Author: Joe Zekas
Renovated apartments on the Lakeview / Buena Park border
Irving Park Road is the northern boundary of the Lakeview neighborhood and just beyond is Buena Park, a tranquil, largely residential enclave of g [...]
Short-term apartment provider Suite Home Chicago wins a national award
Suite Home Chicago, a provider of short-term, fully-furnished luxury apartments, was given the “Company Member of the Year” award by the Corporate [...]
YoChicago’s five most popular apartment video tours
You can see 100s of YoChicago's apartment walk-through videos linked from our spreadsheet grids and maps for downtown Chicago, Lakeview and Lincol [...]
Sophistication and style at Streeterville’s new North Water apartments
The views from Streeterville's posh new North Water apartment tower showcase Chicago's dramatic architecture and lakefront setting at their best, [...]
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 [...]
Spacious apartments at Sienna, Streeterville’s new boutique community
High-rise towers dominate in the Streeterville neighborhood, but there's now a more intimate, boutique alternative at the new Sienna.
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The 2017 list of Chicago’s best landlords
The City of Chicago publishes a list of problem landlords, and updates it twice a year. The list has no properties in the prime near-lakefront nei [...]
Dan Willenborg’s AptAmigo is an outlaw rental service
Section 20-22 of the Illinois Real Estate License Act provides that:
"Any person who is found working or acting as a managing broker, real es [...]
The neighborhoods where YoChicago visitors are looking to rent
Since we began publishing our neighborhood apartment guides in mid-January of this year, we've been tracking the number of times each has been vis [...]
Tour the spacious apartments at Sienna, a new boutique community in Streeterville
The Streeterville neighborhood is dominated by high-rise towers, but there's now a boutique alternative at the new Sienna.
Sienna is offeri [...]
When you relocate to Chicago, start with a short-term furnished apartment
Relocating into a new city (or possibly a new country) can be nerve-wracking and stressful. You are not only trying to find the perfect apartmen [...]
Is your rental service agent a convicted criminal?
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation ("IDFPR") is responsible for licensing real estate professionals. In our judgment [...]