Tag: Renting
WalkScore and Zumper are a serious menace to Chicago renters and landlords
WalkScore is a site that many apartment renters implicitly trust. That trust derives, in part, from the fact that many apartment properties link t [...]
Homescout Realty misrepresents agent licenses
There are 16 real estate agents pictured on the “Meet the Team” page at Homescout Realty, one of the firms on our rental service do-not-call list
[...]
Chicago rental service location lies, Collin Walker edition
Chicago neighborhood boundaries aren’t always etched in stone, so it’s fair to give real estate brokers a bit of latitude when they’re describing [...]
Apartment rental service misdirection, Luxury Living Chicago edition
If you’ve been searching for an apartment in downtown Chicago, the cookies that track your online behavior result in your seeing banner ads for Lu [...]
Chicagoland Property Group continues to lie in Craigslist apartment ads
Chicagoland Property Group (“CPG”) has been listed on YoChicago’s rental service do-not-call list for years, and is on the current list.
We’ve [...]
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 [...]
Should you braid hair or be a rental service leasing agent?
In Illinois, you'll need 300 hours of classroom training and practical experience before you can become licensed to braid hair. If you want to be lice [...]
The Chicago rental service do-not-call list
New renters in Chicago are often confused or misled by Craigslist and other ads into believing that they’re contacting a landlord or management co [...]
Chicagoland Property Group spams Craigslist with 6,000 apartment ads
Chicagoland Property Group ("CPG") retains its long-standing rank as Craigslist's worst apartment ad spammer. As of yesterday the firm had more th [...]
Moving to Chicago? Skip the trip and rent short-term or sight-unseen
If you're relocating to Chicago and looking for a great apartment in a well-managed building, you can spare yourself the expense and hassle of one [...]
Chicago’s most-Liked apartment management company
We surveyed the Facebook pages of dozens of Chicago's larger property management firms to determine which one had garnered the most Likes.
Plan [...]
A rental service is your worst move when moving to Chicago
If you're moving to New York, you'll need a rental service broker to gain access to some of that city's best apartments.
If you're moving to Ch [...]
Searching Streeterville apartments on Craigslist is a fool’s errand
A recent Craigslist apartment search for Streeterville returned 2,500 results – Craigslist's maximum. Further limiting the search by adding "Chic [...]
How to turn one month’s free rent into two
This morning's email included the "hot sheet" from a newer high-rise offering renters a month's free rent and their brokers / finders a month-and- [...]
MLS-listed downtown rental listings down sharply year-over-year
A broker-tipster emailed us yesterday expressing skepticism about published apartment vacancy rates and stating that "the MLS rental inventory is [...]
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 [...]