Alexander Suslensky

Alexander Suslensky

The posting by “Natasha” was written by a former client who was disgruntled because we would not help her defraud a lender. We had represented “Natasha” on a purchase of an apartment that she claimed to buy for use as a primary residence. It was an ordinary transaction and we completed it successfully. There is absolutely no truth to “Natasha’s” claims about the flip tax or walk-through issues as we have saved e-mails informing her of these and other issues. Apparently, she was satisfied with our service and retained us for a purchase of a second apartment. On the second transaction, we noticed that she was misrepresenting to and defrauding the lender by claiming that the second apartment was also her primary residence, as opposed to telling the truth that it was investment property. Lenders charge a higher interest rate for investment property than primary residences. We advised her that this was misrepresentation and fraud, and that we did not want any part of it. We told her that we could not continue to represent her if she insisted misrepresenting to and defrauding the lender. She insisted on maintaining her fraudulent scheme and at that point we terminated our representation of her. This made her very angry and she threatened to “post negative reviews all over the internet” unless we continued to represent her and participate in her fraudulent scheme. We refused. As a result, she has posted this false and malicious review. Since we started our firm in 2002, we have closed approximately 4,000 transactions, many of which were for repeat clients. Of course, it’s sad to see one person who provides a false and malicious review, but the numerous compliments and repeat clients we have tells us that we are doing a great job for our clients.