Jb Realty

DO NOT USE THE BROKER! He will lie, change already discussed prices, and add additional fees way down into the leasing process. Look up more reviews on Unilocal for Joshua Brick, Brick Joshua, Smart NY Realty and JB Realty. He operates under different business names probably for this reason. Keep a look out for his phone number and address 1837 Flatbush Ave and do not go near this guy. He also has a partner named Steve that runs the same games.
Josh set up an appointment with us for an apartment and never showed up. When we got there he told us the door was open in the unit and to go ahead in. As we looked through the apt and waited on him, he later called and said he went ahead to another appointment. Not sure why he thought that was ok. We called him back (while he was supposedly in his other appointment) told him we loved the apt and wanted to confirm the pricing and fees. Josh confirmed the apartment was $ 1400, $ 1400 broker fee and only a $ 100 app fee to which we would get back if we were denied for the apt for some reason. After we filled out the application, sent over our information and paid the app fee, Josh then told us that the owner wanted $ 1500 for the apt. After asking what we could do to work out the miscommunication, Josh came back and said the owner would go down to $ 1450, but the owner would no longer pay the $ 200 and $ 250 app to the management company, so we had to pay it. Eventually we got in touch with the owner and the owner said he never made any adjustments in the pricing and Josh only told him that we wanted the apt for $ 1450, so he agreed. Feeling better having communicated with the owner, we decided to simply ignore Josh and move forward with application, still willing to pay him the broker fee. We asked to see the apt again and hours before the apt, Josh decided to send his partner Steve to meet us, one of is multiple efforts to avoid talking and meeting us in person.
As days went by and no word as to what the next steps in the app process would be, we became worried and asked Josh again to review the process. He then told us that none of the fees we had paid, the initial $ 100 app fee and then the additional $ 200 app fee were never refundable (although, at the beginning of the process he said any fees would be refundable). This story goes on longer than I would like to continue writing. We ended up withdrawing from the application process after other factors surrounding this apt made us feel uncomfortable.
While working with him, you will notice that he prefers to deliver info that is hard to deal with like pricing via text, so he doesn’t have to talk to you in person or over the phone. He puts on a great impersonation of a good person, but will do anything to his paycheck at your expense.
Point of the story is Joshua Brick is the scum of the earth.

NEVER USE THIS COMPANY!!!
They will take your deposit in an instant and then lie to you about how much your place costs, what street it is on and when you can move in.
I gave them my deposit on a Friday and on that Monday, Josh (the head honcho) «went on vacation» for a month during which time my application was not processed. When he got back it took another week for them to process my application only to find out that it was denied by the management company.
After this debacle they decided to show me some other places in the same price range one of which I decided to rent. I clearly asked whether this place would be 100% guaranteed to me and told yes several times. Since I had a 100% guarantee from them I found someone else to live in my room thinking I was moving on Sept 1^st. Then it took them another week to «process» my application, during which time someone moved into my room and I slept on the couch, only to be told on September 5^th that the management company wanted more money. At this point I am without an apartment.
These people are scumbags and if I didn’t have friends/​family in New York I would currently be homeless because of their lies.

I came here looking for a good deal on a good apt. They asked for a deposit and I gave it. They showed me an apt. that I loved and I said yes. They took nearly a month telling me they needed to convince landlord and then finally in January they told me that he said no. Next up they showed me an apt. that was twice as good and actually guaranteed me that the apt. was mine. So February was approaching and then after pursuing them by phone they told me that the apt. I wanted was gone and that the other they had shown me was available. I said ok I will take it and then as the move in date arrived they were ducking me and bullshitting me about the landlord and some renovations. I waited until finally I tore into them and the way they operate.
They (Josh) finally came clean and admitted his wrong doing. It was a lot like getting a rat in a corner, the rat will either fight or face his fate. Josh faced the fact that he is not an honorable man, he is not reliable and he plainly admitted that he rents out shitty apts. to desperate people with bad credit. The fact that I got him to admitt that much was a miracle. He seems likable so do not be fooled, being likable and being honest are two different things. So even after messing up my plans he still had the nerve to offer me another apt. I really feel like he is bad news for the real estate market and let us not forget his buddy Jake.
Jake is Josh’s wing man and he is pretty good at making things seem as if they are going smooth. If only they were. I was told to stay away from these guys but I chose to give them a chance and while they show you amazing apts. they never deliver. It’s the old bait and switch. At the end of the day when you give an agent a deposit you expect results and you expect a lot of phone calls, but I got nothing. So if you want to be like me and play the lottery with these guys go ahead, you have been warned. Jake and Josh have no integrity.