Absolute slumlords and amateurs with used-car dealership tactics — my opinion based on our experience. As a retired and disabled veteran, I have moved all around the world, experienced many rental homes, and have even been a landlord myself. Based on my firsthand experience, I can tell you: stay away from Parker Properties. We have only been at this rental property for 9 months, and those months have been filled with frustration and endless repair coordination. These aren’t simply cosmetic repairs. We have documented 80+ deferred-maintenance, safety, security, and habitability-related issues at the property, requiring an extraordinary amount of communication and repeated follow-up. Just a quick sample: • Front door couldn’t be properly secured for approximately 2 months after turnover (the house was wide open at turnover, no one home). • Trash, tires, and rat poison throughout the property at turnover. • The property had a prior water-damage insurance claim before we moved in. When we attempted to obtain renters insurance, some insurers declined coverage, while the available coverage we found was substantially more expensive. • Dirty laundry left in the washing machine. • Dirty dishes left in the dishwasher. • Plumbing issues requiring shower-cartridge and kitchen-faucet replacements. My son was burned by unexpectedly hot shower water during our tenancy. • Kitchen sink backed up with dirt, sand, and sewer material after initial use. • Mold issues. • Existing and ongoing rodent problems. • Vendors arriving with very little notice and, on two occasions, unannounced. • One pool-safety repair appointment was cancelled at the last minute for a Padres game. (Forgivable) • Parker Properties cancelled multiple safety-related work orders, only for the issues to later be addressed after I escalated them. • Parker Properties scheduled an all-day HVAC repair appointment where I waited, only to be informed late that afternoon that they apparently never received confirmation from Sears. • Burned electrical wiring. • Seven problematic/miswired outlets. One vendor worked for three days on a single outlet and eventually yelled out in joy when he figured out that he had simply “crisscrossed the wires.” This interaction was captured on our security camera. • A vendor installed a NEMA 14-50 240V EV outlet without obtaining the required permit. Parker Properties subsequently attempted to charge me again the installation. The City became involved regarding the permitting issue. • Missing GFCI protection at sink backsplash areas. • Five missing and/or defective smoke detectors. • Blocked electrical panel, city cited. • A back door providing direct access to the house could be opened from outside using a coin or by sliding a card. It appeared to have an interior privacy-style lock rather than appropriate exterior-door security hardware. • Pool-safety deficiencies were documented during multiple inspections, including issues concerning SB 442 requirements, continuing for more than 6 months. Through July, our records estimated that approximately 196+ hours of our time had been consumed by communications, coordinating repairs, providing vendor access, supervising or verifying work, dealing with recurring pool-service issues, and preserving evidence and documentation. That’s 657+ emails, texts, and phone calls, including communications with their attorney, during what should have been our peaceful enjoyment of the property. This isn’t based solely on our opinion. Deficiencies were documented during a City Enforcement courtesy safety inspection, as well as during two independent home inspections. Deficiencies remained during a third follow-up/revisit inspection. I’ll repeat that: our experience with this rental reached the point where multiple inspections were necessary simply to identify, document, and follow up on deficiencies. There is now a pending Small Claims matter, and we are verifying information contained in the already-served Notice to Vacate against City records. FUTURE TENANTS Stay away unless you want to become the lead coordinator for ongoing repairs and maintenance while paying premium rent and coordinating access for their fleet of handymen and vendors. LANDLORDS In my experience, Parker Properties has been sloppy and amateurish and has not lived up to its own published SOPs and marketing promises to prospective landlords. Compare their published promises and my attached callouts. Below is a sample maintenance tracker that I eventually stopped updating because maintaining the tracker itself quickly became another chore. We have retained the inspection reports, photographs, videos, emails, text messages, maintenance records, work orders, and detailed repair logs supporting our experience. Live Maintenance Tracker: https://tinyurl.com/ParkerProperties91945

Misleading holding deposit. I am writing this to hopefully prevent another potential renter and applicant from losing thousands of dollars like I have! For me this was a very expensive lesson but for someone else it could be financially devastating! The Owner and Company stand by this policy and procedure so beware and do not sign the Holding Deposit until after you have reviewed the lease and are ready to be financially responsible for the property. I recently applied for a home to rent through Parker properties. I was approved and was asked to put a holding deposit down until they could draw up the lease. The Holding Deposit (because my move in date was so soon- 1st Month’s rent and Security Deposit) totaling $7,390. I dropped off the cashier’s check and was told to sign the Holding deposit Receipt. I was NOT provided any explanation or details. I signed it without reading it fully because I was in a hurry, on my lunch hour and understood Holding Deposits to be a charge for the days the property was removed and held off the market by the applicant/potential tenant. I received the lease 3 days later and couldn’t comply because there were many restrictions listed that were not normal and it was not a California Association of Realtors lease. I declined the rental which I have every right to do if I cannot comply with the rules and policies. Sadly after, I was told I would be charged $120 a day until the home was re-rented up to 30 days not for just the 3 days the property was taken off the market. They held my entire deposit. I called and spoke with the owner and Broker Teri Parker to discuss it, and she didn’t budge nor care. She stands by how this was handled, the lack of disclosure, explanation and transparency and then warned me not to sue (without me mentioning it) because she’s been sued in the past on this and won every time. I would think if that were true, she would want to avoid being sued and would do everything she can to be sure the applicant is aware that they are agreeing to be financially responsible for up to 30 days without signing a lease not just for the days the property was held and taken off the market. Yet she hasn’t changed this policy and still doesn’t disclose the restrictions or rules nor explain their Holding Deposits receipt which warrant a verbal conversation as they entail a lot more than just for holding the property. After 30 days of holding my money, I was charged $2,640 for 22 days at $120 per day despite the property being marketed online for 19 of those days and many people viewing the home. It should not be the applicant’s responsibility to pay for a property they never agreed to lease. This is bad business and I’m not aware of any other property mgmt. company doing this!