Scam Aetist

Posted 2 months ago

Jim Slocum is a scam artist. A few months ago, I signed for what was advertised as a “newly renovated apartment.” I was falsely told that I’d be moving into the model apartment that was being used to give tours for project apartments. They switched the conditions of the lease at the last minute, and I was stuck with a project. They wouldn’t let me out of the lease until I threatened to sue them for misrepresentation. Jim holds back security deposits with no grounds for the charges. Vile person.

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Con artist, slumlord. He tried to charge me BS fees my last month of living in one of his properties. The fee was no where in my lease and when he was confronted about it he threatened me!

Posted 3 months ago

Upon moving in the apartment had broken lights, multiple outlets, the bathtub faucet, the radiator, and more! There was also no working Wi-Fi for the first two months of my living here. Multiple maintenance requests were sent in for every issue listed above I either heard nothing back or it took months for issues to be resolved, some never got resolved. Jim Slocum is a terrible person. In my last month living here he called me names and threatened me through emails I still have. He is a slumlord

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Marty

Posted 8 months ago

Bad bad news prob moving due to non communication and no lack at all to help solve problems just the worst ever in a day of hate got a threat phone call cats were killed and now I've had 10 hospital visits due to my disability don't rent if you do you'll see give him a----- minuse 1000 on the bad ricter scale

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Please be smart and read the BAD reviews before even considering this terrible landlord. The good reviews are fake!

Posted 1 year ago

I had the best experiences elsewhere. He is without a doubt the worst landlord in Binghamton. Do not rent from him. Avoid Bearcats Housing, especially his “luxury housing”, at ALL COSTS. He scammed hundreds of students having them sign leases for units at luxury housing that were not built yet, then put them in non-“equivalent or better” housing in bad areas for MORE THAN HALF THE LEASE TERM and expected them to still pay luxury housing prices. He only responds to you on all platforms if it involves money. Avoid him PLEASE. You will not get your security deposit back from him, many people I know that also lived with him did not get anything back. He is not the only landlord in Bing that has done this so please continue to do your research

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Bearcats Housing sucks. Stay FAR away. They are unresponsive to maintenance request IF they even chose to answer the phone. The are the worst landlords I have ever dealt with in a landslide

Posted 1 year ago

Terrible...Terrible...Terrible.

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TRASH, MAKES UP HIS OWN REVIEWS!!!!

Posted 1 year ago

SLUMLORD! MAKES UP HIS OWN REVIEWS!

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32 edwards st.

Posted 1 year 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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81 State Street

Posted 1 year ago

Stay away while you can. He manipulates college students to sign a lease to a house that isn't even built (Aka 81 State Street). When you feel that he is telling you the truth he is not. All washers and dryers are broken (there is only 4 for over 50 people in the apartment), there is no fresh air in the house (there are no windows that open), most of the rooms do not have windows; further more there is zero parking. If you sign a lease here, you''ll probably get put in the slums where it is unsafe since the full house is not ready. You will get parking tickets if you live here considering there is no set parking that goes with the apartment. Highly advise you to not sign a lease to this complex , as there is zero communication and it might as well be a circus. As they say, "you get what you pay for" and there is no doubt in my mind that there are better places to live in this community. You can take my advice with a grain of salt, but I promise you if you don't listen, you will be disappointed.

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Broken promises!

Posted 2 years ago

Not sure how this company is in business. Their “head of maintenance” is awful! Lazy and all he does is say next time I come back I’ll fix it. Jim, doesn’t return a call, text or email but says it’s everyone else’s fault when you finally get to him. My friends rented from him a few years ago and it was great. But this company has gone down the toilet and all they do is collect money and speak down to the tenants. Don’t rent from them.

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Terrible experience

Posted 2 years ago

Do not live with Bearcat Housing. Old buildings with just touch ups. Plumbing issues, floors peeling up, terrible WiFi. The list goes on. Find other places to live

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Absolutely awful

Posted 2 years ago

My girlfriend and I lived there last year. Please, please stay away from bearcat housing. How Jim Slocum gets any positive reviews is amazing to me. He is the definition of a slum lord. The amount of issues we had were endless, Absolutely disgusting apartment when we moved in, Our mail was stolen on more than one occasion. Appliances didn't work. The list goes on. We came from across the country so the only thing we had to go off of was the pictures. Which were just a bit misleading.... Again, if you are a BU student do NOT move into bearcat housing.

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Everyone had their own opinion

Posted 2 years ago

I love where I live. Has it been perfect? Nope. But nothing is perfect. I feel safe in my place. I have always gotten a good response from Jim. Sometimes I had to wait a few days but understand we were not his only tenants. But I would like to thank Jim for all he does for us. Let’s face it having students as tenants definitely isn’t the easiest but we appreciate you.

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Property infested with Bed Bugs

Posted 2 years ago

Bad experience from day one. Moving in we noticed some small bugs. Called dirty Jimmy, comes out and said they had this exterminated twice in past year. Come to find out this was a lie. Neighboring units also had bed bugs. Constant problem in many of dirty Jimmy houses. Called again and was told that exterminator would be over. Numerous calls and 1 month later, exterminator arrives. Said Jim called him that morning. Apparently daddy controls the purse, as little Jimmy likes to spend too much on coke and entertaining several prostitutes in basements of these rental properties that daddy set him up with when he got out of prison. Many plumbing issues in these older run down properties. most properties they own have been updated with new paint and things cosmetically repaired. Dirty Jimmy does most of the work, a quality craftsman he is not. Sometimes he has his half sister, who he calls his girlfriend show properties off. She like dirty Jimmy, has a rap sheet and has no issues lying to your face. Do yourself a favor and find one of the many respectable landlords in this town. One with less drama, quality workmanship and free of constant bug infestations from these previous welfare rentals.

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All’s well that ends well..

Posted 2 years ago

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Not the best, look elsewhere

Posted 2 years ago

Overall the house was "livable," but not the best. There were numerous times repairs had to be completed multiple times due to poor installment and overall just lazy, low quality work. Communication was okay, but his responses were often vague and didn't help the situation. Definitely overcharged in rent for the property we lived in. He was cordial, and my housemates and I made it through the lease but wasnt the greatest

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Great experience!

Posted 2 years ago

Thank you Jim and also your co-workers for showing me multiple places and explaining things to me. Made things very simple.

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So happy

Posted 2 years ago

After looking at so many places we were overwhelmed. But Jim was so kind to us and gave us so much information we have Officially signed our lease for the 2019-2020 school semester. Thank you Jim, for being to kind to us and we look forward to our new home.

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Thankful

Posted 2 years ago

Thankful to have finally locked my apartment down. Thank you Jim for showing me all the apartments you had available.

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Horrible experience, absentee landlord, doesn't care about tenant needs

Posted 2 years ago

Disrespectful, doesn't respond to issues and gives attitude when you ask for things to be fixed. Would not recommend him to anyone!! Waste of money and energy. 0/10

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Downtown life!

Posted 2 years ago

Going to be living downtown in the new beautiful State St. It’s more then we expected and so happy to have signed our lease for June. It has everything we could want and are so happy to be calling this home is a few weeks. Thanks Jim, for being so patient with us and doing everything you could for us!

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Just signed

Posted 2 years ago

Very excited, Came home over spring break showed my parents the pictures of the house my roommates and I want and thanks to Jim we were able to sign the lease on the house we all wanted well away and locked it in place.

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Wow is all I can say!

Posted 2 years ago

All I can say is wow! Took a tour of our new place and it’s amazing. Can’t wait to move in next school year.. thank you for helping us!

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Snow day lease signing

Posted 2 years ago

Very happy to have signed our lease for another year. We looked at other places but we love our home and glad we signed again. Thank you for showing up other places but happy to be home.

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Good experience

Posted 2 years ago

I am currently living in a 3 bedroom of Jims for the next school year my group has gotten bigger. Jim took the time and took us and showed up multiple houses and we have finally settled on one. Thank you again Jim and Bearcats for being patient with us all.

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New start

Posted 2 years ago

Jim took over as out new Property Management Company! He had his maintenance guy come in and fix everything like he promised. I have nothing to say but good things for him and his workers. Thank you again for everything you have done for me.

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Absolutely Horrendous

Posted 2 years ago

Don't sign with this guy. He's literally just out to prey on students. Takes ages to respond to messages and ignores them on purpose. Pretends to be a nice guy but really doesn't care about any of his tenants. Threw us in a random house for months with no other options. If you are genuinely considering signing with him or any associate of Bearcats housing I strongly recommend that you find somewhere else to live. Don't make the same mistake everyone else who has signed with Jim made.

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Not a Student

Posted 3 years ago

I am not a Student but I do rent from Jim. I just want to say thank you for being so helpful and going the extra mile to make sure everything got done. I know you just took the property over less then 30 days ago but have done so much. Thank you and I hope you have a great New Year.

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Just signed our lease!

Posted 3 years ago

Excited after showing our parents the pictures and talking things over with them we just e signed our lease back to Jim. We appreciate all the time you took helping us and speaking to our parents. Have a great holiday!

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Not cool

Posted 3 years ago

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TERRIBLE LANDLORD

Posted 3 years ago

Jim has been very unresponsive and it took us 2 months to get a maintenance request to be fixed that was very essential and should have been tended to before we moved in. The house has had construction done on it but not great- there are rodents and cats getting inside various nooks and crannies of the house, he has done nothing about the mice but there is definitely holes for them to get in. Because of these odd nooks and crannies that we cannot see and cannot cover up, we often feel drafts of the cold wind coming from outside and makes our house cold. He specified that we would receive at least 24 hour notice before he came to the house and on the lease it says we would get a day's notice, but he showed up to our house with less than 24 hour notice. We have submitted multiple maintenance requests and many have been ignored. The few times the maintenance people come to fix something, it would be after countless requests after some time period. We told Jim our door lock was broken but he refused to fix it and said it still worked, which put our house and ourselves in much danger. When a maintenance worker came by to fix something, he noticed the door lock was broken and immediately proceeded to fix it. Everyone else clearly saw the door was broken, except Jim didn't want to, putting us all at risk. Our outside light did not even have a working light bulb, something Jim should have tested and known, and we bought and changed the light bulb. When we were still looking at the house, we were told we were going to have an extra television on one of the floors and there was even the stand for the TV, but even after moving in we still did not have the TV.

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Ups and downs

Posted 3 years ago

After months of no one fixing anything and having issues we are so happy for you. Thank you for fixing everything once you took over our home. It has been so nice for you to be so responsive and making it a great place for us. Have a nice holiday. Thank you

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Great experience!

Posted 3 years ago

Just resigned our lease. Very happy with Bearcats. We have great memories and look forward to our 2019-2020 school year.

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So far so good!

Posted 3 years ago

Our first semester is over and things were good! Had a few things that needed to be done but they were taking care of in a timely manner! Love the portal so convenient. And we renewed our lease for the 2019-2020 semester.

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Slumlord Scam Artist

Posted 3 years ago

He needs to be reported to local housing authorities. Terrible living conditions.

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Posted 3 years ago

Great experience with Jim. Needed a place and he moved us into someone’s home. But did everything in the place that needed repairs! And we are grateful for you and your staff!

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Worst of Binghamton. Stay away

Posted 3 years ago

Fake pictures posted on web site.Arrogant.Annoying

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Worst landlord in Binghamton

Posted 3 years ago

DO NOT SIGN WITH JIM. HE IS AN AWFUL LANDLORD. SCREWED US AND COUNTLESS OTHER PEOPLE OVER. IRRESPONSIBLE AND UNREPONISVE. RUDE AND DISRESPECTFUL TO TENANTS. ACTS LIKE A BABY ALL THE TIME.

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Good things happening now!

Posted 3 years ago

When we rented out current place things didn’t turn out as we thought. Things weren’t what they were suppose to be. But about 2 months ago Jim took over and after a house meeting things turned around. Everything that need to be fixed or replaced has been. We also signed our lease for next school year. We are very thankful and look forward to another School year here!

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Thanks for your help!

Posted 3 years ago

Thank you Jim, for taking care of all our issues from our old Property Manager. Things are great now and we are looking for to new beginnings with your company!

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Do not live with Jim or his company

Posted 3 years ago

Do not live with Jim or his company. He is a liar and does not give you anything he or his wife promises, like new windows or parking spots. WiFi is awful in the buildings, laundry barely works and overall bad building to live in.

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Looking forward to another year

Posted 3 years ago

Just signed our lease for another year! It has the perfect location and the house is great for our large group! Thank you, Bearcats housing for make our memories great.

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Wow! Love our new place for next year

Posted 3 years ago

Looking forward to moving into our new place next year! Big and beautiful, perfect location! Thank you Jim, for spending time helping us find the perfect spot. We look forward to a bigger location but another year with BearCat housing.

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Best memories and location!

Posted 3 years ago

Clean, and very responsive!! For the last 3 years I have called BearCat housing my home. So grateful for the experience and thank you for making it such a wonderful experience.

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Worst Landlord in Binghamton

Posted 3 years ago

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Review

Posted 3 years ago

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Great experience, loved our house

Posted 3 years ago

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Great Experience

Posted 3 years ago

Great Experience!

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HE DESERVES IT.

Posted 3 years ago

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Notorious CROOK

Posted 3 years ago

Scammed 42 students into signing a lease on a house that doesn’t exist. Manipulates lease in order to overcharge on houses in poverty and crime ridden neighborhoods as an “equal or better” alternative. BAD NEWS. AVOID HIM. 0 INTEGRITY AND RESPECT

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Scam Artist

Posted 3 years ago

Robbed of a 2800 security deposit + rent and have been locked away in a crackhouse in the hood as my “house” is currently being built with no timetable

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Sweet crib

Posted 3 years ago

Had the best experience with all my boys in the house had some of the best memories and Bearcats housing made the year in house great!!!

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Loved the house

Posted 3 years ago

Loved the house, when things happened Jim and his team of maintenance guys worked hard to take care of everything and did a good job.

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Stay away from Jim and Bearcats Housing....

Posted 3 years ago

Stay away from Jim Slocum and the company Bearcats Housing. Like other reviewers have mentioned, the state of the house that we lived in was horrible! It was clear that corners were cut. In addition, Jim charged us to repair them. We were probably overcharged, but we had no choice but to pay as this was our only living option for the year. When attempting to work issues out, he would often resort to calling us names, which is highly unprofessional. His workers came into the house unannounced multiple times to perform shady work to make things worse. Stay away!!!

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Good experience

Posted 3 years ago

Loved the tenant portal and the house

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Scummy, terrible landlord

Posted 3 years ago

Jim Slocum is a thief who will try to bully college students into dangerous houses. He does not properly get houses inspected, uses the cheapeast parts and labor possible (which often break), threatens his tenants, and has him or his workers come in unannounced. He even went to jail for cocaine dealing! Stay as far away as possible from this person.

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Don’t rent from him

Posted 3 years ago

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A terrible, sleazy slumlord that you should never rent with

Posted 3 years ago

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Great House & Updates

Posted 4 years ago

House was great, portal was useful, any repairs were timely.

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Unexpected dissapointment

Posted 6 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 dish 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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