Bad rental showings / appearance.

Also, I meant to say, some of the on site people seem somewhat indignant when asked about some of these things, and I guess I get that because they aren't the ones responsible to fix those items so they can't even make the promise if they wanted to. So you see holes in the wall and scratches in the floor and whatnot, how do you know those will be fixed for your move in? You can't add a rider to the lease, so what do you do, or just take it on faith or just suck it up?

I would not rent in such a building. Sounds like it would be a pain to get things fixed if something broke while you were living there.

What neighborhood(s) are these buildings in?

Also check out online reviews--most large rental buildings will have them, on yelp or elsewhere.

If there are significant flaws in a rental unit you can indeed add a rider to your rental lease saying they will be fixed before move-in. Than said, sounds like a shoddy management situation so I'd probably look elsewhere.

They don't seem to be too kind to riders. Some are electronic leases. These are big companies so it seems to be on their reputation that one should expect these things fixed. But who wants them fixed sloppy?

What neighborhood are you looking in?