Author: Joe Zekas
Pensack still a sad sack
I chanced upon the Web site for the Illinois Tenants Union, and note that it's still being run by Michael Pensack, who's apparently completed some sch [...]
Another landlord horror story
You guessed it — the subject is once again Horizon Realty Group and 525 West Oakdale.
When my now-deceased ex-wife first moved into 525 Oakdale [...]
FSBO roller-coaster comes to a stop
And the FSBO-rider's up for another go-around of emotional highs and lows.
Check out Yo Chicago's first-person FSBO journal for a wrap-up of the less [...]
Celebrating 25 years of home repair fraud
The Illinois Attorney General's office has sued Ronald Kafka, proprietor of a series of at least 26 Cook County home repair companies that have allege [...]
New construction deals proliferating in suburbs
Looks like builders may be getting nervous about the market.
This week's north suburban Saturday Tribune New Homes section is chock full of specials [...]
Zillow does home values by ZIP code
If you want a quick and easy way to compare median home values in Chicagoland's various ZIP codes, just go to Zillow and punch in a ZIP code without a [...]
Thirty year old news
We've noticed a trend of real estate agent Web sites apparently claiming credit for the sales effort on projects with which they had little or no conn [...]
Trump guests like to watch
Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York lists a telescope as one of its in-room amenities.
Exquisite Corpse explains the Donald's purpose for [...]
Essential construction equipment
The Cat? The crane? The port-a-potty? The dumpster? The cement mixer? Nope.
The only essential piece of construction equipment in this photo is the [...]
Seven sins in new-construction condos
Yo Chicago has a number of hidden gems, one of which is New Construction Corner, our New Homes Magazine column by home inspector Tom Corbett.
Corbett [...]
Loft of the day
This 5,500 square-footer in the West Loop carries an asking price of just $1.25M.
It's offered for sale through Koenig & Strey's Charlene Williamso [...]
A bubble in Lincoln Park agents
We're starting to see sites that enable consumers — in theory — to provide objective ratings of real estate agents.
Check out AgentLine, [...]
Tuesday, Tuesday, got the ugly building blues day
Too ugly to be a keeper, this blighter, at 3131 North Clark, was just sold to a Des Moines-based investment firm. Who lets this stuff happen?
If y [...]
Horizon Realty Group sinks even lower
Yesterday I went to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office to secure an order for the police to remove the seal from the apartment where my kids' m [...]
Tuesday, Tuesday, got the ugly building blues day
Pushing the envelope of ugly at 2040 West North Avenue.
If you've got the ugly building blues, send us an e-mail with a photo. [...]
Horizon Realty Group threatens to arrest me
This morning I visited 525 W. Oakdale, Chicago, the building where my kids' mom died last week, to check for mail and to check the Medical Examiner's [...]
