Renters beware, do not rent from any properties from American Preferred Management Company . I couldn't wait to move from one of their properties, Longmeadow Apartments in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I was a resident at Longmeadow Apartments from 2008 to 2025. Before American Preferred Management took over the property in 2017, it was a nice place to live. The previous owners only raised the rents every other year and it wasn't a whole lot. The complex became an non-smoking complex about a year after I moved in, they had designated parking, they put in a recycling dumpster, the buildings hallways were cleaned weekly, maintenance was quick to respond and they property was maintained and if tenants had numerous complaints or became a nuisance, they would no longer be a resident, they had standards, not anymore. At least 6 Leasing Managers at Longmeadow that have been hired and quit or got fired, since American Preferred Management took over Longmeadow Apartments. Now, the property is barely maintained, tenants can smoke in their units now. I couldn't enjoy my own space including my patio or open my patio sliders because the tenants that moved in below me before I moved, smoked and smoked marijuana, which would come into my unit. One time I walked in my own laundry room, which is in each unit, I got a a contact from the marijuana smoke and became intoxicated. I don't care if people smoke but when the smoke affects me and my personal space then it's a problem. They haven't checked the smoke detectors in years, they don't change the air filters, you have to ask for that to be done, One year they didn't shovel the sidewalks, the city was called to get that done. The recycling and designated parking no longer exist. They didn't fix the parking lot a few years back but patched the holes and then black paint was sprayed over the lot to make it look like they fixed it. It took months before one of my burners on my stove got replaced. That same burner shorted out 3 times instead of the stove being replaced. They don't enforce what is in there own lease when it comes to some tenants using their garages for storage. The parking lots are small, one of the things I liked about Longmeadow but in the lease tenants are suppose to be limited to 2 cars but if some tenants have more than 2 vehicles, those vehicles were suppose to park on the street. Since 2020, I reported hearing birds chirping and scratching in the metal shoot in the laundry room. Well, about a couple of months before I moved, I found a dead bird in my laundry room without the head. Literally , the night before I moved , 2 more living birds got into the laundry room! I was mortified. When I emailed about the leasing manager about the live bird situation she said it wasn't considered an emergency and I responded anytime a live animal that carries diseases is an emergency. If birds were coming in the unit, I can only imagine what other critters would be coming in. I'm not the only tenant in my building that had issues with birds either coming in their unit or hearing scratching. Also , they don't enforce the tenants responsibilities , one example is that tenants are not suppose to use the garages as storage but many tenants due. It's unfortunate that Longmeadow Apartments are now owned by a corporate landlord, American Preferred Management Company. It use to be a nice place to live and still looks nice on the outside but if you don't care about maintenance, management not enforcing tenant rules, smoking is allowed, rent going up every year but don't see where the money is going and have low standards, Longmeadow Apartments is the place for you. The only good thing that was good since American Preferred Management Company owns Longmeadow Apartments was the last leasing manager that use to manage the property, who no longer manages it. That's the only reason I gave them a 1 star but American Preferred Management doesn't deserve 1 star. read more