By Veronica Ayala / MCCI
The alleged rent of the mansion in Houston owned by a top Baker Hughes executive, which José Ramón López Beltrán and his partner Carolyn Adams lived in for at least a year, was not registered in the system used by real estate agents in Texas.
According to three Houston agents consulted by Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI), the leasing operation of the property whose commercial value exceeds one million dollars -that is, more than 20 million pesos- was never registered.
This information handled by real estate agents must be registered in the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) system of HAR (Houston Area Realtors), which is the association of Real Estate Agents of Houston, and which can only be accessed by those who are members.
However, there is no record of the lease of this property, whose current rental value is 6,187 dollars, equivalent to 127,000 pesos per month, according to the zillow.com site.
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“If they rented the house, they have to declare in the HAR system, which is the system that agents use in Houston,” said a real estate agent licensed to operate in Texas.
“It was the agent’s obligation to publish that information. There should be rental record by the agent, but they didn’t. It is very strange that they have not put it in the system.”
This would indicate, another agent warned, that the operation would have been carried out outside, that is, between individuals, or that there would have been no payment of rent or contractual relationship involved.
“It means that, if they rented it, as they claimed, it was from the outside. The only option is that they did it outside, without using an agent,” he added. “It lends itself to the fact that they did it outside or outright there was no contractual relationship.”
This contradicts or calls into question the version that both Schilling and Adams themselves have handled, insofar as the property would have been rented, who also denied having knowledge of each other, which would be unlikely since they are investigating potential occupants and their background.
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Keith Schilling, a former Baker Hughes executive, declared more than a week ago to the Bloomberg agency that he had rented the house from August 2019 and for a year, and that he did not know who the tenants had been.
While Carolyn Adams, partner of José Ramón López Beltrán, shared a few days ago that she had rented the house, through an agency, but only showed screenshots of chats of the alleged negotiation with the agent, but did not show a copy of the leasing contract.
The history of rent
The agents consulted by MCCI shared information from the internal system they manage, to show the inconsistencies that exist in the rental history of the house occupied by José Ramón and Carolyn in Houston.
“It is not “normal” that in a rental operation, it is first in P for pending (pending) then W for withdrawn (we withdraw the offer from the market) and then T for terminated (the client-agent relationship to promote was terminated) , when a contract is supposed to “exist”, explained an agent.
“Dated June 13 (2019) the house is put up for rent, which by the way the agent is a lady named Virginia Schilling (possible relative of the former Baker Hughes executive). On June 14 she says WITH (witdrawn) and that same day ACT appears (back on Market, once more available). Again on June 17 they withdraw it from the market to put it up for rent once more.
“On July 24, it changes from PEND to WITH (withdrawn) which would indicate that the contract was not perfected and that the property is no longer being rented.
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“As of the status being WITH, no operation should be carried out, that is, the house should not be rented. The next move is the change from WITH to EXP (expired). This means that the client’s contract with his agent has already expired. The usual thing is to sign a listing contract for 6 months.
“The fact of having posted the property first in WITH and then in EXP means that it was NOT rented.”
One of the agents mentioned that in the data list it appears that the expiration date was December 14, 2019.
“And the fact that in December they finished the listing means that it may not have been rented (officially). It lends itself to the fact that either they made the deal out of the blue or there was no contractual relationship. This is the complete opposite of what both Mr. Schilling and Mrs. Carolyn said.”
The history of the movements is shown in the attached documents.
Caroline’s version
In the statement issued last Sunday, 17 days following it was revealed that she lived together with José Ramón in the Houston residence of a senior Baker Hughes executive, Carolyn Adams assured that she rented the property for a year, while the eldest son of the president He was applying for his visa to reside and work in the United States.
Adams maintained that the operation was carried out through a real estate agent, who complied with all the guidelines.
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“Here you have to use a licensed real estate agent and the parties (landlord and tenant) are rarely known,” he noted.
“Everything was done under American formality, rules and requirements: contract, security deposit, monthly rents (like any other)”.
He also denied knowing Schilling or any senior Baker Hughes executives, and having any relationship with her. And he even showed screenshots of alleged conversations with a real estate agent who would have helped him find the house.
“Although I worked in the energy sector in Mexico, I never had any relationship with Baker Hughes or any of its executives.”
(Information: MCCI)
