HMC is the worst company I have every expereinced. You read their website and it contains all kinds of claims about their wonderful customer service, expeerince and knowledge. NOT TRUE. They are the laziest bunch in the busienss. Cut corners every step of the way in order to save money for them. Never return phone call. Never follow-up properly. I have been waiting a month for them to return my calls. Don't use them. They are a complete ripoff company is their ever was one!!!

Deceptive, Immoral, Unethical and lacking any Integrity.

Hawthorne has 24 reviews made up of 16 people ranking them 1, 2 ranking them a 4 and 6 ranking them a perfect 5 out of 5.
The company is owned by Joe Aiken. The Manager is Sam Hicks.

Here is the problem. Almost all of the 4- and 5-Star Ratings were posted on August 8. More concerning is of these they were all posted sequentially between 9:03AM and 9:09AM. Then they were all refreshed and updated within the last few weeks to keep them on the top of the list. Is this a random 1 in ten million event in which a half dozen unrelated customers happened to create accounts, logon and post glittering reviews of Hawthorne, which are contrary to most of the poor reviews on the Internet. Or is this by design and staff members of Hawthorne Management Company purposefully deceiving the public, clients and prospective clients.


Just read the 4- and 5-Star review and they read as written advertisements. Just look at the phony titles of the probably staff created reviews:

Honesty and Integrity
Best in the Charlotte area
Best Management Company
Impressed with level of service
Superior Service - Not false reviews
Fast Friendly Service
Professional and Responsive

That is not the purpose of this site and it lacks any integrity, morals or ethics on their part. It is also blatantly lying and false pretending to be a customer. Hawthorne Management is an organization without class. No reputable company would ever do something like this. Further, on other similar sites I found the same disturbing pattern.

The President, Founder and Owner of Hawthorne Management Mr. Joe Aiken is/was a North Carolina CPA, License #11760. However, the CPA Licensing Board states that Mr. Aiken "signed a Form of Practice affidavit stating that because the individual practices public accounting in a form not approved by the Board, he or she will not use the CPA title in any way." Yet, I found many references all over the Internet of Mr. Aiken being referred to as Joseph Aiken CPA. Does this company lack ethics, integrity and principles from the top down. I think they do. Don't call yourself a CPA if the authorizing body says you can't and you sign an Affidavit agreeing.No Integrity from Top Down!!

The whole time HMC was the Association Management Company for our community we have had dozens of blatant covenant violations. HMC never drives through our community. Now the many violations are part of our community due to laches at our communities lose. HMC provides the absolute bare minimum of services for the full market rate fee they charge. Everyone in our community is dissatisfied with HMC. Our community, like so many, has become complacent with HMC poor service but I think this year is their last chance.