STERLING PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

I recently used Sterling Property Management to do tenant placement on my 2 properties in Monterey. After 10 days, I was recommended tenants who had previous foreclosures with poor credit for a 4 bedroom rental. I asked that since this was a risky profile to decrease the term of the tenancy from 1 year to a time that makes the most sense for the property to be empty should the tenants not work out. Following that request, I was told that they can not do that. That is something I have never heard of from any tenant placement company across the 20+ other properties I manage within the bay. I was not very happy with the response and mentioned that it is my right as the client to request a specific term on the lease. Finally, a subsequent email notified me that they are canceling the contract. So now, given the situation, I've lost nearly 15 days in being able to rent the property having to look for another property management company. Charging 50% of the first month's rent for tenant placement is standard. Sterling by no means charges a low fee for their services. Yet the service they provide for that standard fee is not standard or by any means acceptable and that's the problem here.