Author: Joe Zekas
Zach Gotkin at North Star Real Estate Group is an abusive liar
As of this morning Zach Gotkin at North Star Real Estate Group had 1,257 abusively repetitive ads online at Craigslist. Four days ago he had 1,602 [...]
Craigslist’s worst apartment ad spammer – less spam but just as toxic
When we began our recent spate of posts on Chicagoland Property Group (“CPG”), back on March 11, twenty-two of the firm’s agents had just over 7,0 [...]
The 2016 list of new downtown Chicago apartments
Editor's note: The 2017 list is now available.
If you want to experience the thrill of moving into a never-lived-in downtown Chicago apartment, [...]
Michael Longo, scofflaw apartment spammer, North Star Real Estate Group
A mere four agents at North Star Real Estate Group had over 4,100 apartment ads active on Craigslist yesterday evening. Three of them accounted fo [...]
Are all Craigslist ads from the scofflaw-family Walker scofflaw ads?
Chicagoland Property Group’s scofflaw-family Walker is vomiting up about 1,000 fewer active spam ads at Craigslist following our posts on Joi Walk [...]
The 2016 list of Chicago’s best landlords
Note: Consult our more up-to-date 2017 list.
The City of Chicago publishes a list of problem landlords, and updates it twice a year. The list h [...]
Cassi Norman and the scofflaw-family Walker, an update
Six members of a single family hold real estate licenses affiliated with Chicagoland Property Group (“CPG”), a firm we’ve singled out as Craiglist [...]
An urgent warning to Chicago renters and property managers re Zumper and RadPad
For years now, Chicago property managers have taken a lax approach to the well-known, rampantly illegal behavior of Chicago rental services. They’ [...]
Erin Harper, scofflaw leasing agent at Chicagoland Property Group
Her name is Erin Harper, but we’ll call her “Erring Erin Harper,” because erring seems to be her core competency.
Erring Erin is affiliated wi [...]
Michael Hawks, scofflaw leasing agent at Chicagoland Property Group
Michael Hawks is the second most prolific ad spammer at Chicagoland Property Group (“CPG”), a firm that we’ve called Craiglist’s worst apartment a [...]
Jon Zolecki, Chicagoland Property Group, Scofflaw Leasing Manager
With 1,134 ads, Jon Zolecki is the top dog of individual apartment ad spammers at Craigslist. He’s a standout at Chicagoland Property Group (“CPG” [...]
Will Collin Walker rein in Cassi, his scofflaw leasing agent sister?
We’ve previously published posts about the scofflaw behavior of Joi Walker and Kellen Walker, licensed leasing agents affiliated with Chicagoland [...]
Will Collin Walker rein in Kellen, his scofflaw leasing agent brother?
Early yesterday morning we published a post about the scofflaw behavior of Joi Walker, a licensed leasing agent affiliated with Chicagoland Proper [...]
Chicagoland Property Group’s Collin Walker and his scofflaw mom Joi
Under most circumstances a son can’t be held responsible for his mom’s behavior.
He can be, however, if he’s the sponsoring or managing broker [...]
Exit Strategy Realty terminates scofflaw leasing agent Jerome Bressler
Jerome Bressler, who we’ve previously identified as Chicago’s sleaziest rental agent under his current name and Jerome Bressert, his former name, [...]
A first look at The Parker, the West Loop’s newest apartment tower
Chicago Architecture dubbed The Parker, 730 W Couch Pl, a “wonderfully-curved residential tower,” and that it is. Booth Hansen, the award-winning [...]
Video – Watch Exit Strategy Realty train new leasing agents to lie
We’ve characterized Exit Strategy Realty as a scofflaw rental service in a post yesterday, and one the day before.
Exit Strategy Realty trains [...]
Chicago scofflaws use Zillow to defraud renters
The ad pictured above repeatedly invites renters to contact property manager Cesar Sandoval to schedule a showing at 1116 N Dearborn. A renter cou [...]
The apartment finder scofflaws at Nick Libert’s Exit Strategy Realty
Earlier today I noticed copyrighted photos I’d shot in ads placed by leasing agents at Exit Strategy Realty, and ads on a website affiliated with [...]