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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

In the Matter of 

STAFFORDSHIRE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 

LLC, a limited liability company, and 

AARON FISCHER, individually and as manager of 

STAFFORDSHIRE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 

LLC. 

FILE NO. 182-3084 

AGREEMENT CONTAINING 

CONSENT ORDER

The Federal Trade Commission (“Commission”) has conducted an investigation of certain 

acts and practices of Staffordshire Property Management, LLC (“Proposed Respondent”) and 

Aaron Fischer (collectively, “Proposed Respondents”). The Commission’s Bureau of Consumer 

Protection (“BCP”) has prepared a draft of an administrative Complaint (“draft Complaint”). 

BCP and Proposed Respondents enter into this Agreement Containing Consent Order (“Consent 

Agreement”) to resolve the allegations in the attached draft Complaint through a proposed 

Decision and Order to present to the Commission, which is also attached and made a part of this 

Consent Agreement. 

IT IS HEREBY AGREED by and between Proposed Respondents and BCP, that:

1. The Proposed Respondents are:

a. Proposed Respondent Staffordshire Property Management, LLC, a Maryland limited 

liability company with its principal office or place of business at 108 E. Preston Street, 

Apt. 1, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. 

b. Proposed Respondent Aaron Fischer, owner and manager of Staffordshire Property 

Management, LLC. Individually or in concert with others, he formulates, directs, or 

controls the policies, acts, or practices of Staffordshire Property Management, LLC. His 

principal office or place of business is the same as that of Staffordshire Property 

Management, LLC.

2. Proposed Respondents neither admit nor deny any of the allegations in the Complaint, except

as specifically stated in the Decision and Order. Only for purposes of this action, Proposed 

Respondents admit the facts necessary to establish jurisdiction. 

3. Proposed Respondents waive:
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a. Any further procedural steps;

b. The requirement that the Commission’s Decision contain a statement of findings of fact 

and conclusions of law; and 

c. All rights to seek judicial review or otherwise to challenge or contest the validity of the 

Decision and Order issued pursuant to this Consent Agreement. 

4. This Consent Agreement will not become part of the public record of the proceeding unless 

and until it is accepted by the Commission. If the Commission accepts this Consent Agreement, 

it, together with the draft Complaint, will be placed on the public record for 30 days and 

information about them publicly released. Acceptance does not constitute final approval, but it 

serves as the basis for further actions leading to final disposition of the matter. Thereafter, the

Commission may either withdraw its acceptance of this Consent Agreement and so notify each 

Proposed Respondent, in which event the Commission will take such action as it may consider 

appropriate, or issue and serve its Complaint (in such form as the circumstances may require) 

and decision in disposition of the proceeding, which may include an Order. See Section 2.34 of 

the Commission’s Rules, 16 C.F.R. § 2.34 (“Rule 2.34”). 

5. If this agreement is accepted by the Commission, and if such acceptance is not subsequently 

withdrawn by the Commission pursuant to Rule 2.34, the Commission may, without further 

notice to Proposed Respondents: (1) issue its Complaint corresponding in form and substance 

with the attached draft Complaint and its Decision and Order; and (2) make information about 

them public. Proposed Respondents agree that service of the Order may be effected by its 

publication on the Commission’s website (ftc.gov), at which time the Order will become final. 

See Rule 2.32(d). Proposed Respondents waive any rights they may have to any other manner of 

service. See Rule 4.4. 

6. When final, the Decision and Order will have the same force and effect and may be altered, 

modified, or set aside in the same manner and within the same time provided by statute for other 

Commission orders. 

7. The Complaint may be used in construing the terms of the Decision and Order. No

agreement, understanding, representation, or interpretation not contained in the Decision and 

Order or in this Consent Agreement may be used to vary or contradict the terms of the Decision 

and Order. 

8. Each Proposed Respondent agrees to comply with the terms of the proposed Decision and 

Order from the date that Proposed Respondent signs this Consent Agreement. Proposed 

Respondents understand that they may be liable for civil penalties and other relief for each 

violation of the Decision and Order after it becomes final.
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STAFFORDSHIRE PROPERTY 

MANAGEMENT, LLC

By: ______________________________ 

 Aaron Fischer

 Managing Member

 Date: ________________________ 

AARON FISCHER

By: ______________________________ 

 Aaron Fischer, individually and as 

Managing Member of Staffordshire 

Property Management, LLC

 Date: ________________________ 

______________________________ 

Arthur Hawgood, Esq.

Hawgood Hawgood & Moran, LLP 

10015 Old Columbia Rd. Suite B215 

Columbia, MD 21046 

Attorney for Staffordshire Property 

Management, LLC and Aaron Fischer

Date: ________________________ 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

By: ______________________________ 

Carl H. Settlemyer, III

 Attorney 

Division of Advertising Practices

APPROVED:

 ______________________________ 

Mary K. Engle

Associate Director

Division of Advertising Practices

 ______________________________ 

 Andrew M. Smith 

Director

 Bureau of Consumer Protection 

Date: ________________________