<human>: Hey everyone, so we were shown this place by Rapid Realty in NYC (everyone seems to have a story about Rapid..) and it turned out not to have the legal utilities by move in (even though we were promised they would be there). Landlord could not even provide us with solid dates about when they would be installed so we got lease nullified, we moved out and our 1st months rent returned. 

Our $2400 security deposit however.. went to Rapid Realty as a brokers fee (since it was a 'no fee' apt one month goes to landlord, security goes to realtor as brokers fee). They are now refusing to refund our money even through we payed them directly and ended up with an illegal to inhabit apt! 

So anyone else been in a similar situation? I know I could take them to housing court but how long does that take - 6 months at best? I'm thinking on threatening both legal action and launching a wide ranging negative ad campaign blanketing Yelp, Google Reviews, Craigslist, anything I can find for as long as it takes, then continuously update them with the links until they cave. Thoughts?

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<bot>: Realtor stole $2400 and refuses to refund it even though the apt they showed us was literally illegal to inhabit - what next, legal action? Internet justice?