Alen P.

Be aware! Be scared! Be forewarned! The rent raising scheme at the Flamingo is so so unfair. They sign you to a lease at market rate, and then anytime they like, the give you a 60-day notice saying a) you need to move out so they can 'renovate' and b) after two months you can move back in with your rent increased $800-$1200 a month. They do this both with individual apartments, entire floors and last year even vacated an entire tower to renovate. Your lease does not guarantee what you pay or how long you will live here. 100% at their mercy. They talk about "market rates' but this isn't a month-to-month. If you sign a two year lease, it should be honored and then they can jack the rent and do a renovation when the lease is over.I mean, who wants to be living in a place where on any given day, there could be a notice taped to your door saying 'get out in 60 days'. Who wants to live with that uncertainty hanging over their head? That worry? And it's all anyone ever talks about in the elevators, so you can never stop worrying about it. Very, very stressful.Residents put up with all this construction nonsense, this noise, these relentless fire alarms, these elevators -- all on the promise that it will 'all be over soon and you'll be living in the nicest building in South Beach' ... only to discover, as I said above, that after you've tolerated it all, they're going to kick you right out of your apartment and tell you your rent is going up $1,000+/month if you want to move back in two months later, with no regard for the original length of your lease or the amount in your lease. Not cool at all.Make sure you ask the leasing agent about getting kicked out for a renovation before you sign your lease. You don't want to be moving in here today and be kicked out six months from now.