Coming out of lurking to say that I didn't realize other people lived in MKE on here! I moved in MKE a couple years ago and finding an apartment was terrible.
Interesting. I lived in 3 apartments during my time there - 2 in the burbs and 1 in the city. I never actually had trouble finding an apartment. If we wind up moving back, I am not worried about finding something. In fact, we may wind up in the same building where 2 of our friends already live. It's going to be mid-30s party central!
Coming out of lurking to say that I didn't realize other people lived in MKE on here! I moved in MKE a couple years ago and finding an apartment was terrible. I currently rent from Armstrong Investments and they allow big dogs in the building I'm in (but I'm in Tosa/Zoo area). The only downside is that they have 5 properties and none of them are really downtown area or very luxury (if that's what you are looking for). The landlord I had downtown only allowed cats and they were a terrible company so no recommendations there.
I just moved here a week ago. I'm staying with some friends out in the western burbs to learn the city a little more before committing to an area. We were downtown Tosa last night and really liked it so that's high on our list. Sounds like that's the case for a lot of people though so we'll see what works out.