Business ProfileforJerusalem Management, LLC

My son and I contacted Jerusalem Managment looking for student housing. They showed us a unit which my son and his roommates were interested in. We (my son and his roommates 2) completed an application. After two weeks of no response we were told we took too long and the apartment may no longer be available. Then we were told by someone else the application was approved and that we needed to sign the lease and give a deposit. I am a real estate paralegal and I have been working at a law firm for 20+ years. I reviewed the lease and had questions/concerns about certain things. Their lease is not a standard lease according to NYS Landlord Tenant and RPL. They told me to call them to discuss which I did and they said in order to hold the apartment, we had to give them a deposit. We all paid the deposit totaling $1,800.00 ($600/each). They did not get back to me regarding the changes of the lease. One of my sons' roommates decided he was not going back to school this semester. I again contacted Jim and Asaf regarding my corrections and no one got back to me. They finally responded and asked that we list an add on campus or on ******** looking for a roommate. I told them that we did not feel comfortable doing that and that they still have not addressed my lease concerns. I drove to Albany from NYC to see another unit with my son. I passed by the apartment (*** ******* ******* **) to find someone already living there. We never signed the lease and they never got back to me regarding my concerns. I have asked for them to return my security deposit and they refuse to because they said the deposit is non refundable. It does not state that anywhere in their application or their lease. A security deposit is returned at the end of your lease if there is no damage. We never moved in nor did we sign the lease. They suggested that we find another listing of theirs and apply the deposit there. I don't want to rent from them. It's obvious they're unprofessional and scamming people.