Stalder denied working for Bossarei, signed document suggesting otherwise

Bill of deposit signature shows city councilor represented landlord’s company, MRBE Management

Travis Rainey's bill of deposit, with Stalder's signature.

Laramie City Councilor Jessica Stalder has represented herself as working for Maximus Bossarei’s company, MBRE Management, to at least one of his former tenants.

When Travis Rainey moved into the Third Street property formerly known as the Xenion Motel, he signed a bill of deposit proving his payment of $1,200 to MBRE Management. Stalder’s signature is on the signature line provided for the company representative.

This directly contradicts a public statement she made, distancing herself from the landlord, in which she explicitly states she does not “work for him or his company.”

“For her to pretend to be ignorant to their business actions is disgraceful,” Rainey said. “For her to lie about not profiting from the suffering of me and many other Laramie residents is disgraceful.”

In January, the Laramie Boomerang published a lengthy feature detailing Bossarei’s business and behavior as a landlord. It highlighted many alleged abuses, brought forward both within and outside of the court system. Those alleged abuses included double-charging rent or deposit payments, unjustly keeping deposits, and responding to maintenance requests with threats of legal or other retaliation.

The story also highlighted the Albany County Sheriff’s Office’s repeated failure to serve court summons to Bossarei, meaning that most former tenants who brought civil suits against the landlord saw their cases dismissed and never got their day in court.

Councilor Stalder was cited in the story, by both court documents and former tenants, as acting as an intermediary between Bossarei and prospective tenants — especially and vitally in the early stages of the rental process before the signing of a lease.

While Stalder did not reply to repeated requests for comment before the story went to print, she did release public statements following the story’s publication on her council Facebook profile, and as a letter-to-the-editor in the Laramie Boomerang.

“Despite recent allegations in the Laramie Boomerang, I do not have an ownership interest in any of the properties that were the subject of the recent Laramie Boomerang article, nor do I work for (Bossarei) or his company,” Stalder writes in her statement. “While I have in the past helped my friend advertise his properties and communicate with a handful of tenants from time to time, my involvement was limited.”

An April 2020 bill of deposit shows Travis Rainey’s payment of one month’s rent plus a security deposit — for a combined total $1,200. Rainey was moving into Bossarei’s main Third Street property, the large black complex formerly known as the Xenion. It was a decision Rainey would later regret and a deposit he would never get back.

The signature line labeled “MBRE Management” is signed by Stalder. Bossarei’s signature appears nowhere on the document.

Rainey only learned of Stalder’s public statement upon yesterday’s publication of a feature detailing the city councilor’s close ties to the notorious landlord. Rainey was outraged and said he hopes the city council takes action.

“Being an elected official, I don't know what the council, itself, can do, but they should be aware of a corrupt peer in Stalder,” he said. “It seems even small town politicians feel a license to conduct crooked business.”

Rainey, like several other former tenants, had previously been trying to move on from his dispute with Bossarei as the whole ordeal was taking a mental and emotional toll. He now says he would like his $600 deposit back.

“The money would be nice to get back from them,” he said. “But it would be more satisfying to see people held accountable for their wrongdoings, and to have stop-guards put in place to not let anyone abuse folks the way I and seemingly countless other Laramie residents were abused by Max and Jessica.”

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For more information about Bossarei’s many alleged abuses as landlord, check out the original article in the Laramie Boomerang.

For more information about Stalder’s ties to Bossarei and his business, check out an earlier article published on this site.