If you are black and ever consider doing any type of real estate business...please RUN from the Chris Cooke team!They are a bunch of racists! Myself and my fiancé are two successful business owners in the Baltimore area who wanted to expand in the beauty industry.My fiancé set up a meeting with Justin who is a part of the Chris Cooke team.Upon arrival, my fiancé experienced an unpleasant aura of disappointment from Justin. I arrived to the meeting shortly after.When he was faced with, not one but, two African American faces, the interest in leasing the property had completely diminished. I presume we didn't sound "black" over the phone. We gave ourselves a tour of the property while Justin remained stationed in one area. We asked questions as needed. We still decided to move forward with the application process despite our experience. Many ignored phone calls had been made. I had to call from a different number to get a response. He said to text my email address to him in order for the application to be sent. Justin had given me a wrong number. We, then, reached out to the Remax Sails office where we had discovered that Chris was, in fact, the team leader and considered the owner of the property. My fiancé had explained the lack of interest from Justin. Chris seemed just as uninterested in our black busines. The optimistic side of me continued to move forward knowing we were headed for denial. The completed application and authorization was sent. A week later no response from Chris. Today, I checked the online application. Still "pending". At approximately 6p with pride in his voice, Chris said that I was denied. I have less than $800 of debt on my credit report. He knew it was ridiculous when he told me. He said that was unacceptable for that level of commercial property!The monthly rent is $1700/ month! Not to mention commercial property is nothing new to either one of us. One of our incomes alone generate over $10k/ month with a credit score in the low 700's.
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If you are black and ever consider doing any type of real estate business...please RUN from the Chris Cooke team!They are a bunch of racists! Myself and my fiancé are two successful business owners in the Baltimore area who wanted to expand in the beauty industry.My fiancé set up a meeting with Justin who is a part of the Chris Cooke team.Upon arrival, my fiancé experienced an unpleasant aura of disappointment from Justin. I arrived to the meeting shortly after.When he was faced with, not one but, two African American faces, the interest in leasing the property had completely diminished. I presume we didn't sound "black" over the phone. We gave ourselves a tour of the property while Justin remained stationed in one area. We asked questions as needed. We still decided to move forward with the application process despite our experience. Many ignored phone calls had been made. I had to call from a different number to get a response. He said to text my email address to him in order for the application to be sent. Justin had given me a wrong number. We, then, reached out to the Remax Sails office where we had discovered that Chris was, in fact, the team leader and considered the owner of the property. My fiancé had explained the lack of interest from Justin. Chris seemed just as uninterested in our black busines. The optimistic side of me continued to move forward knowing we were headed for denial. The completed application and authorization was sent. A week later no response from Chris. Today, I checked the online application. Still "pending". At approximately 6p with pride in his voice, Chris said that I was denied. I have less than $800 of debt on my credit report. He knew it was ridiculous when he told me. He said that was unacceptable for that level of commercial property!The monthly rent is $1700/ month! Not to mention commercial property is nothing new to either one of us. One of our incomes alone generate over $10k/ month with a credit score in the low 700's.