10/21/09

Don't let them handle your properties!

by DonaldMT

My wife and I own some rental property. We made the mistake of answering one of their postcards for property management. They boast a low vacancy rate and "proven procedures". What a joke. We''ve had more headaches than managing the properties ourselves.

Ineffective vacancy marketing results in low ball rents. They have to rely on craigslist and even then viewer has to call their dead end phone system. Try calling one of their ads yourself and see if you can make any sense of it.

Another thing is my wife and I always are professional and treat our tenants with respect. Unfortunately this is not the case with Oishi's. We decided to drop them after some of our tenants contacted us and complained about poor and rude service. A good lesson for us. We were lazy and did not do our due diligence checking out the company. How this company survives is beyond me.

08/27/09

Concerns about Oishi

by ChrisHawaii

I can't speak about Oishi's treatment of renters, but I can share my experience with trying to get one of their properties. I attended what was described as the first showing of a property. But there was already one woman allowed inside the property before the rest of us entered. I was the first in the group to offer my application (and my wife's) along with the $20 application fee per adult ($40 total). I believed that I had a pretty good chance of getting the property, since I was the first of the group of people attending the first showing to hand over my applications and fees. They said that they would make a decision the following day. The next day, however, I never received a call. Other property management firms had already accepted my offers on more expensive properties. I contacted my references (university, employers, banks, previous housing managers, etc.) and discovered that Oishi had never phoned them to collect information about me. No use trying to call Oishi, because their phone system is automated--you won't reach a live human voice. Given that Oishi never attempted to confirm my financial eligibility, I am left to assume that they knew on the day I gave them my application and $40 that the property was already going to someone else. Yet they accepted my applications and fees anyway. Some business they have going on there.

But after reading the many complaints about Oishi's treatment of tenants, I guess I might have saved myself many future headaches.

• Pros: Nice property
• Cons: Who do they rent to?

06/22/09

Sounds no different than other rental agencies.

by SamIam

The grounds are kept up surrounding the apartment building and the person we may be renting after has not mentioned any complaints. Yet this person does sound very familiar. He could be anyone of a number of slum landlord representatives that we have known. If you have rodents call the department of health! They will call the landlord.

Tried this once at work for the dirty employee break room. It was clean the next day.

• Pros: We are considering renting from them
• Cons: Will let you know

12/15/08

Cannot recommend Oishi as management company

by magvision

Oishi Property Management is a company of incompetents. Each time we had a vacancy it took them forever to rent it out AND we discovered it was rented for way under market value. They have no idea what they are doing. We received several complaints from our tenants as well. We do not recommend them as a management company.

05/29/08

BAD BUSINESS

by usolisa

We were thinking of renting from this from OISHI'S PROPERTY, but you can't even talk to a live person on their phone, and I am glad I read the reviews. I hope this company reads this stuff and does something about before BETTER BUSINESS BOARD does!

• Pros: None
• Cons: No personal service

02/08/08

Worst customer service

by JHID

Horrible with customer service. They do not care about you. Even if you have questions, they really do not want to spend time to help. They treat you like you are an idiot.

I would not recommend Oishi's Property Management to ANYONE!!!

• Pros: None
• Cons: Customer Service

11/30/07

UnFAIR Rental

by donkeyas

We send in our monthly rental payment along with our notice of termination. But they told us they didn't received the notice of termination, but they got our monthly payment. Don't understand how they can cash our check but not received our notice of termination. They said they have lots of paper work that comes in everyday, and that's why they don't have time to look for our notice of termination.

So we had to pay the next rent. "VERY POOR SERVICE" before and after rental.

Took them almost one month before some came to fix our screen door.

• Pros: NONE
• Cons: rasied rent, very rude over the phone

10/28/07

Don't even think about it!

by easy2pleeze

You know the saying "They don't care about the little guy", well that is the way you will feel if you rent from Oishi's! You name it and they will not do it, one renter had to purchase their own washing machine to place in their unit when all of the other units were provided with them. Trash, Graffiti, Deteriorating property conditions, Returning phone calls, Finger pointing, Excuses. . . You name it and they have and are still doing it! I will never rent from this company again, EVER!! I think the only reason they are still in business is that it is a Owners market out there, if the tables were turned and the Renters held the power they would definitely be out of business. YOU HAVE BEEN FORE WARNED!

• Cons: Raise rents and lower maintenance standards at the same time!

07/17/07

Unprofessional and Unreliable Management

by zhaimeimei

Oishi's Property Management is shameful in the way they deal with their clients. As a new owner of a property under his company's management, I found Mr. Oishi to be extremely rude and unreliable. His company is VERY slow in responding to complaints and when he finally comes around to handling the problem, he acts as if he's done you a favor. Other residents in my building have also confided in me that they have been terribly disappointed with Oishi's management. I am constantly redirected to leave messages on his voicemail, which takes days for him to respond to. In one incident, it took Mr. Oishi and his company 2 weeks to respond to a leak affecting two units! What upsets me the most is Mr. Oishi's lack of professionalism and respect towards his clients, who pay monthly maintenence fees that go directly to his company.

• Cons: Rude and Unreliable Service

04/09/07

Worst Property Management

by msanybody

DO NOT RENT FROM OISHIS! Oishi Property Mangement is the worst property management company I have rented from. They allow third parties to pick up keys to enter units unattended. They DO NOT give 24 hours notice before allowing someone to enter units. We have had a rodent problem at our building ongoing for at least 8 months. They are only now contacting extermanators. Becasue of their lack in attentiveness to our needs, rodents have eaten through walls, carpet, personal property and doors. The screen doors that rodents have eaten a hole through needs to be fixed, and the company is claiming that screens are the tenants resposibility. When we reported the problem, the company told us, "just lay sticky traps all around the hole." They still have not fixed the hole in our apartment, which serves as an entry point for the rodents. They are forcing tenants to make their own repairs, which I know we will get charged for later, just to stay safe. As for property owners, you should think twice before allowing Oishi Properties to manage your property. Good tenants who keep the units clean, pay rent on time, and dont cause problems are frustrated and looking to rent elswere from a different company. Oishi Property Managements demands the world from people, but never gives back. There is no give and take with them. You should survey any of their current tenants before allowing them to rent your property.

• Pros: Convient ways to pay them rent
• Cons: terrible at everything else.