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Chicago’s rental services are sliming WalkScore
Misleading renters is the core competency of Chicago's rental services a/k/a apartment locators a/k/a apartment finders. It's about the only thing the [...]
What Chicago’s rental services won’t tell you
It's been two and a half years since we first published a list of twenty-five things Chicago rental services won't tell you but that you need to k [...]
How Chicago’s rental services play rushin’ roulette
Rushin' roulette may be as deadly to your finances as Russian roulette is to your health.
Rushin' roulette is a nasty game played by Chicago's [...]
500 Lake Shore Drive aggressively courting rental services
Rental service agents have been receiving daily email solicitations from the recently-opened 500 Lake Shore Drive apartments during what the building [...]
What Chicago’s rental services won’t tell you
We strongly recommend that Chicago renters take the time to find their next apartment on their own without using one of Chicago's rental services [...]
Rental services sneer at 500 LSD ban on Craigslist ads
Unlike a number of buildings that don't allow rental services to advertise their property anywhere, 500 Lake Shore Drive's broker agreement (PDF) [...]
Are landlords to blame for rental services’ deceptive ads?
Chicago's rental services routinely spam Craigslist, Trulia, Zillow, hotpads and other websites with high-volume bait-and-switch advertising. They [...]
Job seekers need to shun no-name rental services
The Illinois Real Estate License Act ("License Act") requires brokers to include their name in ads, including ads recruiting new agents or brokers [...]
Does tax time for leasing agents mean pain for Chicago rental services?
Almost all of Chicago's rental services are revolving-door operations that attract naïve newcomers with the promise of entry into a lucrative career. [...]
River North’s EnV bars rental services from advertising apartments
Earlier this month EnV, a luxury apartment high-rise in River North, sent out an email, with a broker agreement attached, informing rental service [...]
Chicago’s dirtiest dozen apartment rental services – iMove Chicago is #3
There are scores of rental services on YoChicago's do-not-call list. We're singling out twelve of them – the ones we consider the dirtiest dozen – [...]
Chicago rental services are living in cloud-cuckoo-land
The Illinois Real Estate License Act makes it illegal for a licensed rental service to advertise property for rent without written authorization f [...]
Chicago’s dirtiest dozen rental services – Urban Lux is #2
You'll find scores of rental services on YoChicago's do-not-call list. We're singling out twelve of them – the ones we consider the dirtiest dozen [...]
How Chicago rental services can help clean up Craigslist
As you might expect, I pick up the phone and talk to Chicago rental services. They almost all describe themselves as "one of the good guys" who ab [...]
Chicago’s dirtiest dozen rental services – Rent Proactive is #1
You'll find scores of sleazy rental services on YoChicago's do-not-call list. In the coming weeks we'll single out twelve of them – the dirtiest d [...]
More landlords eliminating use of rental services
It's anecdotal data only, but what I've been hearing during the past month is that a number of major landlords have been reducing or completely el [...]
215 West apartments paying top dollar to rental services
Anticipating a slow Mother's Day, the 215 West apartment tower in the Loop sent an email blast on Saturday reminding rental services that it's pay [...]
Condo – a dirty word for apartment rental services
A while back we wrote about 2-bedroom, 2-bath units in a full-amenity condo high-rise renting for the same price ($1,950 a month) as a convertible [...]
Attorney General’s office declares war on Chicago rental services
Late Friday the Illinois Attorney General's office announced the formation of an inter-agency task force to combat what AG Lisa Madigan referred to as [...]
Rules for renters in dealings with Chicago rental services
Chicago renters often find dealing with rental services an experience that's frustrating at best and an expensive, life-disrupting nightmare at wo [...]