About the Author: Joshua Mark
This content was posted and edited by Joshua Mark and the Fidelity Management Corporation team in Philadelphia, PA. The Fidelity Management Corporation team is a family business that has extensive experience in the fields of apartment rentals, leasing, and property management, through 50+ years of operating, owning and managing apartment complexes.
As a team, we have extensive experience and knowledge with respect to answers that many renters look for during their quest to find a suitable apartment, including a depth of knowledge on topics such as sound control, construction, and quality of an apartment. This experience from the Fidelity Management team comes from operations (being in apartment rental business for 50+ years), in formal education with a member of the team holding a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, as well as decades of hands-on experience in the construction field building and developing many single-family homes, residential single-family home and townhome communities, condominiums, and apartment complexes.
Our experience can provide helpful tips and tricks for renters looking to find the right apartment for their family, and potentially avoid costly mistakes.
While we write some content specific to greater Philadelphia market, the vast majority of our content is meant to address renters’ nationwide who are either beginning the apartment search, about to decide (select) an apartment, or wish to find a better place to live.
Nationally, this content and expertise has been recognized confirmed by some of the apartment industry’s most reputable resources…as inclusions or references in articles that have appeared in: ApartmentGuide.com, Rent.com, RentCafe, The Balance, MyFirstApartment, and many others.
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