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Frequency discount programs
Repetition is the key to effective advertising and enhanced search visibility. Advertisers earn substantial discounts from a la carte pricing when [...]
Advertising and video programs
YoChicago does not offer traditional banner ads. All of our advertising takes the form of sponsored editorial content and video and ads placed via [...]
How to turn one month’s free rent into two
This morning's email included the "hot sheet" from a newer high-rise offering renters a month's free rent and their brokers / finders a month-and- [...]
How much is your rental service agent being paid?
In Chicago, unlike New York and some other cities, rental services are typically paid by the property rather than by the renter. That fact might l [...]
How every high-rise renter can reduce rental service costs
Despite their wacky protestations to the contrary, rental services aren't free, and they aren't paid for by landlords.
Every renter in a high- [...]
AptAmigo is not a friend of YoChicago
Early last week I received a follow-up email pitch from Dan Willenborg, Co-founder and CEO of AptAmigo.com, inquiring about ways we might "work to [...]
Chicago apartment deals
The grid below has links to building websites, near real-time rent and availability info, and summary descriptions of special offers to which addi [...]
In Lincoln Park and Lakeview, a rental service is worse than useless
One of the many things that Chicago rental services don't want you to know is that there are many properties that they can't or won't show you.
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Mike Britton moves apartment pool from Uptown to South Loop
Want a renovated apartment in the South Loop with a pool and a sun deck? A Craigslist ad from Chicagoland Property Group's Mike Britton has just w [...]
How to find your best West Loop apartment
If you've been searching for a new apartment in Chicago's West Loop / Fulton River District, the odds are that you've been exposed to one or both [...]
Moving to River North? YoChicago trounces rental service brokers
If you've been searching for a new apartment in River North, you've probably been exposed to ads from Chicago's rental services.
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Moving to Streeterville? YoChicago or a rental service broker?
If you've been online looking for an apartment in downtown Chicago, the odds are that you're seeing ads similar to the screen cap shown here. The ads [...]
State levies $100,000 fine on Exchange Apartment Finders
The Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation has levied a $100,000 civil penalty (pdf) against The Exchange Apartment Finders (EAF) [...]
Ditch the rental broker if you want a great apartment deal
Chicago's rental service brokers would like you to believe that they can help you find a great deal on your next apartment. Don't believe it.
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How to miss out on great Lakeview apartments
If you want to be absolutely certain that you don't get to see many of the best apartments in Lakeview, contact an apartment rental service a/k/a [...]
Start your July 1 apartment search now
Savvy Chicago renters know that the best apartments rent quickly and are rarely available to last-minute lookers.
Major management companies h [...]
Want a lucrative career leasing luxury apartments?
It's that time of year again. Chicago's rental services are advertising heavily at Craigslist, touting six-figure incomes, unlimited earnings pote [...]
Is a career criminal working as a Chicago leasing agent?
A tipster alerted me this morning that an individual with a lengthy criminal record is applying, using an alias, to work as a leasing agent at som [...]
No appointment necessary at most high-rise apartments
Chicago rental services would like you to believe that they have an inside track on scheduling showings at Chicago's apartment towers. They don't. [...]