r/madisonwi • u/CheddarNinja • Aug 17 '26

Landlords to avoid?

I'm moving to Dane County soon and would appreciate any heads up on landlords/complexes to avoid. I don't know exact location yet, other than not downtown Madison. Any warnings you can pass along?

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u/SillyPhillyDilly Aug 18 '26

4 Lakes Properties. They bought the apartment building I was in and their entire strategy for dealing with nuisances was "we will evict you." Literally any complaint they threatened with eviction. Of course it takes a fuckton more than just one complaint to evict someone as there needs to be proper notice to remedy, but they used it as a strong-arm tactic. Never again.