Elizabeth Potthast confronts her family. Photo credit: TLC
Fans of the 90 Day Fiancé series have their favorite couples, and one that tops the list is Elizabeth Potthast and Andrei Castravet, who met in Dublin, Ireland and quickly applied for K-1 visas.
Viewers got to know the couple and, fortunately or unfortunately, depending on who you ask, the entire Potthast family. In learning about Elizabeth's family tree, fans got to know Chuck Potthast.
The Pothasts love selling houses.
The entire family lives in Tampa, Florida, where all family members work under Chuck's real estate business. The family's employees include Elizabeth and Charlie Pothast, Becky Pothast Lichtwerk, Daniel Pothast, and Jen Pothast Davis. Chuck owns CDC Capital Investments LLC.
Fans have learned from past seasons that some of the Pothast children work as real estate agents, while others work as contractors and flippers. The Pothasts try to make it appear as though they run a respectable home flipping business, but many have pointed out that some of the information is contradictory.
90 Day Fiance fans think Chuck Potthast is a slumlord
CDC Capital Investments LLC has a B- rating on the Better Business Bureau website and is not accredited by the BBB, with one complaint filed in January 2019 indicating a disgruntled customer.
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“My wife and I were looking for a new place to live after our previous home was sold,” wrote one disgruntled customer. “Our credit scores weren't the best. They offered us this property if we paid the first month's rent, security deposit, last month's rent, and a pet deposit.”
The user continues, “I paid $4,585 up front before moving in. In November, a stranger came to my house asking about the foreclosure status of the property. I was told by CDC Capital not to worry, that the owner had gone bankrupt and lost the property, but they were in the process of purchasing the property to continue renting it out, and that if I didn't purchase it, I had at least six months before hearing from the bank.”
Chuck Potthast speaks to the TLC camera. Photo credit: TLC
Unfortunately, the misinformed tenants revealed that on January 16, 2019, they received a notice from the bank that had taken over the property from CDC Capital, informing them that they would be evicted from their homes if they did not vacate within 30 days.
Andrey is currently working with Chuck.
The tenants concluded their lengthy complaint with the following: “We contacted CDC Capital on January 17, 2019 and were told they would call us back within 10 minutes. Since then, we have not received any return calls or emails regarding the money we paid or a refund thereof.”
Additional complaints include the company not answering the phone or not providing an answering machine for people to leave complaints. “90 Day Fiance” fans also explained on Reddit that private equity firms like CDC Investments LLC have been buying up trailer parks across the US and raising rents for low-income tenants, much to the dismay of many.
As the new season unfolds, Andrei seems poised to join the family business, as he has just started working with Chuck. The Moldova native has passed his real estate exam and hopes to get into the home flipping business to provide for his family.
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After airs Sundays at 8pm ET on TLC