Ecosystems Inc

I had pretty much the exact same experience as Peter.
I submitted an application for a rental property, I paid EcoSystems Management a $ 50 application fee, and then I never heard back from them — despite repeated attempts to contact them.
It is my belief that they took my rental application fee with the intention of never renting to an applicant who was a pet owner, which I am. And, because they never had any intention of renting to an applicant with pets, I believe that they never ran a credit check with my $ 50 application fee. When I called them asking to see the result of the credit report purchased with my application fee, I never received a response.
In fact, I still haven’t heard from them to this day. Although, it’s only been a month. so… maybe I still have a shot at the place?

VERY LONG REVIEW: Short version: Rent with ecosystems – they are amazing.
While I have not met Jim, Billi has been my main contact while renting with ecosystems. I have been renting with them for about 2 years now, 4 bedroom house, garage, and fenced backyard with four people living in the house.
When I finally found a house for myself and my three roommates, she was super accommodating. I work a weird schedule, overnight/​graveyard shift and I told her the best time to see the house would be right when I get off work in the AM. She was ready and prepared to show the house to me even though I got a little lost and was a little late! I pretty much giggled like a schoolgirl because I was so happy with the house – and I was so happy that she gave us a chance. Not many renters were willing to give me a shot at renting a 4 bedroom house, with 4 separate party members to rent the space. I have a flawless rent record for 10 years and great credit. She took that in account when other renters just passed me by and refused to rent to me even with my amazing background. She took my history into account when no one else would and ecosystems doesn’t regret it!
After she rented the house to me, she carefully took us through a walk-​through with a digital camera that she had and had US (the renters) point out any blemishes or anything we wanted to point out at the beginning of the rental. So we could ask her to take any pics of damage we were not responsible for at the beginning of the rental agreement and the would have that on record – she even offered to give us copies. The house was pretty much flawless, they rent great properties!
We haven’t had very many problems with the house at all – but when we did all I had to do was shoot Billi an email and she’d respond within MINUTES. Like I said, I work a graveyard schedule so email was usually the best way to contact. I completely forgot about the sprinkler system when summer came around and she emailed me – «need me to send a guy to set it up?» and there he was. I told her that the water heater was not giving us hot water, and she walked us through how to turn the pilot back on that somehow got turned off. I told her our water heater was leaking just a LITTLE bit of water – she sent a guy to check it out that day and they fixed it.
Seriously, you can’t go wrong with these guys. I HATE calling people so they are amazing because they respond so fast to email. I work a graveyard shift and she REMEMBERS that – she will call my cell first (I’m the bill keeper of my house) if she needs something, leave a personal voice mail saying «Annie I bet you’re sleeping, here’s the situation» then immediately call the second contact. Ecosystems takes the time to get to know their tenants, their schedules, and resolves ANY issues immediately.
Did I mention you can pay rent online? It is so easy. No mess no fuss. (don’t use google chrome with their site, use firefox!)
Considering renting with ecosystems? Do it. Clean, well kept housing with personalized service. Do it.

Do not do business with these people. They will cash in on accumulating a bunch of application fees and you won’t ever hear back from them. We inquired about house that was being managed by Ecosystems. We sent an application and our flawless credit and reference history along with $ 50 processing fee. After a couple of days of not hearing back we finally called later that week. Billie told us that they would have an answer Monday. A week from that Monday still no answer so I called Billie and left a message saying that we’d appreciate some sort of feedback as to whether we got the house, what was wrong with our app/history,.something, some kind of communication. No call back. My wife calls a couple days later only to be informed that they’ve decided to go with someone else.
That is awful business practice and I can only imagine how they treat you once you are accepted under their terms.
Good luck and please, if you see Ecosystems properties, don’t waste your time or money.
thanks,
p

Jim is very attentive to his renters. I have been renting from him for the past three years. When one of the garage springs broke he sent someone out right away and had it repaired. He has an army of good staff and contractors at his disposal.
He is definitely the type of person you want managing your properties for hassle free professional property management !