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I am familiar with innovative apartments. It really is a novel idea for anyone searching for rentals in the 5 boroughs. For around $200 bucks you get all thse stuff a broker provides along with a credit check. Compared to the traditional broker fees (which dont even include credit checks), this is a bargain and a half. The staff is also very supportive when you have trouble finding a place that is within your means. Broker fees are for fools!!!!

This place is a scam. They pull the majority of their listings from other no fee rental sites such as Jacobsen Properties and Sky Management and then lower the prices on their site so it looks like you’ll get a deal. But then call the super of the building and find you were misquoted the rental price. They also have listings on their site that are false or listings from buildings they do not work directly with. They will lie to your face. Stay away!

I need an apartment in New York, I’ve used every resource imaginable… how is inapts.com different from manhattan apartments?

A friend of mine emailed me the link to this article, she knew I used inapts back in July. I happen to agree with Lisa HOWEVER after 2-3 days of dead ends one of their support agents pulled through and got me to see 4 units on a Saturday. I fell in love with one and took it. I am know writing this reply from that very apartment. I had signed up with rent-direct as well and not a bad company however seem more organized then innovative apartments. innovative is definitely more hands on, i would talk to people as opposed to automated emails with rent-direct.

Its all good I guess, I found my apt without a brokers fee and I’m happy. If you need an apartment and have already tried all other resources then innovative is not a bad way to go at all. Regardless Good Luck!

Whats crazy is most Brokers wont even give you a copy of the credit check they do on you….At least Innovative apartments gives you a copy of that…I signed up for with them two days ago…They hooked me up to a nice open house for a place with a View other then a Brick wall…Hopefully I will sign the lease in a few days…

Innovative is a scam. I think they are the ones posting their own damn comments.

I’m assuming you think all these were started by me as well ?

http://inapts.blogspot.com/2007/02/innovative-apartments-new-way-of.html

http://askjason.blogspot.com/2007/02/question-how-can-find-nyc-apartment.html

http://inaptsnobrokerfeeapartments.realtyblogging.com/

This is the only one started by us and we copied and posted the content, we were not the ones that even wrote it.

http://inapts.vox.com/library/post/innovative-apartments-new-way-of-finding-an-no-broker-fee-apartment.html

If you really knew what we were about and was a client Raichel I would have been able to pull you up on our database, you are more then welcome to “whiteboard” and see on my computer that you never even existed on any of our company records.

Nothing wrong with that Roman. It’s just I don’t like when certain individuals make very very false claims without any concrete evidence of foul play. People need to hear both sides of the story sometimes and come to their own conclusion. -Inapts.com

Roman if you have been working SEO for years then you would know how its done, if you don’t I feel bad for your clients. In addition to that, i find it very funny you work SEO, your probably Rachiel of maybe another poser, not surprised. Best of luck in your SEO endeavors.

$60, are you kidding? Innovative Charges $190, and always did. You may be confusing us with someone else.

Thought I would chime in as well. Signed up with them, initially got only 2 apts then the eekend after “registering” got 5 more units and signed a lease. Not the fastest group to repond to messages but got my apartments. If you have 24 hours to move then I wouldn’t use them. I guess you also have to be a little lucky when looking for an apartment. No one said it’s going to be easy. Good luck Jen in getting an apartment..if you really are looking,lol or like Innovative said maybe your a competitor, or maybe this is Innovative writing this message. Ok I’m confused, Good Luck to anyone looking for an apt in NYC, be ready for the ride of your life.

This is such a scam. My friend god scammed by them few weeks ago. Don’t go with them.

Hello readers, let’s keep this discussion civil, please. In the interest of fairness, I’m allowing comments from both sides of the fence, but will start editing/deleting stuff that gets out of hand.

BTW, make no mistake about it: Reviews and More is a PERSONAL BLOG that is maintained by me (J.E.) — not by Innovative Apartments.

Thanks.

After viewing your website I did not notice any apartments in the Kips Bay neighborhood?

I used this service and found it to be terrible. Nothing was listed as advertised and I have been requesting a refund since March 19th, 5 days after I signed with them. As for the emails you are suppose to get..forget it..they send you something only after you call and ask. Even then probably about 90% of them are wrong in one way or another.

Nice review. I registered with them to find an apt in the Upper East Side. Took 3 Days and I had a lease signed. Service was pretty upfront. You get what you pay for. You wont have a limo take you around to the apts but having direct access to the apartments was good enough for me. Credit check I must say was useful. I guess because I’ve never seen mine before. All in all Innovative Apartments worked. Thanks guys and keep up the good work, oh and get some fish. Cheers! -W.Solomon

Another attempt to hijack this blog by a competitor. “Josh” You are a blatant LAIR. You were never a client of ours. I’m sure if you were you would be on google looking for Innovative Apartments a year and a half after you supposedly signed up. It’s comical. “made me hate looking for apartments in new york” Nice touch. If you were ever a client yo would have received your refund as per our contract.

http://www.inapts.com/inthenews.asp

I used InApt’s last year and they are a total scam. I’m not a real estate agent or broker of any sort. I’m in advertising. Brooke is a total liar, wicked person who must have trouble looking in the mirror. The operation is a complete scam from top to bottom. The listings were totally bogus, they don’t provide anything helpful for the fee they charge. Building Management LLC’s will run your credit report upon applying for an apartment, so what’s the point of InAPt’s.

Additionally, the listing I responded to from Craigslist was bogus listing, most of the apt’s they have on their site are not available and every management company I called said they had no relationship with InApt. I got my money back after harassing them for weeks.

Brooke lied to my face about the “bookkeeper” not being in the office-but he was totally standing at a desk in the background. I came in weeks later for my refund and it was that guy Hassan who was refunded my transaction. Hassan’s major cute, it was almost worth it just to meet with him. But Brooke is like the evil character on a soap opera. Don’t believe a word she says, run for you life. Just keep asking questions to her and everyone else and you’ll see them get nervous. How they haven’t been shut down is a complete mystery to me.

lol, I completely have never worked for InApt’s. What the hell are you talking about? YOu definitely have me confused with someone who may have worked for you. But I assure you and everyone reading here-I have never worked for InApt. I was just a regular citizen looking for an apartment. But tell me something? If InApt’s is such a great law abiding non-reported to the Better Business Bureau type business–than tell me, why would people bother following up on these blogs to warn other potential victims of your scam? And, if I was a previous employee-which I assure you I am not-what could have gone down at InApt’s that would cause a person to post nasty stuff all over the internet about this company—–if there wasn’t something shadey and deceitful about the nature of the business and the people (brooke) who work there? And Hassan is major cute, what is such a low blow about that? It seems so many people have been burnt by InAPt’s that the people who work there can’t even keep track of who would be angry enough at them to bother taking time out of there day to reply to a stupid blog. You don’t know who I am, but trust me, I came to you guys for an apartment and realized the minute I got back to my desk at my job that I had been scammed. In fact, I felt it while I was there filling out the forms, but didn’t have the confidence to just put a stop to it and leave. And what’s with that secret room off to the side that Brooke kept going in and out of and closing the door. That place is totally wrong.

I signed up with Innovative a few days ago, after being lured in by what seemed like an owner-posted ad for an aparmtment on craigslist. That same day, I was called back immediately, and was assured that the apartment was still available. After signing up and giving them my money, low and behold that apartment, and nothing even in my 1650 price range, was anywhere on their site! After checking them out with the BBB, they have a terrible reputation, and nothing on their site is remotely what we were looking for, though they take an exact profile of what you want when you sign up. It has been two days since I requested my refund, when I was told by a frightened sounding receptionist that they would “email me a link that I would then send them something back that would start my refund, or something like that- sorry I’m not too sure, I don’t work in the customer service department.” If you are so legit, Innovative, prove it to all these people by getting my refund back to me in a timely manner. I meet the requirements, and am signing another lease for an apartment not found through your site. And don’t even try to pull the- oh she used to work for us crap- because I will gladly post my full identity and work address as proof. Maybe then we can all believe you aren’t a company that scams.

You have to love Innovative Apartment’s fake “blogs.” Give me a break, do you really think people are that stupid? I guess so; you are still in business after I visited you over a year ago. Is it possible for you to get a written review from a credible source? Probably not since your service is unethical and wrong. How can you look yourself in the mirror knowing that you are scamming hard working people new to New York City out of $190?

The ones who are praising Innovative Apartments are definitely employees. I signed up for Innovative Apartments to find that the ads they were posting on Craigslist were fraudulent. AFTER signing up with Innovative, I would notice ads they had posted on Craigslist and inquire about THOSE apartments to find out that they didn�t exist. During the entire time I was using their service, and their site was never updated. I filed a complaint with the BBB and demanded a refund. I was promised my refund within two weeks and didn�t receive it. Because of the terms of use, I expected I�d get it within 60 days (though I called or emailed nearly everyday to remind them). After 60 days, NO REFUND. I continued to complain. After 90 days, NO REFUND. Finally, I went into the office and DEMANDED my refund check. Guess what? THEIR CHECK BOUNCED! What sound business would have a check bounce?! So, I threatened legal action and was promised a money order. When I went in to get the money order, they didn�t have one. They wrote another check. However, I took it straight to THEIR bank to cash it. Check out their report with the Better Business Bureau, and don�t believe anything Innovative Apartments tells you (or Hassan Abood).

If you are a client and upset just come and see Hassan and he will issue you a full refund.

Want to clear some of this up on behalf of Inapts.com. I signed up with them 1 month ago and now just moved into an apartment I never thought possible. The place is large and sunny and got it without a broker fee as promised. best $250 i spent. Alot of you naysayers dont have any facts are maybe are too unrealistic. Learn the market before you start searching. Innovative Apartments found me the right apartment and will use them again.

UPDATE: 9/18/07

I am closing comments for the time being because someone keeps leaving stuff that’s completely inaccurate, posing as InApts staff, etc.

I will re-open once things get sorted out.

For now, you can direct comments to admin[at]reviewsandmore(dot)net and I’ll try to post them manually.

Well…turns out, they were a scam after all! The ones operating Innovative Apartments (Bobby Portnov, Brian Portnov, and Nader Jaber) were all arrested for fraud. Innovative Apartments’s rebuttal to my comment above was, as you can see from the evidence (their arrest and the fact that their case is now waiting to be heard in criminal court), a blatant lie.