David Tomblin owns Highgrove Holdings, an out-of-state housing investment firm with predatory practices that oversees several other local LLCs. Tomblin’s tenants live among seriously unsafe living conditions: Caving ceilings, lead paint exposure, black mold, pest infestations, water damage, plumbing and electrical hazards, lack of heat or hot water, broken windows and locks, poor ventilation, fire safety failures, and more. Beyond these dangerous living conditions, tenants are subjected to relentless rent increases, intimidation, and unresponsiveness.
Despite following the proper process and attempting to resolve these concerns directly, Tomblin has been dismissive, deceitful, and at times openly insulting.
The more we investigated, the more we uncovered: Tomblin deceptively started Highgrove as a “woman- and minority-owned” company. Tomblin’s LLCs owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in delinquent taxes. Tomblin’s LLCs have been sued by 35 of his private-equity investors for fraud. And Tomblin’s LLCs have been sued by lenders for millions of dollars they have failed to pay back.
