Timothy Mcginnis

Tim Mcginnis runs a property management scheme company on the side called Celtic Property Management. I contracted with him to rent out AND manage a single family residence; the single worst mistake I have made EVER. I will not be able to express how horrible this company is and the complete lack of basic business acumen on the part of Tim McGinnis and his assistant, Donna. In general, they were consistent only in their inability to provide any of the services contracted and paid for in full. They cannot be reached during normal business hours via phone or via email and have as many excuses as bad tenants for why they do not collect rent, do not honor requests for eviction, and do not do anything they were contracted to do! Don't be confused, they are more than willing to charge landlords for evictions that they do not execute and you will not receive credits back from them ever for services promised and contracted for but not delivered. They take your money and "run". Though they did indicate that for several hundred dollars MORE, i.e., in addition to the $700 that was suppose to cover eviction from start to finish, they are more than willing to provide a second additional eviction process on the same tenants. Tenant selection provided for $299, oddly, did not include the agreed background, credit or rental history check. Tenant was selected by Tim McGinnis because "Donna says they are very nice." Seriously? Cursory search per Will County Clerk website by me revealed tenants had records including an order of protection against, an armed robbery case, a domestic battery case, and three previous evictions of the tenants they "selected" as ideal. They refused to provide a fully executed mgt contract, refused to provide fully executed tenant lease agreement, refused to address concerns about their hands-off mgt policy, refused to provide repair receipts or an accurate accounting of funds, when I regained possession of the property I discovered many R&M items he had charged me for against collected rent were NEVER DONE and their perfect tenants had incurred EXTREME property damage, and the list goes on and on! If you are a bad tenant then this is most definitely the company to lease a property with. If you are a property owner there is only one thing for you to do regarding Celtic Properties and Joliet / Lockport Rentals or any one of the many other names he runs this company under - RUN AWAY! Run fast and run far or you could be like me dealing with over $20,000 worth of property damage by tenants selected and not monitored with periodic inspections as per the contract with Tim McGinnis / Celtic. These are dishonest shysters taking your money and not honoring your contract. Many similar stories are out there about the dishonest and underhanded business methods of Tim Mcginnis. Would you recommend this business to a friend? No, not even to an enemy. Value for money: You will be paying for services you do NOT receive and will not receive services you request! Service & support: You will experience an extreme failure to communicate from Tim Mcginnis. Quality: ZERO Ethical treatment: ZERO Honesty: ZERO Integrity: ZERO Overall rating: Less than ZERO