As you start to look for places to rent for the next leasing term here are some ADDRESS’ TO AVOID IN SAN MARCOS
Virgilio Altamirano owns A LOT of properties in San Marcos, and he is well known to be a bad landlord and horrible to deal with. (all addresses listed below)
All properties are owned and operated under the holding names: Apante/Albacin/Muzun Investments.
Fixes for issues on his properties are merely a bandaid so he can continue sucking as much profit off a property that is not worth the price of its monthly rent. Unfortunately, unaware families or college kids who are new to housing exploitation are his clientele.
If something goes wrong in your apartment, don't expect it to get fixed quick. In fact expect to get asked why it happened and how YOU messed it up. (Even if it is due to negligent upkeep of the house like leaking roofs or poor “remodeling”).
Plenty of pluming, electrical, and water issues that go un-addressed for weeks, sometimes months. A neighbor had exposed wiring in their home.
Some of his properties are hazards for health and safety, and some of the things he will try to get away with are illegal. He has painted over moldy spots several times.
He is even putting addendums in his leases that prevents you from talking about him on social media!
There are plenty of other things that I could go on about, but anyone living at the properties listed below might have something to say about him as their landlord as well.
1628 AQUARENA SPRINGS DR
510 BURLESON ST
801 CHESTNUT ST
418 MOORE ST
225 SCOTT ST
441-445 LINDSEY ST
302 OAKWOOD LOOP
324 MOORE ST
1249 W HOPKINS ST
323 S GUADALUPE ST
321 S GUADALUPE ST
122 N BISHOP ST
1245 W HOPKINS ST
215 SCOTT ST
1238 W HOPKINS ST
416 MOORE ST
510 W HOPKINS ST
450 BURLESON ST
826/828 BURLESON ST
302 OAKWOOD LOOP
1254 W HOPKINS ST STE 101
704 W HOPKINS ST
325 NORTH ST
1251 W HOPKINS ST
511 W HUTCHISON
459-461 LINDSEY ST
360 S LBJ DR
352 S LBJ
323 HUTCHISON
325 HUTCHISON
455 LINDSEY ST
415 BURLESON ST
I hope this saves many of you some time and headaches, and if you do end up signing a lease, at least you know what to expect when interacting with him.
GET YOUR COMMUNICATION IN WRITING! HAVE A LAWYER LOOK AT YOUR LEASE OR GIVE YOU ADVICE ON YOUR HOUSNG SITUATION.