Columbus Best Rentals

I wanted to rent a home from Larry. He told me I could NOT RENT based off my Marital status with my fiancé. THIS IS Marital status discrimination!!!! He also told me I could not rent bc of the place I live in now, rent was on special and I got a great deal based off me moving from out of town! YOU ARE A HUGE FAKE! DO NOT RENT FROM THESE PEOPLE!!! The website also says homes are available and can be viewed anytime. LIES! one home I went to still had tenants! I WAS TRESSPASSING!!!!!!!!

HORRIBLE! The manager refuses to address problems and gets away with violations because they rent single family homes. The house I rented was infested with bed bugs and they dropped down from the attic. I notified the manager promptly but it was past the 7 days that they allowed on their move in report. It was a month before we noticed them dropping from the ceiling. The downstairs toilet was wobbly so they siliconed it to the wall instead of replacing the bolts. It cost me $10 to fix it properly. Of course no reimbursement but that's ok because I don't like to feel like a hula dancer while on the throne. They treat you like your a nuisance and talk down to you like you are ignorant. STAY AWAY!!!!!

Not a professional business. This company is run by Larry Katz but it might as well be ran by a used car salesman. This guy tried to get me to give him $6500 upfront to lease a small 1400 sq. ft home in small town groveport Ohio. The house was dirty, had torn carpeting on the steps, missing light bulbs, stoppers missing in sinks, doors off hinges, paint splattered everywhere, mold on the outside of the house, lawn overgrown and worst of all the neighbor had to tell me about the 240v fire hazard that is exposed on the back of the house. Larry did not even meet me in person he sent a homely looking girl with a bad case of dandruff(poor thing) to show the house and tell me she does not know anything and I should call Larry. So I called larry he did not pick up his phone, needless to say he was not going to pick up his phone since he realized he could not take advantage of me and my family. He even sent my mother an email that congratulated us on not renting from him and that we were smart shoppers for not accepting his terms/conditions. Very very weird guy he has this tone about him that gives you the creeps and should turn most people away immediately. I've owned my own home for 11 years my credit score is perfect and I make enough to pay my bills and help my mother at the same time and he would have approved my mother with me as a cosigner if I had given the homely girl $1295 during the walkthrough. He sprang that up on me 3 hours before I was to see the house and made it sound like it was completely reasonable. Once I handed over that $1295 he would not have given it back and he was not going to do anything to make the property move in ready. Basically it is the same old used car salesman tactic of pressure sales preying on people who are either desperate or do not know any better. Do not rent from this guy Do not give him your money Do not help him cheat people.

This company is so unprofessional, and a big ass scam! Who makes you bring a money order to view a home! Everyone needs to run!

Scammer!!!!!!!! He took $8,500 from me for the rental 4024 E. Livingston Ave. that is still on the market and I am currently taking him to court. Larry K. he has not returned a dime. He cashed my money order, and pocketed my money! It has been over a month and he hasn't even made contact. BEWARE OF LARRY K!

I am a single farther of 8 kids. Larry would only rent to me if I paid a $10,000 security deposit. Even though my credit, rental history and income where great. He charged me $1,995 for a 2 bedroom property in Reynoldsburg. He made me clean and paint the property myself. He made me paint the outside as well as the inside. He did NOT even pay for the materials when I built a garage. But I had to have somewhere to park my car. He did tell me that I did a great job cleaning and he had me clean his house every week. He told me it was either clean his house or a rent increase. He even had the nerve to charge me $75 extra a month for getting a poodle. I lived in the property for 16 years and was never late once paying the rent. He would not give me any of my deposit back when I moved out. Claiming that it would cost at least that much to tear down the garage. But the garage is still there to this day.

WOW both Larry & Columbus Best Rentals are a JOKE! I called this man interested in a home her had for rent. He asked about my credit, rental and background history, after supplying that information and it was all satisfactory he was really nice and invited me to apply. I asked if they were planning to replace the carpet (i asked this because the carpet in the pictures were discolored and filthy) He said " Can I ask if you have children?" I replied yes i have 3. He then said " Can i ask if you have any pets?" I then said no i don't have pets but i have a emotional support animal. Then his whole tune changed. He then asked me VERY SARCASTICALLY, "Is it a Pitbull?" I told him no, i actually have a Rottweiler. He said... and I quote... "I don't mean to offend you but Hell No we wont change it for your little ones to spill juice on it or for your dog to ruin it" I told him that the current carpet looks AT LEAST 10 years old, and he said it probably was but we wasn't going to give me new carpet due to my children and pet? WTF? This man became very rude and dismissing once he found out about my service animal and children. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL!!! I have Never been so offended in my LIFE! Please Do Not Rent From This Man, He Seems Like A Con/Slum Lord! You Cant Charge $1,800 For 10 plus year old carpet Larry regardless of who the tenants are!

Larry is very Shady, I was a single mother of 5 kids with a decent job so I was very vulnerable and desperate to find a house that would accommodate us. The house was very poorly maintained and I am a very clean and neat person. I saw potential in the house with a little "TLC"inside and out. Larry said I could do pretty much any sprucing up I wanted to do. Moved in and the Carpets weren't cleaned just damp like they had been, dirt in the window sills, cabinets in the kitchen were filthy etc... I called him he said he had a lady that cleans his property, but he would credit me $50.00 if I had to clean the carpet"Bullshit"!!! I had no choice b/c I had already started moving out of my old place. That was only the beginning of 10 years of making this house look like a masterpiece. There was weeds and dirt for grass, I had lawn service for years come out there to treat the grass at my expense, I had the outside of the house painted at my expense, landscaped outside with flowers and foliage at my expense... no kick back from Larry at all. When I told Larry that I was purchasing a house and asked of I could do a month to month he said no, but if I wasn't going to renew my lease he wold have to keep my deposit because I wasn't going to be there a 2 months shy of my lease agreement. I paid 3,000 dollars to move into that raggedy house and made his company look good. He even used my house as brochure pictures at my expense. He is full of shit and more...I would NEVER recommend anyone to this shady company!

Hands down the most incredibly, rude, most disrespectful person I've ever spoken to in regards of renting through someone. Because of him, we choose not to rent someone's condo because of his behavior. Horrible and never will rent through such a foul person.

Horrible rental agency. Larry the "manager" is extremely difficult to get hold of. If you have an issue with your rental house it takes a minimum of 2 days to get anyone out. You are not priority with this business. Save your money and go elsewhere. You will NEVER call the office and NOT have to leave a message. Think about it. Read these reviews and stay away from this agency