BARKER REALTY INC

I wish I would have seen their only rating was an F before I hired Mark Bonner of Brian Barker Real Estate to sell my condo. Although I was out of the state at the time and absolutely did not want to remodel (of course), Mark promised me he would find, manage and supervise an entire remodel project and deal with absolutely everything. He really had to talk me into it, telling me I'd make $30k more from a $9k project, that he knew a great guy, that it would be done in 2-3 weeks, that he would manage *everything.* For your reading pleasure, I'll quickly recount just how bad it got: * The contractor (Chris Conley of C Designs) lost my microwave and refrigerator on the highway * Conley went ballistic and assaulted his crew members * He ended up *back* in anger management rehab (yes, Mark had me hire his friend, a former felon without a contractor's license) * Mark felt this was a good time to stop being the general contractor * When I asked him what he was going to do, he emailed back (and I quote), "I don't know. How much have you paid him so far?" * When I asked the broker in charge, Brian Barker, about compensation, he told me to try going to my homeowner's insurance I'll leave it to you to decide whether you'd want to hire this company.

I had many of my belongings ruined by the mold from the house. For over a week, I had to turn the water on/off at the street because of plumbing issues. When there was work to be done in the house that resulted in my being unable to live there, the company told me to "just find a different place to live" for an entire month. "Surely I had some friends I could go stay with."