Bearcat's Llc
Binghamton , NY,
4.4
Avg Score
0.0
Years Avg Stay
496.9
Avg Rent
100%
Recommend
Would Never Use Them Ever Again
Posted 4 months ago
Our landlord was very unresponsive to issues we had in the house. He would not respond to messages. The company violated the lease and stole our security deposits. They even asked for additional money.
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Dishonest houses are dumps!
Posted 5 months ago
Kept most of the security deposit Charged for things that made no sense! Very dishonest the house was a complete dump. The shower leaked, the kitchen faucet fell off, we had to mow the lawn and trim trees so we could park in the sham of a driveway! The house is disgusting!
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Maybe The Worst
Posted 5 months ago
Bearcats Management are a bunch of crooks. Jimmy only seems to care about his new project on State Street. He is no where to be found when actual business matters need to be addressed. He treats his property owner clients very poorly. Our property owner told us he didn't even make an attempt to collect rent from some tenants for months and then threatened eviction. Avoid these guys at ALL costs
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Great experience!
Posted 5 months ago
Highly recommend Bearcats and their team they worked with us on multiple occasions pertaining to different things and we managed to get it all resolved and all parties were happy. Thank you again for being reasonable ad working with our group.
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Highly recommended!
Posted 6 months ago
Could not ask for a better place. I have everything I want and need in my apartment and I am close to everything!!
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Great experience!
Posted 6 months ago
Had a few issues at first but the bearcats maintenance took care of everything and I am happy in my apartment now.
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Great experience!
Posted 7 months ago
WOWW…. The houses are amazing and Bearcats helped us pick the right one!!!
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Fake reviews (all these reviews are fake)
Posted 7 months ago
He and his representative fakes all these reviews to deceive people. There are much more places with the same amount of money and much better service.
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Nasty and scammer
Posted 8 months ago
Scummy and nasty. You’re guaranteed to not get your security deposit back for absurd reasons. Has scammed hundreds of students over the years, sticking them in shitholes that smell bad in crime ridden areas if their places weren’t ready for several months. Avoid renting with him. The “good reviews” are often fake, it’s embarrassing that he’s so bad he has to do that
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Great Experience!
Posted 8 months ago
Bearcats was very professional and helped my group with all of are questions and got us set up for next year.
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Great experience!
Posted 8 months ago
Thank you Bearcats for helping me with my tenant portal sure has made life easier…
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Very good services!
Posted 8 months ago
Thank you, Jim and Bearcats, for working with my group and finding us a house that works for all of us we are very excited.
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Great services!
Posted 9 months ago
DOES NOT DISAPOINT!! If you are looking for a great college experience you need to rent one of bearcats houses with your friends and make memories.
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Great services!
Posted 9 months ago
DOES NOT DISAPOINT!! If you are looking for a great college experience you need to rent one of bearcats houses with your friends and make memories.
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Great experience!!!
Posted 9 months ago
Nice clean apartment I was happy with what I say when viewing properties with my daughter thank you for taking you time and we are happy to have signed with you!
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Nasty Attitude
Posted 9 months ago
I was really interested in an apartment from Jim, but I looked up these reviews beforehand and I always have my dad (a lawyer) read any lease before I sign. We noticed there was a clause about monthly inspections and that if he deemed it messy would clean it at $65/hr. While I’m a neat person, this clause wasn’t acceptable to us and I asked him if he could possibly take it out. I also asked to set up a timeline to get the security deposit back at the end of the lease as i heard of other people having problems with that. I asked kindly. He was really nasty in his response and that was the last string after reading everyone else’s reviews (glad I did!).
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Happy to have rented with bearcats housing
Posted 9 months ago
Happy to have rented with bearcats housing
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Great experience. so far so good!
Posted 9 months ago
I have had a few hiccups sense renting from bearcats but they have done everything they promised and they helped me get everything situated with my portal to make things easier and it made it so I got a quicker responses and things resolved.
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Worst ever
Posted 10 months ago
Jim is the worst ever and that girl in the Office is horrible. Rude and never calls back. All they care about is money and never does what they are suppose to. Please, stop renting from this drug dealer. He is nothing but lies and broken promises. Comes in without notice then tells you he did contact but that is a lie. Apartment cleaned on break yes they take everything they want. And then charge you 500 to 1000 for the cleaning”. He is the worst of the worst you have been warned.
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Great experience!
Posted 12 months ago
Great Experience with Bearcats Housing LLC very friendly and acceptable everything
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Very personable! Highly recommended!
Posted 12 months ago
Very personable,. Highly recommend for everyone
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Overall we were happy!
Posted 12 months ago
Clean, updated, friendly people! Very professional, I would highly recommend.
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I would highly recommend!
Posted 12 months ago
Fast and professional Bearcats Housing LLC. I would highly recommend
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I would highly recommend. Thanks
Posted 12 months ago
Fast and professional!! I would highly recommend. Thanks for your Great services!
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Super fast and professional!
Posted 12 months ago
My roommates and I have used Bearcats Housing for the last three years and I have had a great experience every year. I highly recommend to anyone interested in updated, clean, and safe student housing. Every year, they have a wide variety of availability that will suit any students needs or wants!
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Had a great experience while living at Bearcats housing.
Posted 12 months ago
Had a great experience while living at Bearcats housing. When I needed something fixed or had any questions they responded immediately. 5/5
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Thanks for your Great services!
Posted 12 months ago
Great experience dealing with Bearcats Housing! Thanks
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Great Experience!
Posted 12 months ago
Could not be more please that I chose Bearcats housing. Their team was easy, convenient, and wonderful to work with!
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Awesome services!
Posted 12 months ago
Awesome service and experience with Bearcats Housing LLC. Highly recommend!
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Bearcats housing is great!
Posted 12 months ago
Bearcats housing is great! Amazing properties and very responsive to inquiries.
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Great Experience!
Posted 12 months ago
Clean, updated, friendly people! Very professional, I would highly recommend.
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Thank you very much!
Posted 12 months ago
Fast and professional Bearcats Housing LLC. I would highly recommend for.
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Great experience work with him thank you.
Posted 12 months ago
Could not be more please that I chose Bearcats housing. Their team was easy, convenient, and wonderful to work with!
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Great services!
Posted 12 months ago
Great Experience with Bearcats Housing LLC very friendly and acceptable everything , thanks a lot Highly Recommend everyone for!
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Thank you!
Posted 12 months ago
Great experience dealing with Bearcats Housing. It was newly remodeled and it was beautiful.
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Very thankful!
Posted 12 months ago
I would highly recommend Bearcats Housing LLC! Bearcats Housing was a Great experience.
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Crook and a thief and nasty
Posted 12 months ago
The positive reviews are from the guy Jim or his nasty wife, no one thinks he is ok, ask around zero recommend him
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Great Experience!!!
Posted 12 months ago
Fast and professional!! I would highly recommend. Thanks for your Great services!!!
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I would highly recommend Bearcats Housing LLC! Bearcats Housing was a Great experience.
Posted 12 months ago
I would highly recommend Bearcats Housing LLC! Bearcats Housing was a Great experience.
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Very personable, i am so happy work with this company. Highly recommended.
Posted 1 year ago
Very personable, i am so happy work with this company. Highly recommended
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Rough start
Posted 1 year ago
When first arriving at the house with a few of my roommates there was a strange odor and we could not get the WiFi signal. Called Jim and the 800 number. The strange smell was a died squirrel outback of the house in the garbage can that had rain water in it. Maintenance did take care of it immediately once figuring out the problem and after two days of maintenance coming and going trying to figure out the WiFi it ended up being bad router and modem from spectrum and they had to send out a Tech. Thank you Bearcats for being patient with all of us. Rough start better endings!
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The worst rental experience ever
Posted 1 year ago
They are supposed to be professionals. To be honest, this is the worst leasing experience I’ve ever. From the early beginning and there is S.th wrong. Firstly, we agreed and signed the contract regarding a studio apartment in the 32 Edward st. The. I have paid the 1st month lease and the last month as well as the deposit. Then, I sent Jimmy an email stating that I want to have the keys and I will start moving by the 1st of aug. which is the first day of my lease. Also, I have stated to him that one of my friends will contact him to receive the keys because I was out of the country and I will arrive on the 2nd of aug. at the evening and that is friday night. Surprisingly, on the second of Aug, my friend called him to ask him how to take the keys. He was so rude to her. He told her you have to tell me early enough, one week early, and you just cant move in now you have to wait one week. Later on, I found that my apartment is not 32 Edwards as in the contract. it is 25 throp St. ya I know both of them are the same building. Anyways, no one came to give us the keys. He just left the keys on a lock at the front door. I found that my apartment is missing the two stools as well as the coffee table. I called Jimmy, he didn’t pick up the phone, he never did btw. I sent him a text he replied and told me go and submit a request on the online system. well I did this on 5th of Aug. Thank God, I received the stools on the 9th of Sept, one month later. This is not the most imp. thing. I realized s.th wrong with the Bathroom. I always clean it then I go and come back I find dirts all over the place. On the 18, I was talking a shower, and I heard s.th moving above the ceiling and tries to break the ceiling. I was scared and went out of the bath quickly. I , once again, submitted a request to the online thing as well as texted Jimmy. Of course, no one responded. and I keep sending him and he says things but nothing happens. You can't imagine how loud the noise and how dirty the bathroom gets. As the winter approaches, the situation gets worse. Right now, I have two or three squirrels above my ceiling. I don’t feel safe when I’m at the bathroom. On weekends I usually sleep at my friends because early in the morning they make a lot of noise trying to break the wall and the ceiling. I can’t sleep from them. I don’t know really what I’m supposed to do. It’s has been more than a month since I have submitted the first request regarding that squirrel thing. should I wait more. I need someone else to contact other than Jimmy, the landlord or the owner; I just can’t deal with him.
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Took some time.
Posted 1 year ago
Thank you Bearcats. Rough start but bearcats has helped us along the way as much as they could. Horrible WiFi routers provided by spectrum could not get spectrum out for almost a week because of how busy they were Bearcats went and picked one up to get us WiFi. When I arrived all the keys were already at the house some worked and some did not was kind of annoyed but when I reached out to management they brought over new keys.
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Scammer
Posted 1 year ago
Scammer scammer never returned our Deposit. Kept saying it was the accountants fault but he is full of lies and broken promise. Along with his nasty side kick wife. They both lie and blame the other one. Save yourself time and energy and run from these two. Only broken promises and no return text messages or phone calls. Always an excuse. And I promise the good reviews they did. I have spoken to dozen of Sports teams or students that have rented from them and all the same outcome. Run and don’t truth them.
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Worst ever
Posted 1 year ago
This company is the WORST! Servers maintenance requests and still nothing. All they care about is money. So nice until you move in and then they don’t care about you. His “employees” all follow his lead. Made up all excuses not to give our security back but after asking around it’s just what he does. Stay away from this company worst in the business.
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Ups and downs
Posted 1 year ago
Had some issues when first arriving to the house but everything got taken care of and myself and my group are all settled and appreciate everything and how quickly it got done.
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The worst!
Posted 1 year ago
They have not returned my security deposit after almost 3 months. I have a text from Jim stating that the apartment was fine and that they were just running behind.
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Horrible company
Posted 1 year ago
Bearcat housing is the worst housing company I’ve worked with in Binghamton. It took on average two months for them to respond to service requests. The house was not clean when we received it. And they charged money from our security deposit without an explanation. Jim, the main point of contact for Bearcat, hardly ever responds and hasn’t gotten back to us in over two weeks. He is blatantly ignoring our calls and emails.
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Thank you
Posted 1 year ago
I accidentally had a amazon package shipped to my old address and I needed the package and bearcats went above and beyond to get it to me.. Thank you again!!
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Very thankful!
Posted 1 year ago
Between me and my group we all had different opinions, but over all Bearcats was responsive and helped with issues we had in the property. A few times we were left waiting for maintenance but it was nothing major it was things like lightbulbs, the one hallway light would not stop flickering and the dryer made a weird noise once in awhile but it was because we over filled it but they did get someone over to take care of it all.
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Fake reviews
Posted 1 year ago
I am convinced that the reviews on here are fake and written by Jim and the rest of his workers. Living with them was awful, they wouldn't respond for days sometimes even over a week with no explanation or solutions. Things would break and we would have to fix them ourselves without reimbursement because they just would ignore us. I know several other groups who have had similar if not worse experiences.
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Overall we were happy.
Posted 1 year ago
It was a good year, my housemates and I loved the house had a few issues with keys sticking in the locks but maintenance came over and took care of it.
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Great experience
Posted 1 year ago
Overall my house was great, had a few issues throughout the year but Jim was very responsive and so was his maintenance.
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I highly recommend Bearcats
Posted 1 year ago
Had a very hard time finding housing this year. My group started with 8 and then got smaller Jim worked with me and was patient and showed me a variety of houses and we were able to lock something in. Thank you again
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Very happy
Posted 1 year ago
Thank you Jim for a great year. I am so happy I rented from you and thank you for helping my cousin find a place close to me on short notice!
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Don't do it to yourself
Posted 2 years ago
Can't stress enough that there are better landlords out there. As a BU student I've lived off campus for 3 years now and this was the first time I ever experienced this terrible of a landlord (and last time because I will not rent from them again). Jim seemee very nice when we first met him but that changed drastically once we signed the lease. He would disregard very serious maintenance issues and would just not respond to emails or not pick up calls. He promised us that the house would be worked on, and we even had a maintenance man come once, but then he just left his tools didn't fix anything and we never heard from him again. Honestly living there for a year was truly terrible. There are other landlords I've rented from in Bing that know what they're doing and genuinely care so keep looking and don't sign with these people.
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THE WORST HOUSING IVE EVER EXPERIENCED
Posted 2 years ago
I CAN NOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH DO NOT RENT FROM THESE PEOPLE. I had what was easily the worst housing experience of my life with them. Besides things breaking throughout our lease and going unfixed. Our house wasn't fully insulated, something we didn't realize until November or so after moving in in August. We sent email after email, wrote complaints in the portal, called, and literally were forced to walk around our own home in blankets and layers all winter to make it bearable. We lost so much money on utilities because we had to have space heaters running and the central heat would escape through the cracks in the windows and floors. One of our housemates had to pay out of pocket to insulate the windows. Their contractor came once, unnannounced, didn't fix anything and left his tools in our living room. After that they just sat there, he never came back, and we continued to freeze. It's pretty heartless on their behalf to have such little care for their tenants. I'm staying in Binghamton for another year and did everything I could to avoid bearcat housing, I suggest you do the same.
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Worked with me.
Posted 2 years ago
It was a good year. Few things came up but thank you for working with me. I will recommend you to others.
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Awesome experience
Posted 2 years ago
Great experience to finish off my senior year at Bing. Prospective renters should definitely look into Bearcats Housing for their off campus living.
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Would definitely recommend for any Binghamton or Broome student. Had zero issues while renting with Bearcats Housing.
Posted 2 years ago
Thank you!
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Terrible
Posted 2 years ago
Would not recommend Bearcat Housing. They wouldn't answer emails for days and sometimes not at all even after we'd call. Not sure who their contractor was but he would just appear unannounced and never finished anything he started. I had to pay for my own tools to fix things around the house. Felt like I didn't even have a landlord.
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I highly recommended
Posted 2 years ago
Thanks for everything! This year was great next year hopefully will be even better!
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Thankful
Posted 2 years ago
Just wanted to say thank you bearcats for working with my group I know we we did not make it easy but we locked in our house for next year thank you again.
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Lease signed
Posted 2 years ago
Signed our lease for our last year. Love this place and so many great memories! Thank you Bearcats for always keeping our home great and for being so nice to us. Thankful for another year here
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Finally living downtown!
Posted 2 years ago
Finally in our new home. So worth the wait. It’s everything that was promised and so much more. In the middle of it all. Just wanted to give a shot out to Jim. Thank you for all your hard work and giving us such a great place. We look forward to many many years here.
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Wow can’t wait
Posted 2 years ago
We signed our lease for State St. It’s beyond beautiful and are so excited to have the best place around. Everything you could ask for. Not only is it the perfect location but it’s beautiful. And the bathrooms are like being at a resort. So looking forward to moving in. Thanks again Jim, for your patience.
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Renewed our lease
Posted 2 years ago
Thanks to Jim amd all his hard work and dedication to us. We are staying in our place. Again, thank you for everyone you did for us.
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Very nice, laid back very excited about our new place for next year
Posted 2 years ago
Can not wait to move into our brand new apartment!! Thank you for all the accommodations.
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Simply the BEST!
Posted 2 years ago
What an amazing experience! This is the best around by far. It was a struggle to get where we are but so worth it. Jim, thank you for everything you did for us. This is a once in a lifetime experience to live here and we are glad we can say we were the first.
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Unbelievable!!!
Posted 2 years ago
All I can say is about time and thank you!! The new accommodations in our new places are beyond words.. Thank you Bearcats Team
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STAY AWAY !!!!
Posted 2 years ago
Total slumlords. You can even find bad stories about them on REDDIT lmao. Trust the negative reviews, they're scammers
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Loving our new place
Posted 2 years ago
So happy to be moving into our new place in a few months. It’s beautiful and in the heart of downtown. And so much more then we ever thought possible. So excited to be living there soon.
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So happy
Posted 2 years ago
Rough start but Bearcats took over our property and I’m happy to say we just signed our lease for 2019-2020 school year. Thank you for being so patient with us and fixing everything that needed to be done. We look forward to another great year in our home.
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I own several homes
Posted 2 years ago
I own several properties and as of a few months ago Jim took over Managing them. I have had the best experience since he has been taking over. I had vacant apartments and they were rented quickly. My homes are very well taken care of now and I can’t thank Bearcata enough for all of your hard work and dedication. I look forward to working with you for a long time.
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AWFUL, HORRIBLE. BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 2 years ago
FIRST OF ALL, JIM IS A SCAMMER, DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE PEOPLE LEAVING GOOD REVIEWS. MY T.V AMD WIFI DOES NOT WORK. I EMAILED HIM & ASKED TO SEND SOMEONE TO FIX IT & HE TOTALLY IGNORNED ME...NEVER REPLIED . MY HOME WAS BROKEN INTO AND HE LITERALLY SHOWED NO CONCERN AT ALL. HE SENT SOMEONE TO FIX MY BROKEN LOCKS/DOORS/WINDOW BUT NEVER TOLD ME THAT MY HOUSE WAS BROKEN INTO AND NEVER MADE A POLICE REPORT (I HAD TO FIND OUT MY HOUSE WAS BROKEN INTO WHEN I ARRIVED AFTER BREAK AND THE POLICE OFFICER ASSURED HE DID NOT FILE A POLICE REPORT). HE LITERALLY TOLD ME THAT OFF CAMPUS HOUSES GET BROKEN INTO ALLLLL THE TIME AND LANDLORDS DONT GET INVOLVED-THOSE ARE MATTERS FOR THE POLICE.
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Thank you for our new home!
Posted 2 years ago
We just signed our lease this weekend. The place is amazing and has more then we have seen with other landlords. All furniture is brand new. Large smart tv and the bathrooms are beautiful, laundry on site and close to everything. The portal sure does make life easy. Thank you for our 2019-2020 home.
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AWFUL!! SCAMMER!! DO NOT!
Posted 2 years ago
HE IS A SCAMMER, HE DOES NOT REPLY. BROKEN TV AND DOES NOT CARE..ONLY CARE ABOUT THE MONEY!!
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Thank you
Posted 2 years ago
Just wanted to say happy Holidays to Bearcats. And thank you for all you do for us!
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A new place
Posted 2 years ago
Finally signed our lease for the upcoming school year! Look forward to being so close to Downtown and everything being new. Thanks for all your help and patience not easy getting a big group to pick one place.
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Great things
Posted 2 years ago
Love the new windows and everything you have done for me. The location is great and with it being a new apartment it’s so nice. I hope everyone at Bearcats has a nice holiday season.
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Just signed another lease!
Posted 2 years ago
We love our place! We love the portal it’s so convenient. We just signed our lease for 2019-2020 school year! And are very happy! Hope you and your staff have great Holiday season!
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Do not live here
Posted 2 years ago
Bearcats housing is such a scam. Don't listen to these fake positive reviews. Slumlords.
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HORRIBLE Experience. Unsafe locations, exploitative landlords, "maintenance requests" are a joke.
Posted 2 years ago
Avoid at all costs. All of these positive reviews are fake. I've talked to Jim's other tenants. NOBODY is happy with their experience here. It should be illegal for landlords to post fake reviews of themselves.
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Great things!
Posted 2 years ago
We have had so many great memories here and are happy to have signed our new lease. Thanks, Kaylee
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Great experience and happy to be staying our last year!
Posted 2 years ago
We signed out finally lease for our Senior year! Sad to be leaving but happy to be spending another year in our great house! Thanks for making our home away from home great!
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Great experience
Posted 2 years ago
After months of living in a place and having a terrible landlord. Jim took over and fixed everything that needed to be done. We are very happy and just signed our lease for another year. Great to have a company that cares about us. Thanks for all your time and help.
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Thankful
Posted 2 years ago
Just signed our lease for another year. We are grateful for all you do for us. Had a few issues but always taking care of. Just wanted you to know we appreciate living is such a great home. Thanks for the wonderful memories.
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❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Posted 2 years ago
Thank you so much for being patient with our group! Love our new house for next year.
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Lookkng forward to our new home!
Posted 2 years ago
Just signed our lease with Bearcats for 2019-2020 school year! It has a great location and newly renovated. After seeing different houses Jim keeps his houses maintained. Thank you, Jim for spending so much time with us showing the available properties.
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DO NOT Live with this company
Posted 2 years ago
Do not live here! We were promised tons of things such as new windows, parking spots, working WiFi, a nice basement with laundry and instead have no new windows, only street parking, a very creepy basement with laundry that barely works and a bad building that has thin walls on a very busy street. Jim has lied to us on multiple occasions. I would not live here again
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Do not recommend
Posted 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure all of these "positive" reviews here were written by Bearcats Housing themselves. Submitting maintenance requests are useless, they hardly ever read or respond to any of them. I regret ever signing a lease with them and within a month of living here, I wanted to break the lease. I honestly feel like I've been scammed.
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Just sign a new lease for 2019-2020
Posted 2 years ago
Just secured our place for next year. It’s a great location and newly renovated. Looking for to making memories. Thank you, Jim for helping us!
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Feeling grateful
Posted 2 years ago
A BIG shout out to Bearcats housing. We moved into a house with another Property Manager that we had a very bad experience with. But a few weeks ago Bearcats housing took over and things have definitely improved. Thank you for doing all you can for us to make our living arrangements better!
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Conniving Scumbag
Posted 2 years ago
Jim Slocum has proven to be nothing less than a conniving, manipulating scumbag. A group of students paid him for housing. The lease states that I would be able to move in on August 1st. August 1st passed and the house was no where near finished. He scheduled a new move in date to September 1st, that passed. From here Jim continued to feed me lies while he put me in his "alternative housing" located in an area where students have no business being. In my time at his alternative housing there were multiple shootings that took place just a block away. Scared for my life, I decided to wait it out for 1.5 months. Jim's new move in date for my apartment is now November 1st. This whole time while this crack smoking, degenerate scumbag is sitting on $100,000 (which he manipulated us students to pay) and is not making any progress on the building. In addition, the few units that actually have some sort of infrastructure, are different from the original floor plan/drawings. Although, I have to give it to him, this man is a PROFESSIONAL liar. His actions along with his promises seem to me as if this man graduated Harvard with a master's degree in fraud. I advise for anyone who is thinking of giving Jim any money for housing is to run far away. You might as well light your money on fire. Well done Jimmy boy you got me.
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Won’t be disappointed
Posted 2 years ago
We love living in BearCat Housing. With a few small issues but takin care of quickly. The house is beautiful with all new furniture and appliances. Jim, went out of his way to make sure everything was takin care of. Perfect location!
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Great place and location. Responsive to any needs
Posted 2 years ago
Fridge was broken at move in but they got us a new one with in 2 days. The house was great. Awesome memories!
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Amazing to work with
Posted 2 years ago
Good, fair, and honest people. Everything they told us they would do they did. Some of our security was kept but a couple of my roommates were savages and it was fair. So many great memories!
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Great landlord. Highly recommended. Very easy going.
Posted 3 years ago
Great Year!!! After dealing with a crappy landlord (I wont name names) this was a relief! The house was beautiful, any issues we had were taken care of quickly. Furniture & Appliances were new condition. So long as the house was clean for their showings we had no issues.
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Great Experience & Company. Thank you from China!
Posted 3 years ago
As an international student I was trying to find a nice apartment online. I contacted Bearcats and was directed to their website where many of the houses had video tours. I lived in an apartment with other similar units so I asked them to send me a quick video through email of my exact apartment. They did, I rented using their online portal and the rest was history. It was a positive experience. All of their other units were rented to individuals who were quiet (No fraternity) . There was a weak WiFi Signal when I first moved in but they adjusted the router and fixed it quickly.
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Good Experience! Nice House and totally responsive landlord
Posted 3 years ago
I lived at a house owned by Bearcats Housing not Bearcats llc which is the only one I found on here. Its confusing as I know there is also another rental company that goes by Bearcats Services........ I lived in a 10 Bedroom house on Edwards St. It was right by the OCC Bus which was a huge bonus as only 3 of us had vehicles. We did not have a ton of interaction with the landlord- Jim but when we had minor issues they were responsive. Their online portal was easy to use and a huge bonus for us. The bedroom's were big and the furniture was nicer than other places I have lived. I would recommend Bearcats Housing.
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Avoid these properties like the plague
Posted 3 years ago
My daughter rented from them while attending Brooke University with her boyfriend and numerous times they reported a squirrel living in their wall. Nothing was done to remedy the problem and squirrel had babies in the wall now! Still nothing done. Landlord took it upon himself to let himself in while they were home on Spring break and steal their TV. Claiming he evicted them. Bulls**t! They got no calls, no notices on their door when they went back to apartment. No notices in their mail at all!!! Fire Escape is a death trap and broken. If a fire, they would never get out. Reported to Code Enforcement. No one set up an appointment to do anything about it. Apparently he has quite a hold on everyone there. No one wants to say anything against him. Their refrigerator broke, and 150 to 200.00 worth of food spoiled and was ruined. They filled out a repair request were told that is not landlords job to take care of that if he does it will cost 65 an hour!!!! Inches of disgusting backed up water in their tub that leaked into downstairs apartment that was reported to be fixed. Told not landlords responsibility. WTH is the landlords responsibility???? Just a creepy slimeball landlord. Did call cops regarding stolen tv. We will see what happens. They will not be renting there anymore
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Awful apartment, awful landlord, and awful neighborhood. But other than that it was great.
Posted 3 years ago
The place was utter garbage. Bearcat housing is unprofessional and slimy. Would never recommend to anyone.
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Great experience
Posted 3 years ago
I rented a 1 bedroom for 1.5 years as I graduated at the end of the Fall Semester. The apartment was quiet and clean. The walls did not have new paint on them but there was nothing wrong with them. Thanks Jim for helping me find a place to accommodate a lease ending in December.
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Great house & responsive management
Posted 3 years ago
Great property. I don't know why there are bad reviews from others. Any issues we had went on there tenant portal and we would get a repair or notified the next day about what was going on. We were able to pay right online or submit maintenance. We received a partial security back with a list of deductions which was fair. Based on knowledge from other friends landlords I would highly recommend!
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HORRIBLE renting experience
Posted 3 years ago
Jim is the worst landlord you could get. He regularly ignores messages, does not legally get his houses inspected when necessary, and has resorted to calling me names. My house was a month late before I could move in and he demanded we pay for the month that we couldn't live there! Work done on the house was done poorly, using cheap parts and labor. Plumbing breaks often. TV's in bedrooms do not work. Not to mention he is a convicted cocaine dealer! Would never deal with him again, do not trust him whatsoever.
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Worst place I have ever lived.
Posted 3 years ago
Please don't live here. Avoid Jim Slocum at all costs.
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Students, avoid this scammer, Jim Slocum is the worst landlord I have dealt with. He will not return your deposit, plus his properties sucks a big time!
Posted 3 years ago
Avoid this unlawful scamlord. He won't return your deposit besides, the location of his properties sucks a big time!
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Below review very concerning
Posted 3 years ago
Worst land lord experience. Landlord seemingly cares more about the criminal neighbors than the students he places amongst them. Once overheard him telling neighbors to "use the basement," which now seems quite fishy...
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Do not ever rent from this company, or rent from Jim
Posted 3 years ago
Where do I even begin? The property manager never responded on time to anything, sometimes it would take weeks at a time to get any sort of reply (if ever). Our house was broken into as a result of the landlord leaving the basement unlocked (~$700 of stuff stolen), and when prompted about installing a security system, the landlord said instead that he'd lock the basement door. 80% of the deposit was kept for nonsense charges like 'mattress' charges (our mattresses all had covers on them, and all were left in the condition we got them in, old, lumpy and dusty), 'cleaning' charges (we left the house cleaner than we got it in. there were dishes left in the dishwasher by the last tenant, an issue they never dealt with despite our complaints). Do not rent with this company, do not trust them - not even for basic things like your safety.
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Do Not Rent From Bearcats Housing!
Posted 3 years ago
The worst living experience I ever had in Binghamton. As a student, I feel like I was taken advantage of the entire time I was leasing from Bearcats Housing. They consistently lied to us about fixing various things, never true to their word, rude, would sometimes come over to show the house without notifying us, or notifying us and never coming, or never coming on time. I would urge any and all Binghamton students to not rent from Bearcats Housing, they are the absolute worst, the very definition of slum lords. They want the money, but they're unwilling to put any money, or time into the property. I would urge Binghamton students to rent from local home owners, or private real estate agents, not from companies! All they're concerned about is the bottom line. I can't stress this enough, do not rent from Bearcats Housing, under no circumstances would I ever recommend this renting company.
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If you are thinking of renting...don't rent from BEARCAT Housing LLC.
Posted 4 years ago
Jim appears to be nice at first, but it's just a matter of time... We requested things to be repaired several times and he never repaired them and now he is trying to use some of those same things against us. At the end of the day, his ultimate goal is to keep your deposit and then some! Who kicks you out a week before you supposed to move.
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They define the word SLUMLORD!!!!!!!
Posted 4 years ago
STAY AWAY FROM THIS SLUMLORD! TAKES ADVANTAGE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS! RUN!
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Poor Experience 31 Edwards St
Posted 4 years ago
He sold the lease to a new landlord in the middle of the year. Would have showings to the apartment and tell us the night before
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Worst landlords I've ever had the displeasure to live under
Posted 4 years ago
This article and blog pretty much covers everything you need to know about Bearcat's Housing Founder and Landlord, Jim Slocum: http://www.wbng.com/closings/51240942.html http://outofmymind6466.blogspot.com/2009/07/once-jewel-now-just-hunk-of-coal.html
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Fraud.
Posted 4 years ago
The landlord (jimmy) is definitely a fraud who intimidates his tenants with lawyers.
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Bad Landlord
Posted 4 years ago
Jimmy Slocum sounds nice when you first meet him but he's not nice. He is one of the worst landlords in Binghamton. He always goes for your deposit. He kicked us out of the house we never lived in because the guys we were supposed to live with did not wanna live with us. He then increased the rent rate and gave us some intances. He is not a good landlord and i wouldn't recommend for anyone.
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We stayed with this company for 2 years. Great & Helpful
Posted 5 years ago
We had a great 2 years with Bearcats Housing. The house was big, in good condition, and located in a cluster of other student housing owned by this company. The tenant portal allowed us to pay rent online real time and avoid any late fees. We could also submit maintenance requests through there as well.
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Bearcat Housing Binghamton NY
Posted 5 years ago
Creepy Landlord James Slocum. Often found him in our house "Doing Repair" but nothing was repaired. I believe he came in and snooped at our things while we were gone. He is very strange. Acted like a nice guy in beginning, but that changes. Often see him sitting in his black truck, almost stalking like behavior. He hinted at sexual favors in lieu of rent. I knew it was time to move at that point. He likes to refer things to his lawyer. Recently found out he was arrested in a big drug ring in 2010 and did time in prison, than Daddy set him up in business.
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Terribly Disapointed
Posted 5 years ago
"Jimmy" James Slocum...Our "property manager". I had a great impression the first time I met him, but was shocked to uncover his true character as the months went by. Jimmy left the property in bad shape before I had even moved in. I've never had a problem in a living situation but when he began blaming "damages" on my housemates and I, we knew there were going to be problems living under this lease. Claiming to have put "thousands into reparations" Jimmy overlooked cracked walls, flaking paint, faulty plumbing, inexcusable electric work, and a broken washing machine. All of the tenants including myself wanted to work with him but as soon as he began having house showings, he started tacking these problems on us.
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