🚨 Detroit Tenants, Read This:
Another Layer of the Detroit Housing Scam Unfolds
If you’ve ever wondered how a Detroit housing scam hides in plain sight, this story exposes it. From Mutual Property Management fraud to shady LLCs like Global REI MI LLC, my fight shows how easy it is to get trapped in a rental contract with a broken chain of title in Michigan, and how companies like Own It Detroit spin it to look legit while ghosting tenants who ask too many questions.
Stay with me as I break down the latest red flags, receipts, and why this fight is far from over.
Own It Detroit says:
"Always make sure your lease is signed by the true owner"
but they ignored that for me.”
It’s now Day 2 since I sent my another demand letter, this one has 79 pages of real receipts, FOIA confirmations, public records, and proof that I’m not just another “disgruntled tenant.” I’m a long-standing Detroit tenant who’s paid over $50,000 since 2019 for a house that’s tangled in a shady shell game.
So where’s Mutual Property Management’s response?
Crickets. (over 10 days since they have replied to my emails)
Their property manager, Sue Saab, flat-out told me: “We replied to the AG and have nothing further to share with you.”Translation: they’re stonewalling me. They know they can’t produce the proof of clean ownership, because I already have the evidence that there is none.
They told the Attorney General I was just “mad” I didn’t get to buy the house. That’s a lie. I asked twice to buy it, once during a tough custody battle when foreclosure notices started piling up on my door. They told me “The owner doesn’t want to sell.”
Now I know why: there was never a real owner to sell it. They’ve kept flipping the deed through dissolved LLCs, unregistered out-of-state shell companies like Pigeon Cay LLC, and suspicious tax payments by random third parties. That’s called broken chain of title Michigan, and it’s the smoking gun. Simply put, Mutual Property Management fraud!
So let’s connect the dots:
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Why does Mutual have a clean, glossy website promising ethical rentals while people like me find themselves trapped in shell game housing?
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Why does Global REI MI LLC dissolved since 2021 still appear on tax receipts and deeds?
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Why are title companies in New York paying off Detroit taxes?
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Why did my eviction lawyer talk to the landlord’s lawyer behind closed doors, then push me into a payment plan instead of showing the judge the mountain of documents I gave him?
And now? I’m still here, still trying to figure out why I let them drain me for every penny I had (while still trying to find work), for the same unsafe house, stonewalled, ghosted, and forced to keep digging, because Detroit, we deserve better!
When I lost my job in 2024, I told them about a $15,000 back tax check I was waiting on. I made payments to buy time, just so I wouldn’t lose my home for my kids. Meanwhile, they do the bare minimum to fix this house. They flip deeds to avoid paying full taxes, isn’t that tax evasion? And they pocket my rent for a house they paid under $7,000 for back in 2013.
What about my legal rights?
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My lease was signed “as agent,” never by a legal owner.
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The property management agreement between Own It Detroit / Mutual Property Management and the so-called owner, Pigeon Cay LLC? Also never signed by an owner, only an agent.
Under Michigan’s Truth in Renting Act (MCL 554.631–641), that makes my lease void.
After I started asking questions, they literally called my job, told my coworker I’d be evicted if I didn’t call them back. That’s harassment. It gave me panic attacks at work, while I was barely staying afloat.
When they dragged me into eviction court, I did what you’re “supposed to do.” I trusted Lakeshore Legal Aid to defend me. I gave my attorney, David Cross, every document: deeds, FOIA confirmations, the broken chain of title.
He never showed them to the judge.
He told me “businesses do stuff like this.”
Then he convinced me to sign a payment plan (even though I had proof of Mutual Property Management Fraud) to “keep a roof over my head.”
Only later did I find out he’s tied to multiple real estate LLCs. Conflict of interest?
Absolutely. It’s exactly how low-income tenants get robbed while the people supposed to help us profit on the side.
What have I uncovered since? More proof that this is a deeper scam:
A recent quit claim deed by Global REI MI LLC a company that’s been dissolved since 2021 using an expired notary stamp from a Toronto notary who shares the same last name as the agent.
FOIA records show taxes paid off by TitleVest Agency LLC in NY not by any listed owner.
Own It Detroit’s blogs brag about “boosting profits, “evicting tenants,” and “flipping foreclosed homes” yet have the nerve to mention Michigan’s Truth in Renting Act or the laws that protect tenants like me in their blogs.
BiggerPockets Forum Investors claiming they were ghosted by the same team.
Facebook Post New scams brewing, targeting Detroit homes.
X Post They’re now rebranding shady property flips as crypto “landlord tokens.”
Is this Detroit’s next real estate bubble? Or a full-blown RICO scheme in the making?
Just look at this Facebook group post circulating in Detroit housing scam circles. People are already talking about the same individual, yes, the one behind my nightmare rental ordeal, who’s now working on another scheme. No apologies. No accountability. Just another name, another shell game, and more vulnerable families to squeeze for every penny.
And it gets worse. The X/Twitter post (Below) exposes something even more disturbing: the same people are promoting a shiny new “US Landlord Token”, pushing crypto buzzwords to bait investors into yet another complicated real estate hustle.
Ask yourself: Who benefits when shady landlords hide behind blockchain or “tokens”? Is this really about modern tech, or just another way to launder profits from unstable properties while dodging taxes and scrutiny?
https://x.com/uslandlordtoken/status/1919022058756792699
— USLandlordToken (@USLandlordToken) May 1, 2025
If They Did It To Me Too, Who Else Is Next?
It’s not just one broken lease. It’s not just my $50,000 in rent paid under a contract they never had legal standing to enforce. It’s the same hands in Detroit housing scam moving money around like a shell game, hiding behind dissolved LLCs, offshore entities, and shady notarized deeds.
When I read their blog posts, they admit they know how these contracts are supposed to work. They coach landlords on how to “maximize profits” and “screen tenants”, but nowhere do they admit they’re using fake owners, expired notaries, and out-of-state companies that don’t even legally exist in Michigan.
So now they’re stonewalling me, ignoring my requests for proof of ownership. Why? Maybe because they can’t produce it. Or maybe because they think if they stay quiet, I’ll go away like every other tenant who gets scared and moves out when the threats start coming.
But what happens when we all speak up together?
Are there other renters, other investors, other Detroit families tangled up in the same web right now, being gaslit into paying for a roof that legally isn’t even theirs?
They want me to be quiet. They want me to keep paying rent while they flip this house back and forth between shell companies, collect the money, pay minimal taxes, and hide behind shiny websites and fake reviews. But they messed with the wrong tenant.
- I have the receipts.
- I know my rights.
- I know the Michigan Landlord-Tenant Laws they’re breaking.
Read the receipts yourself:
And now I’m sharing it all about this Detroit housing scam, so no other family ends up in this same cycle.
The pattern is right there if you connect the dots:
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Mysterious tax payments by random out-of-state title firms and unrelated people
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Suspicious Memo of Land Contract notarized in Florida for a Detroit home
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A dissolved LLC (Global REI MI LLC) still on deeds years after being “unanimously dissolved”
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Now? They’re rolling out a new “token” to keep the scam moving.
Who’s really behind this next wave?
Who’s validating these deeds?
Who’s pocketing the rent while families are left terrified of foreclosure every winter?
Who’s on the inside looking the other way when these questionable documents get filed at the Wayne County Register of Deeds?
If you’ve ever wondered if your landlord is legit, compare your lease, your receipts, your deed records. Don’t wait until they ghost you, too.This Detroit housing scam isn’t just my fight anymore. This is Detroit Residents fight. If they can do this to me, a single mom doing trying to do everything right, still paid rent even knowing something was off, they can do it to your family too.
And they’re already lining up the next victims.
Read the receipts yourself:
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Facebook Group Post exposing the same people launching new scams targeting Detroit renters & investors.
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US Landlord Token X/Twitter Post showing how they’re rebranding shady property deals as crypto investments.
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Own It Detroit Official Website compare what they claim publicly with what they’re really doing.
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My Full Blog Timeline & Receipts with every FOIA email, deed, and lease.
Research the Michigan laws yourself:
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Michigan Truth in Renting Act see how they break it line by line.
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Renters’ Rights – Michigan AG know your protections.
Ask your landlord for proof of ownership, demand to see the real deed.
If you see suspicious transfers, expired notaries, or mystery shell LLCs, speak up.
We can’t keep letting Detroit renters be sitting ducks for slick “property managers” who profit off our fear.
I’m not backing down. I’m still here, documents in hand, blog wide open, waiting for the truth they hope you’ll ignore.
Because the minute we stop asking questions is the minute they win.
Next up: I’m digging through real investor reviews online to show I’m not alone.
Are you a tenant, investor, or journalist?
Have you seen shady deeds or “token” real estate scams like this?
Stay tuned, I’m not done. I’m just getting started.
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