Plan A: In 2012 Debra Louise Lacava Campbell and Douglas J Campbell defaulted on well over $2,000,000.00 in real estate, property taxes, authority and municipal liens, in Montgomery County > > Pottstown and Norristown specifically.
They got divorced and filed bankruptcy. A blank sheet, a fresh start, an opportunity to get it right………….right?
Here’s what Plan B looks like today:
A former renter, Elizabeth, (last name withheld, for concerns of retaliation by Deb Campbell), lived at 456 N. Hanover St. in Pottstown and popped up on Facebook after noticing a HUGE FOR RENT by RELIANT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT sign outside the boarding house last week.
“I noticed Deb Campbell has a huge for rent sign outside of her rooming property on oak and hanover. Hope people don’t rent it.”
Elizabeth went on to describe the conditions inside the rental:
“That place is disgusting I lived there. It’s gross, full of mold, it’s a shared bathroom that Deb never cleans, the room on the 2nd floor still has a drug addict in it and the guy that lives on the 3rd floor has been caught looking into other people’s rooms and breaking in them. Not a safe environment at all…
“The window in the shared hallway is cracked and let’s all the cold air in. Everyone shares one bathroom that she will not clean. The roof leaks right into the bedrooms that she will not fix. A home care nurse was in an out of the house, at the time, she was with the board of health and even she tried to get them to fix it and Deb wouldn’t.”
Lack of maintenance, authority liens, tax liens, non-compliance with boarding house Zoning.
WAIT A MINUTE – doesn’t that sound exactly like Plan A??
Zoning law states:
C, The boarding home shall be owner-occupied.
E. Buildings used as boarding homes shall be more than 3,500 square feet.
H. One parking space per lodging room shall be provided.
I. The boarding home shall comply with all other Borough Ordinances.
The lot size is described in the Property Records as 3,492 SF Trulia shows the house size: 3,590 sqft – Bigger than the lot it sits on? There is an attached apartment as well and no off street parking for boarders.
435 N. Hanover St. shows a tax lien/Owners: Doug and Deb Campbell
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PARID: 160012736001
CAMPBELL DOUGLAS & DEBRA L 456 N HANOVER ST
Parcel
TaxMapID 16073 055
Parid 16-00-12736-00-1
Land Use Code 1145
Land Use Description C – ROOMING HOUSE – TOURIST HOME
Property Location 456 N HANOVER ST
Lot #
Lot Size 3492 SF
Zoning RMHD
Front Feet 24
Municipality POTTSTOWN
School District POTTSTOWN
Utilities ALL PUBLIC//
Owner
Name(s) CAMPBELL DOUGLAS & DEBRA L
Name(s)
Mailing Address 136 BAYBERRY DR
Care Of
Mailing Address
Mailing Address LIMERICK PA 19468
Current Assessment
Appraised Value Assessed Value Restrict Code
100,410 100,410
Estimated Taxes
County 316
Municipality 1,035
School District 3,941
Total 5,292
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Tax Lien Yes
Liens that remain OPEN on the Prothonotary for this address alone: Property I.D. 160012736001
A new lien was recorded in February 2015 !!!
- POTTSTOWN BOROUGH AUTHORITY CAMPBELL, DOUGLAS J 2/27/2015 753.33
– POTTSTOWN BOROUGH AUTHORITY CAMPBELL, DEBRA LACAVA 2/27/2015 753.33
- POTTSTOWN BOROUGH CAMPBELL, DOUGLAS 5/8/2012 1,518.18
- POTTSTOWN BOROUGH CAMPBELL, DEBRA L 5/8/2012 1,518.18
Here’s an interesting one: Judgment/Fines/Costs/Restitution & 236 Notice MONTGOMERY COUNTY CAMPBELL-LACAVA, DEBRA LOUISE 8/9/2013 1,283.50 << Restitution?
As she has done, for at least the past 5 years, Debra Campbell continues to send anonymous letters to council members and other people in Pottstown. People have contacted me with that information or have given me the letters.
Deb has never stopped using the internet to attempt to intimidate and harass me and others as well. Currently, she is using Facebook as “Pottstown Facts” and “Nachiel Feliciano” where she posed as Tracey Accor, in a private message I recieved, yesterday.
I have kept the records of Deb’s comments over the years. Many of them were not only directed at me and my husband but there are also threats to destroy Pottstown. Is that her plan?
My plan now, is to turn all of this over to the proper authorities. This is not about me, it’s about what’s happening in our community and the domino effect of the negligence of investors and the borough.
I question how she and Doug, among others, can remain licensed real estate agents with an ongoing history of tax and municipal liens and avoidance of codes regulations at their income properties.
Through all of this, Deb retains her PA real estate license, # RS289372 employed by Big Idea Group Realty, Inc of Spring City. Deb also manages properties, (in addition to her own, poorly managed properties), she is a managing partner for Reliant.
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Not that long ago, Deb was seen, often, hanging around in the hallway in front of the L & I Department at Borough Hall soliciting business as rental property owners came to do business at the window.
Last summer a friend and good landlord purchased an apartment home. When he arrived at the home, one morning, Deb Campbell was waiting to offer her management services to him…
The irony, he told me, was that the property had not yet been recorded with the Montgomery County Property Records. The sale was very new. He had however, contacted the L & I Department to arrange an inspection and Deb had the information. This, we agreed, gave every appearance of impropriety considering her presence at borough hall and Doug’s assertion, sometime back, that he sent to me in a private FB message:
“Our properties all have UandO’s and we have a very good relationship with the borough of Pottstown. I challenge you to go to borough hall and challenge us to find any code violations on our properties.” Doug Campbell.
What does a “good” relationship between negligent income property owners and the Borough look like?
Doug Campbell also retains his PA Real Estate License #RS279349 and is affiliated with Platinum First Realty in Royersford. While some of the affiliated real estate agents I know personally, are ethical and professional, there’s another, Ed Mitchell, who’s Plan A & B closely resembles that of the Campbell’s. He is also an agent for Platinum First. There are 92 civil cases for Mitchell (s) listed on the prothonotary, I have never seen more mortgage defaults in all of my research.
There are 71 civil suits recorded in Montgomery County for the Campbell’s <excluding the divorce & the restitution case above>
Mortgage defaults, municipal liens, Pottstown Authority liens, Pottstown School District liens. Norristown has it’s share too. Many cases remain “OPEN” with Judgements.
Elizabeth, also said that there are some scary people living in the Campbell’s boarding house, something other renters have remarked on in the past about the people they rent to.
Any solid plan to get ahead of crime in Pottstown cannot exclude an aggressive plan to hold people like the Campbell’s accountable for their on going practices.
Today’s Mercury News reports on the proposed rental inspection cycle, and no mention of a plan to bring 2600 + rental unit owners into compliance:
http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20150306/pottstown-council-eyes-2-year-rental-inspection-cycle
