First off my wife and I would like to say we were originally looking at places in the Beaver Dam /…read moreWatertuckey area, not too far for someone working out of the Madison / Stoughton area. Then we found the houses in West Bend way more appealing and Jess McRae still made the hour and half trip to show us houses that were 15 min away from us. Jess is a truly wonderful person with dedication, perseverance, and knowledge of the home buying process. We highly recommend Jess to anyone looking to purchase a home. Even though the process was fairly fast we would consider Jess to be more of a friend than just a realtor. Thank you Jess McRae for making our first-time home buying experience a Rock*star* Realty moment.

We worked with Nate Ray on selling our home. He was professional, detail oriented and a pleasure…read moreto work with. He was on top of everything and make the transaction an easy process. I would highly recommend Nate to help you buy or sell a home.

This Management company is absolutely fantastic! They don't advertise their properties much, in…read morefact I found my apartment after seeing a little sign on one of their buildings. Their properties are beautiful Mansion Hill homes converted to spacious apartments. The apartment manager is very friendly and responsive to any maintenance requests (many of which were taken care of the next day). I do have to mention that they do not rent to most undergraduate students. These apartments are quite and are usually rented by grad students and young professionals. All the apartments I've seen have beautiful crown and base moldings, high ceilings, wood floors, gas stoves and many unique architectural touches. If you are looking for beautiful, well kept apartments in the downtown/capitol area this is the company to go with!

Madison Land Company is great! I rented an apartment on Wisconsin Ave. next to Kennedy Manor for a…read morecouple years and it was very well maintained especially for a downtown Madison property. The maintenance staff were always friendly and promptly attended to any requests I had (ie: installation of a window AC unit; replacement of smoke detector batteries). I never had any actual maintenance issues because the apartment was in fantastic condition. I've been told this company prefers to rent to adults/professionals and grad students who maintain the units and respect other tenants...their properties are not party pads.

I lived in the Post Apartments. I lived there over 2 years and really enjoyed it for the proximity…read moreto downtown and the bike path. The interior was very well done and the building maintained well. But sadly, the complex was marketed as "non-smoking" which was a big reason why I signed the lease. However I quickly learned after moving in that it was far from it with tenants smoking marijuana in their units and the smell permeating into the hallway and in some cases into my unit. When management was alerted there was little action besides one email to all the tenants which did nothing to stop it. One sign on the bulletin board which lasted less than a month. I think they could have and should have done more which is why I ultimately decided to leave the apartment before the end of my lease term. My health was suffering from the constant stench. Otherwise, it's a great property and if you don't have an aversion to smokers, I recommend it.

Avante Properties plays hard ball with their best tenants. Here's what happened to us…read more.. We have an apartment at the Arlo in Fitchburg and have been excellent tenants since June 2024 when the building opened. Avante recently notified us that the lease for our second stall in the parking garage has been terminated and we have six days to vacate it. There was no explanation or apology. #1: In the luxury rental business, it's not a good idea to treat good renters poorly, especially your top tenants. Poor reviews and word of mouth will expose you in a big way. #2: Avante has been allowing tenants to move into the garage as late as November-January, just in time for bad winter weather. We've been paying for the second stall since last June so we would have it for the winter months. When we asked Avante for a credit for the past seven months, they referenced legalese from the parking rental agreement, and threatened to tow our car if the stall was not vacated by the deadline. Avante's communication has been disappointing and shocking. #3: During the fall, Avante raffled off 2 free parking stalls to Arlo residents who wrote Google reviews. So they are willing to give away free stalls, but then kick out their paying customers? Huh? Complaining about a valid issue and requesting reimbursement for what we consider fraudulent behavior on their part has ultimately resulted in them threatening not to renew our 12-month apartment lease this spring. Wow is all I can say. A property manager can make or break your apartment rental experience. If I had to do it all over again, I would not rent from Avante Properties. I would look elsewhere.

The people here are too hard to reach, whether it be phone or email, expect no answer or 1-2 days…read more I am a resident at Fitzgerald and the units are pretty vacant, yet parking lot is almost full. They need to start caring more about residents and less about the 2 businesses below. I do not recommend renting with this group, nor will I re-sign.

John, the property manager at the Fitzgerald, is one of the most understanding, calm property…read moremanagers I have ever met. After dealing with some financial and roommate struggles, he was very responsive, willing to look into all avenues to help, and very understanding in allowing us to catch up. The Fitzgerald apartments are truly a place you can make home, and that is all thanks to the managers and employees who care about you as a person and not as just a bank account. Thank you John for lifting such a heavy weight off of our shoulders!

Fair Oaks Apts. have become too party-like and noisy after 10 pm. No concern about the noise…read morelaws....at least on the 4th floor. Not an ideal spot for someone beyond those college party years.

This is a beautiful, new building with nice apartments. I got to see the roof, and wow what a view!read more

They will send out passive aggressive emails, they strictly control what you're allowed to have on…read moreyour porch/balcony, and they will not treat you with respect. They value the time and money of potential residents much higher than that of current residents no matter how long you've lived there. I was walked in on while asleep and half clothed by maintenance men not once but TWICE without them knocking. This is about as close as you can get to being in an HOA without ever having signed up to be in one. They are strict and often passive aggressive including but not limited to threatening to drain the pools if residents can not "cooperate" with their rules. Children are not allowed in pool areas even with adults. I also frequently had to keep my thermostat around 75 degrees to keep my apartment above a hoodie temp. due to poor insulation. Beware.

If you care about your money, mental health, and being respected, don't live here…read more Not only did I not get my security and pet deposits back, they CHARGED me a near ADDITIONAL $2,000 for repairs that sure as hell did not equate to A SECURITY DEPOSIT + A PET DEPOSIT + $2,000 DURING COVID. I didn't leave the place in perfect shape but as someone with family in construction and renovation I guarantee you it was NOT worth that much. What the hell is the point of a deposit at that point? Sure it has a lot of nice reviews but interesting that they're all from 8 years ago, around the time the place was nearly done being built. Likely a promotion ran where they gave some perk to people leaving nice reviews. They're nice at first but the moment you're in there it literally feels like you cannot LIVE there. You have passive aggressive management sending rude letters and emails- to the point now where any notice from a landlord sends my anxiety up the roof, even to this day when I live in a HOUSE now. Management, don't even bother responding to this because I'm not reading your responses. I don't trust you enough to give you my real name, because knowing you, you'd be awful. At this point, I don't trust you to actually be genuine in anything you say. Everything is a nice platitude to get the next lease in your roster so you can rip someone else off.

Is there a rating lower than zero? Avoid these people like the plague. The owner (Matt B.) is…read moreliterally "in over his head" in attempting to run this business. He is unprofessional, lacks any communication skills, and is indifferent to the needs of the association he "serves". He doesn't understand that he works for the owners of each property he manages. Our condo association recently fired CMA as a result of years of negligence of their duties. Without elaborating fully, there is an owner in our condo unit that has been financially irresponsible as well as slovenly in the upkeep on their unit for over 6 years without any meaningful action being taken. Corrective actions were started but NEVER followed through upon, resulting in a owner who is endangering not only the structure of our building but also the collective health of all other owners who reside there. There are many other competent management companies that you can use in the Madison area. CMA should not even be a last resort! If CMA manages the property about which you are inquiring, do yourself a favor and buy a house!

I want to thank Tom who came to our rescue. We had a fire…read morealarm that was set off by a leak !! We had to troubleshoot all the while this earsplitting noise was going off. There is definitely a reason that sound is used. It makes you want to get out of the building now !!! Thank you again Tom !!!

Before I moved to Sauk Creek Apartments, I had owned homes for more than 35 years so I was not sure…read morewhat to expect. I have been so impressed with this complex and its management! Communication related to the apartments is always clear and timely. Any time I have a question, Jessica or Debbie get back to me immediately--usually the same day. Maintenance requests, whether big or small, are handled immediately as well. Joe, Brian, and the others on the maintenance staff are friendly and professional--and stealth! When they are done with a repair there is no trace that they were there except a friendly note explaining what was done. Tim maintains the grounds beautifully. I love my apartment! It is updated, safe, sunny, and quiet. And it's affordable. I never wonder if I made the right choice. This is home!

Good neighborhood, the apartments LOOK good but, you will find some bad things they have!…read more The worst thing if those apartments 2: 1 Management 2 maintenance guy (tall, skinny, glasses that has never worked anywhere else but there) non diligent at all, and is always sitting in the parking garage, talking with the other maintenance guys. We lived there for 2 years, first year was ok, we didn't mind the bad attitude of the maintenance guy, if we asked for something or some maintenance request, his answer was, " send the request to for maintenance" With management we had a situation of charging over for an extra parking space in the garage , but we didn't mind that either, even though it was affecting our credit score because it was showing bus as delinquent for many months. But as I said we didn't mind any of that bcz we liked the neighborhood and the apartment. Continue.. During fall we found very bad mould on the windows and one of the corners of the bed room also on the living room patio door, we cleaned that, then reported to management, their response was for us to clean that and dry the windows constantly do we avoid the situation, we kind of did what they said on fall, winter came and the mould was bigger and the wood was all rotten, management sent the paperwork for the next year contract, my husband told them. We will continue living there but they had to fix the windows situation and the wood. We ended up being threatened by them, stating we will be evicted if during WINTER we don't leave the windows open all day long to stop the mould growing, the maintenance guy was getting in the apartment no notice and arranging my courtains, damaging them as he liked, and when I said something the manager came back to tell me that I'm not letting him work and that I would end up evicted for that. Middle of winter, contract for next year already signed, what could I do? We lived that year and half, counting the days and waiting for the great moment if leaving that people If after this you decide to move there,,, is in you BTW that mould situation lasted for more than a month, they threatened us, after a couple of weeks we called the city and miraculously the maintenance guy had the time to fix the wood, at least, the mould problem will continue there, those windows are cheap and bad!