A time to be grateful, give thanks and share
At YoChicago we humbly and gratefully give thanks for the abundance we enjoy, and the liberty that enables us to enjoy it to the fullest.
We wi [...]
YoChicago was airborne yesterday
Every so often we charter a helicopter and fly around the city taking shots of new construction, the skyline and whatever else grabs our attention [...]
YoChicago’s October, 2014 audience reach
According to our server logs, YoChicago reached nearly 94,700 unique visitors in October. That's a 10% decline from the more than 104,000 visitors we [...]
Where Chicago’s 25- to 34-year olds cluster
According to 2010 US Census data, 25- to 34-year olds accounted for 13.4% of the nation's population and 17.97% of the City of Chicago's. That tra [...]
Millennials are not opting for cities
As he often does, Joel Kotkin looks past wishful thinking to the numbers:
It’s an idea echoed everywhere from “Friends” to “Girls”: Young pe [...]
YoChicago’s taking a day off
YoChicago won't be posting about Chicago real estate today, but will resume tomorrow.
I returned to Chicago late Sunday after a five-day br [...]
YoChicago reaches record numbers in July
According to our server logs, YoChicago had 104,196 unique visitors in July. That's the first time we've passed the 100K mark in a month, and it r [...]
Question of the day – who’s getting the supervouchers?
Crain's Chicago Business reported yesterday that the Chicago Housing Authority is issuing "supervouchers" that enable low-income residents to rent [...]
YoChicago nears 3,000 YouTube subscribers
YoChicago has more than 2,500 videos on our primary YouTube channel, and they've been viewed more than 3.8 million times. We have far more narrate [...]
The Millennials are coming, perhaps
One of the few things you can say for certain about the Millennial Generation is that its membership is huge in number.
Beyond the sheer size [...]
Meet Jola Jablonska, a Chicago photographer
I've take many photographs while shooting 1,000s of videos and I've often been asked by real estate agents to do the photography for the home.
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A visit to Chicago’s West Side with a real estate appraiser
Citywide Services' Michael Walsh is a veteran appraiser whose work takes him to many areas of Chicagoland.
I joined Michael for a mid-morning v [...]
Ask American Realty’s Dan Dantuma about his drug arrests
American Realty's Dan Dantuma had 135 repetitive ads on Craigslist as of mid-morning yesterday. More than 80% of them were for a single apartment, [...]
State Street Properties’ amazing Craigslist apartment spam
With just over 2,500 ads, State Street Properties isn't Craigslist's most prolific apartment ad spammer, but it ranks among the worst of them and [...]
Where have all the iMove agents gone, short time passing?
We've written repeatedly about iMove Chicago, a rental service that advertises frequently on Craigslist for new leasing agents and brokers.
We [...]
Craigslist spammer of the day: Andy Trejo and iQrentals
We haven't written about Andy Trejo before, but he's been on our radar for well over a year, and his company names have been on our Chicago rental [...]
An update on Chicagoland Property Group’s spam-family Walker
In the coming months we'll be continuing our efforts to make it easier for you to identify and avoid some of Craiglist's worst apartment ad spamme [...]
Chicago rental agent pleads guilty
Last October we wondered whether Jerome Bressert was Chicago's sleaziest rental agent – a category that has tons of competitors vying for the top [...]
Meet the guys who wash your windows
There are times when you see them almost nose-to-nose, but there never seems to be a way to get to know them. They're the guys who rappel down yo [...]
Know your condo manager, Prairie Shores Management edition
While reading a string of negative reviews on Yelp for Prairie Shores Management I locked in on the name of Richard Holtzman. Back in the 80s Holt [...]