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After trying to find a place in Montreal on my own with not much luck (the market is saturated with many places: some of which need to be condemned), I did some research on a real estate agent to contact to help me in my search for a home. Angela Langtry had many positive reviews so I figured it would be best to go with one of the best. I'm definitely not the only one who decided to the same thing as instead of Angela, I was directed to her team and Yaniv Sabbah was my agent. It makes sense that she would have a team and only work with bigger clients. He sent me links to places and things looked great. I had a general idea of when I was going to visit Montreal but the exact days where not determined. I wasn't sure how many days were needed but in the end I settled for 6. Two days of travel, four full days to see places. I arrived on the Thursday, and was to leave on the following Tuesday. Upon arrival, Yaniv told me that he has a full day of meetings and will try to schedule me in, but we'd probably meet on the Saturday to start looking. I was a little concerned that I would loose a day especially since he knew my days in advance. But I understood, and let it go. On the Saturday he showed me one place that I felt was definitely not what I was looking for, nor was it what he had sent to me previously. The location wasn't horrible, albeit a little far from where I wanted to be it was manageable. The apartment itself needed attention. If the landlord couldn't be bothered to make it presentable for viewings, I knew that if I were to have any issues when I move in, they would not be accommodating or helpful. He told me that this was my best option unless I increased my budget. I said there was some wiggle room, but not that much. I also had to pay for parking leaving me around $1550 as my complete budget. He said OK and that he would schedule more. I was a little taken aback that this was the only viewing he arranged. What was I supposed to do for the rest of the day? It wasn't a vacation, I came here to look for apartments as I am not from the region. The following day he then sent me 3 more links, but once I reviewed them, the price of them were around $1500 with parking being an additional $200. He sent another link but this place was far in the suburbs and I'd have to take a bus or two to get to the metro, and then spend 40min on the metro. I wasn't interested and told him so. Places require 24 hours heads up to notify the tenants that there will be a viewing. I feel like there wasn't any urgency, and nothing was booked. Now keep in mind this is now Monday, and I am to leave the following day. He wanted to arrange the second viewing on the day was to leave. Forget about the other 3 full days I was in town essentially left on my own. I expressed my worry that I didn't think I would find a place. He eventually said he was starting to worry as well. I struggle to find that true as he had just shown me one terrible place in the entirety of my visit and wanted to arrange for a second (one very far in the suburbs and requiring a transfer via bus) the day I left. I found him to be a gross waste of my time. It was time consuming finding places worth visiting on my own but I scheduled 6 viewings in the day and half I had left (I extended my stay for an extra day to view more apartments). I have a feeling that Yaniv was only interested in showing me places he'd make a commission (very few apparently). I understand the need to make a living and focusing on which you can earn a revenue. However let me know and don't essentially waste my time and my money. I had to pay for meals and accommodation for what turned out to be more days than needed. Instead of spending a week in Montreal, 3 or four days would have been sufficient. I would just rather my realtor let me know so I can look myself and not waste a week of my time. tl;dr Yaniv Sabbah wasted my time and thus money making me spend a week in Montreal and showing me one terrible apartment for the entire week that I was there. I don't recommend using him unless you are buying, but even then he didn't have the courtesy to tell me he wasn't interested in helping me. How can you trust a realtor with purchasing when they do not have the decency to let you know they are uninterested.

Reply:    Hello Ms. Surtie. In reading this review, I see that you were dissatisfied with my team's services. I would very much like to apologize for this negative experience and I would appreciate an opportunity to discuss further in order to better understand the situation and to make an necessary corrections. Please call me at your convenience at 514-961-1313 Reply:    - Angela Langtry Reply:    Hello Raeesa. Thank you again for taking the time to speak with me. It is important to me to ensure my team is always learning and growing in order to improve our client experience. - Angela Langtry

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Residential
Montreal, QC
Jul 2018

Raeesa Surtie