Travis Winfield was hired by myself after answering an ad I posted on social media, representing his company "The Winfield Realty Group" as a commercial realtor looking for commercial space or a large Ranch to run my business.
I am a single woman who he and his wife befriended very quickly and even invited to highend parties in La Cresta to introduce me around and look like a hot shot to impress me. Before long I recieved a phone call that surprized me. He and his wife offered me his 1.3 Million dollar home in La Cresta Ranch, located Murrietta, California on a lease option to buy in 12 months.
I owned a professional dog breeding and training business and my expansion plans were very clear and presented in writting and through CAD renederings to Mr. Winfield. He was aware that I needed a home or commercial space that I can build my business into a 5-star Doggie Hotel and Spa.
Travis is supposed to be a 5x award winning Realtor and he was also an owner living in La Cresta where he should have been well aware of the CC&R rules. I later heard that he confessed the house was currsed and a total money pit, he just needed a sucker to come pay the rent and take it off his hands. Well that was me.
He dumped this home on me as a fast way to get rid of it, as we later found out his plans to dump it and give it back to the bank but wanted to save his credit. A friend recent found the house listed at $848,000 only weeks after I moved out which means he had been planning this and had it in action the minute the legal headache with the POA begain. Yet he locked me under contract for 1.3 million. HUM??
He found me and saw a way out from bankruptsey all along carrying this "I am the #! successful Military Realtor in the US crap He knew I had the cash upfront and was ready to move fast. I was growing so fast my current HOA asked me to relocate. Knowing how desperate I was with a lot of cash and a very small window he was quick to offer me his personal Money Pit.
After many attemps of asking what I was legally allowed and not allowed to do at ths property from a commercial /residential business limit I was told only a few things that I clearly had no issues with and would not affect my business. After $40,000 in moving costs and starting renovations only two weeks after mving in, I was approched by a man at the gate serving me with a ceize and desist order, followed only weeks later with an TRO Temporary restraining Order to stop all business practice.
The story is very long and detailed so I will spare everyone all the details. But at the end of the day I built up enough evidence ,hired an attorney and added all of my proven lost (Not prjected, actual )lost income moving costs on both ends and more and Travis Winfield now has a lawsuit pending with a demand for $300,000. I lost all my clients, staff as I could no longer make payroll, then with no income i was forced out with 3 day pay or quit notices.
I was hospitialzed put on aniety meds, was so depressed I had sleepless nights and pannick attacks for months. Everytime i brought it up to Travis what he was putting me through, he would defelect and play the victim and say "I am going through the same thing, we both f*cked up ba bla bla. Can we please not make this a public court drama and settle quietly and with-out anymore costs to attornys?"
He tried guilt tripping to flirrting, when that didn't work he started bullying and thretning me and my family, he contacted my friends and asked if they could give him anything he could use against me in court etc it got ugly seeing his true colors come out.
To this day only 2 months later and another $30,000 plus in moving costs he refuses to pay anything after being served a demand letter from my attorney. He actually had the nerve to strong arm me and threten me with suing me for loss of rent, damage to the property i spent thousands upgrading (Lies) and refused to even give me my $7,500 deposit.
Not sure how much damage someone can do in 5 months of living in a place. When I showed my attorney the pictures of the condidtion we left the property Travis backed off not thinking I was msart enough to do that. But still refused to give my deposit back even after i ended up paying for all the repairs myself. He was a slumlord and refused to fix anything.
The first week I moved in he personally came to give me a tour of the proprty to show me where everything was located. I told him I was overwhelmed with all the information as it is 5 acres and an almost 5,000 sq ft house could I record his instructions. He said sure. This is a big part of the evidence I have against him that he forgot about and my attorny said with all the evidence I have this is a slam dunk case.
Travis even when he admitted in an approved recorded conversation that he was allowing me to move forward with my building plans and what the POA doesn't know won't hurt them, It's his home and Barn etc...Again after i moved in. He refused to give me a signed copy of my lease and revised it 4xs.
He admitted he shredded the copy that would have easily found him guilty in a court of law. I later found the original copy straight from his emailso no way of getting out of this mess he made for himself. I late found out not providing a signed copy of a contract especially a reastate contract is against the law in California.
Now I am out $300,000 and moved three times in a year costing me $80,000 and this man continues to conduct business as if he is a man of integrity which he will look you in the eys and preach.
Stay away from his lies, his charming on televion presence he always has an online TV show he films and hosts weekly. It makes everyone that knows him sick because he's such a fake.
The Winfield Group Real Estate Team Reviews
Travis Winfield was hired by myself after answering an ad I posted on social media, representing his company "The Winfield Realty Group" as a commercial realtor looking for commercial space or a large Ranch to run my business.
I am a single woman who he and his wife befriended very quickly and even invited to highend parties in La Cresta to introduce me around and look like a hot shot to impress me. Before long I recieved a phone call that surprized me. He and his wife offered me his 1.3 Million dollar home in La Cresta Ranch, located Murrietta, California on a lease option to buy in 12 months.
I owned a professional dog breeding and training business and my expansion plans were very clear and presented in writting and through CAD renederings to Mr. Winfield. He was aware that I needed a home or commercial space that I can build my business into a 5-star Doggie Hotel and Spa.
Travis is supposed to be a 5x award winning Realtor and he was also an owner living in La Cresta where he should have been well aware of the CC&R rules. I later heard that he confessed the house was currsed and a total money pit, he just needed a sucker to come pay the rent and take it off his hands. Well that was me.
He dumped this home on me as a fast way to get rid of it, as we later found out his plans to dump it and give it back to the bank but wanted to save his credit. A friend recent found the house listed at $848,000 only weeks after I moved out which means he had been planning this and had it in action the minute the legal headache with the POA begain. Yet he locked me under contract for 1.3 million. HUM??
He found me and saw a way out from bankruptsey all along carrying this "I am the #! successful Military Realtor in the US crap He knew I had the cash upfront and was ready to move fast. I was growing so fast my current HOA asked me to relocate. Knowing how desperate I was with a lot of cash and a very small window he was quick to offer me his personal Money Pit.
After many attemps of asking what I was legally allowed and not allowed to do at ths property from a commercial /residential business limit I was told only a few things that I clearly had no issues with and would not affect my business. After $40,000 in moving costs and starting renovations only two weeks after mving in, I was approched by a man at the gate serving me with a ceize and desist order, followed only weeks later with an TRO Temporary restraining Order to stop all business practice.
The story is very long and detailed so I will spare everyone all the details. But at the end of the day I built up enough evidence ,hired an attorney and added all of my proven lost (Not prjected, actual )lost income moving costs on both ends and more and Travis Winfield now has a lawsuit pending with a demand for $300,000. I lost all my clients, staff as I could no longer make payroll, then with no income i was forced out with 3 day pay or quit notices.
I was hospitialzed put on aniety meds, was so depressed I had sleepless nights and pannick attacks for months. Everytime i brought it up to Travis what he was putting me through, he would defelect and play the victim and say "I am going through the same thing, we both f*cked up ba bla bla. Can we please not make this a public court drama and settle quietly and with-out anymore costs to attornys?"
He tried guilt tripping to flirrting, when that didn't work he started bullying and thretning me and my family, he contacted my friends and asked if they could give him anything he could use against me in court etc it got ugly seeing his true colors come out.
To this day only 2 months later and another $30,000 plus in moving costs he refuses to pay anything after being served a demand letter from my attorney. He actually had the nerve to strong arm me and threten me with suing me for loss of rent, damage to the property i spent thousands upgrading (Lies) and refused to even give me my $7,500 deposit.
Not sure how much damage someone can do in 5 months of living in a place. When I showed my attorney the pictures of the condidtion we left the property Travis backed off not thinking I was msart enough to do that. But still refused to give my deposit back even after i ended up paying for all the repairs myself. He was a slumlord and refused to fix anything.
The first week I moved in he personally came to give me a tour of the proprty to show me where everything was located. I told him I was overwhelmed with all the information as it is 5 acres and an almost 5,000 sq ft house could I record his instructions. He said sure. This is a big part of the evidence I have against him that he forgot about and my attorny said with all the evidence I have this is a slam dunk case.
Travis even when he admitted in an approved recorded conversation that he was allowing me to move forward with my building plans and what the POA doesn't know won't hurt them, It's his home and Barn etc...Again after i moved in. He refused to give me a signed copy of my lease and revised it 4xs.
He admitted he shredded the copy that would have easily found him guilty in a court of law. I later found the original copy straight from his emailso no way of getting out of this mess he made for himself. I late found out not providing a signed copy of a contract especially a reastate contract is against the law in California.
Now I am out $300,000 and moved three times in a year costing me $80,000 and this man continues to conduct business as if he is a man of integrity which he will look you in the eys and preach.
Stay away from his lies, his charming on televion presence he always has an online TV show he films and hosts weekly. It makes everyone that knows him sick because he's such a fake.