
Nomadic Real Estate
About us
Founded by brothers Ben and Joe Rieling, Nomadic Real Estate provides property management services to residential owners and investors throughout the metro DC market. Nomadic offers an extensive service platform, industry leading technology, and a unique business model centered around creating a high-end customer experience through hard-work, strong communication and same day responsiveness to offer our clients a peace of mind.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Leasing, Real Estate Services (Buying/Selling), Residential Property Management
Amenities
Emergency Services
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I’ve used Nomadic for three years – the first year for property management services, the second year for finding a tenant and property management services and this year also for finding a tenant. Part of the reason I used Nomadic is that you are able to show your apt and if you locate your own tenant, they do not charge you a month’s rent. This year, Nomadic recommended I allow the current tenants to get out of their lease a month early. Joe recommended this because he said it would be a better time to find a tenant. I agreed, but wanted to make sure the tenants kept my apt nice so it would be easy to rent. Mary Kathryn said she did an inspection and did not find damage. So, I agreed to let the tenants break the lease and the apt. was advertised in July. Joe recommended the listing price. I agreed to his recommendation. I then also advertised the apt. I did a showing in mid-August and discovered how dirty and cramped the apt. looked. I was upset because it is very difficult to rent an apt. that does not look nice. I followed up with Nomadic. I think Nomadic may have also shown the apt. one time between July and August. I did more research on my own and discovered the market had changed so I agreed to lower the price a little. I also asked the property manager (Mary Kathryn )about a make-ready, underscoring that work would need to be done quickly, given the apt’s condition. Mary Kathryn told me not to worry and that make readys could be done in one day. I responded that was great because I was really busy and would not have time to do the work. So, I waited until the tenants moved out. Then, I wanted to go forward with painting and repairing the apt. It took several days for Mary Kathryn to get me initial quotes. I tentatively agreed, but noted that she needed to complete the move-out inspection before the work could be done – I needed documentation showing what damage the tenants did before fixing it. Mary Kathryn took about 10 days to do the move-out inspection. During that time, I decided I could not rely on Nomadic nor wait for them to arrange for someone to do the work, so I did everything myself. Exactly what I did not have time to do. Then, I asked about returning the security deposit. I was confused and thought I had to return the funds to the tenant. I asked Mary Kathryn and Ben and they gave me that address to mail a $2000 check to. I double checked my records and discovered that the funds were in Nomadic's escrow account, not my own. Nomadic should have told me this, instead of sending me an address to mail a check!! Then, it took them close to the full 45 days to return the deposit to the tenants. They did not return the funds for the damage to me until I followed up. At least they did wire me the money when I called them out on it. Finally, when I fired them, they asked to keep my business by providing mgmt services for 6%/mo and charging me 50% for finding a tenant. This was a horrible offer, as I already paid 6% (not 8%) and found that prospective tenant myself -- so again, they were trying to charge me an extra 50% as I was the person who found that tenant for myself!!! I would definitely not do business with Nomadic, nor recommend them to anyone.
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