Colorado and the FTC say Greystar Real Estate and Property fraudulently advertises low rent prices to potential customers, only to add tens if not hundreds to the monthly rent cost with hidden fees.

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against six property management companies over a rent scheme that kept monthly rates artificially high.Of the six, on

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and federal regulators filed a joint lawsuit against the largest apartment owner in the country on Thursday, accusing it of intentionally misleading tenants about the cost of its rentals.