Tips For Co-Signers

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So that young fledgling that was seemingly a few years ago a squirming newborn is ready to leave the nest. Congratulations Mom and Dad! But before achieving lift off, a little help might be needed.

So junior is going to need a co-signer on that first apartment because their income is a little shy or there is no rental history. So being the good parent or guardian that you are, you’re going to step up and help out. After all, what could go wrong? This is your blood, your kin, your very own. They even look like you. Continue reading

A Tip On Saving Your Apartment From Catastrophic Loss

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Meanwhile, here in the real world, things can go wrong. We can’t help you with your love life, but there is a remedy just in case your whole world goes up in smoke or everything you own gets blown across five zip codes in a storm. That remedy is Continue reading

Careful Tenant Screening Creates Great Apartment Communities

2014 06 28 careful tenant screening creates great apartment communities 300x298 - Careful Tenant Screening Creates Great Apartment CommunitiesLet’s face it, not everyone on planet earth is as charming and as good looking as you and me. Have you been to the Department of Motor Vehicles lately? Obviously, there are a few individuals wandering around that are a few semesters short at charm school.

So what should you do should one of these charmers move in next door? In my opinion, the best defense is a good offense.

You want to live in a Decker Properties community where every applicant is carefully screened. References are checked to verify incomes and the probability that the income will continue. Folks with steady, reliable income are less likely to steal – from you.

But we don’t stop there. We also check for criminal background, including sex offender registries. We also review a credit report and set reasonable occupancy limits. Then we check the most important reference of all, the landlord reference. Usually we find if an individual has handled their rental account with care in the past, that will continue with us going forward.

In short, you may not know the neighbors well, but we do.

But not every landlord is as careful. So what should you do if you are living somewhere else and your apartment community is marked by illegal activities, predatory individuals and vandalism of apartments and personal property? Just give us a call at (262) 785-0840 so we can show you a beautiful apartment in New Berlin that you will be proud to call home!

How to Win Friends and Influence People

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Landlords and tenants always get along just fine.  And there’s this government official in Nigeria who is going to send me millions of dollars if I just give him all of my bank account information.

Or maybe not.

We aren’t going to be able to help you recover your money if you fell for a Nigerian email scam, but we can help you get all of your security deposit back. The key is to document the condition of your apartment when you move in.

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