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Rental services are a bad bet for Lincoln Park and Lakeview East apartments
If you're looking to rent in a prime near-the-park location in Lincoln Park or Lakeview East, the worst mistake you can make is to work with one o [...]
Chicago rental services ramp up rookie recruiting
The naïve youngsters who joined Chicago rental services last year in pursuit of a decent living have almost all gone back to tending bar, dreaming [...]
Rental services will steer you wrong on Lincoln Park apartments
If you're looking for an apartment in Chicago's sought-after Lincoln Park neighborhood, the worst place to start is with a Chicago rental service [...]
Chicago rental services’ biggest lie is one word: free
Chicago's rental brokers would desperately like you to believe that their service is free to renters. It's often not free, and it's frequently ver [...]
Rental services give renters bad advice
Chicago's rental services a/k/a apartment locators a/k/a apartment finders are a source of almost endless misinformation and bad advice.
The [...]
Rental services: we don’t need no stinking listings
The websites of some Chicago rental services invite you to "search our listings" and their Craigslist ads solicit you to inquire about "our other [...]
Great Lincoln Park apartments are off-limits to rental services
Working with a rental service guarantees that you'll miss out on some of the best located, most fairly priced and most nicely renovated apartments [...]
Many of Lakeview’s best apartments are off-limits to rental services
If you're looking for an apartment in Lakeview, working with a rental service a/k/a apartment locator a/k/a apartment finder guarantees that you'l [...]
April Fools’ Day is Chicago Rental Services Day
Yesterday's brief encounter with a career criminal working as a Chicago leasing agent left me in a somber mood.
Kenneth W. Arron a/k/a Kenny Yo [...]
Rental services can’t and won’t show you some of Chicago’s best apartments
Many of Chicago's rental services won't show MLS-listed condo rentals even though they're often priced below apartments in managed buildings. The [...]
When Chicago rental services go into thug mode
Dishonest and illegal practices are a daily routine for many of the agents at Chicago's rental services.
We've spotlighted some of the thing [...]
Free Chicago rental services and great apartment deals
Chicago's piratical rental services would like renters to believe that their services are free. There are renters gullible enough to believe that, [...]
Lies Chicago rental services tell – nothing in your price range
There are lots of things Chicago's rental services don't want you to know about the way they operate, and we've previously posted on twenty-five o [...]
Rental services joining Chicago Rental Apartment Partners
Dozens of Chicago's apartment rental services have joined the newly-formed Chicago Rental Apartment Partners, an organization dedicated to raising eth [...]
How rental services scale law-breaking
Chicago's sleazy rental services pollute Craigslist and other websites with 1,000s upon 1,000s of ads every single day. The goal: confuse and frus [...]
Avoid falling victim to Chicago rental services – check cashing edition
One of the recurring horror stories you'll read in reviews of Chicago's shark-like rental services is the difficulty renters have in getting refunds w [...]
A Chicago landlord’s advice re rental services
A recent comment contains a lot of solid advice for small landlords on how to deal with Chicago's piratical rental services. Here's a lightly-edit [...]
Lies Chicago rental services tell – negotiating the best deal
Chicago's rental services often claim that they can negotiate a better deal on an apartment's rent or fees than renters can on their own. Hearing [...]
Lies Chicago rental services tell – licensed experts
Chicago's rental services, a/k/a apartment finders a/k/a apartment locators, would have you believe that you'll be benefitting from the assistance [...]
Lies Chicago rental services tell – apartment listings
Almost every Chicago rental service a/k/a apartment locator a/k/a apartment finder claims to have the largest database of listings in the city. Th [...]