with the office as I stated above, Hector is good about picking up his phone and returning phone calls.
AND MY UNIT — I was very happy to see it when I walked in, well maintained, up to date appliances, no ‘wear n tear’ indicating cheapness or history of bad tenants.
Only complaint are the awnings over the windows, they suck and I would prefer no awnings and more sunlight. *hint hint for that 5^th star* Or the non-​working fireplace, that was a bummer but we are in California so I will pick my battles.
All in All… RENT FROM BRAUM. Daniel and Joseph are good guys.