We met with Anthony Anderson, the agent who was meant to meet with us on Saturday morning, but canceled 30 minutes before our appointment with only an email and no phone call. We really wanted to do our due diligence and see some other apartments in the area, so we decided, hesitantly to reschedule for Sunday.
He met us this time, even if he was 5 minutes late. We saw 4 units in the building that we were most interested in. He then took us to a building a few blocks away. We were waiting in the lobby for the other agent to show us the unit, when the following altercation took place. I'm still not entirely sure what exactly happened, but this was one of the strangest experiences I've ever had, seriously, ever.
Random Guy says to our Realtor "What are you doing here?"
Realtor "What are you talking about?"
Random Guy "Should I call the cops?"
Realtor "I'm sorry, what?!"
Random Guy "You don't know who I am?"
Realtor "I have no idea"
Random Guy "Well, you're Anthony Anderson right?"
Realtor "Yes, who are you?"
Random Guy "Is it even legal for you to be here? I'm calling the cops, or maybe I'll just kick your ass right here. I can't believe you have the nerve to come into my building."
Random Guy turns to Tom and I, "This guy just got out of Cook County prison for stealing $3,500 from my girlfriend and I. He stole $35,000 from ten people."
Random Guy turns back to the guard "Don't let him leave the building, I'm calling the cops. Does he even have a license? Is it even legal for you to be showing apartments? I'm calling the DA."
At this point the security guard was getting riled up, telling them to take it outside because she didn't want to file a report of the resident got in a fight. And our Realtor, trying to maintain a "professional" appearance, I guess, asked the Random Guy to step outside. In the meantime the guy was still yelling at the Realtor saying "Do you even know what you did to Fabie and me? Do you have any fucking clue what you did to us?!!"
Tom and I sat there for a minute trying to figure out what the hell just happened. The guard tried to convince us to stay and let the owner of the unit know what happened, but we were too freaked out. We didn't have to have any kind of confrontation with this crazy guy who may have learned some mad fighting moves in prison! So we peaced out.
We went around the block the opposite direction of where they were standing and still arguing, went directly back to the building that we liked and filled out an application for the apartment we wanted in the first place. Screw that realtor, and screw due diligence. We are now the proud renters of a sweet ass, brand new apartment on the 31st floor, with hardwood floors, a balcony, and amazing kitchen. We move in at the end of August, sighs, the search is over and hopefully this will be the last time we EVER rent anything. But for now we will be happy in our amazing place.
(Our view is nicer than this because our unit is higher, but it's pretty close)
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