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Road rage and rental agent roulette
According to an ABC 7 report, Martin Vigil has been charged with misdemeanor assault, leaving the scene of an accident, and criminal damage to pro [...]
Chicago rental service deceptions, net rent edition
Advertising a lower rent than what's actually available in a building is only one of the many ways that Chicago rental services trawl for renters. [...]
Jon Zolecki leads in Craigslist apartment spam race
We've written about Chicagoland Property Group ("CPG") a number of times, and singled the firm out as the most prolific source of spam apartment a [...]
Luxury Living Chicago’s new twist on deceptive rental service ads
The Illinois Real Estate License Act prohibits "blind advertisements," i.e. ads that do not contain the name of the broker licensee that placed th [...]
500 Lake Shore Drive bans Craigslist rental service ads
500 Lake Shore Drive sent the following email to rental services / apartment locators / apartment finders last Saturday morning:
Subject: Cra [...]
Why YoChicago is your best Streeterville apartment source
There are only 16 apartment complexes in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood and you'll find all of them on YoChicago's at-a-glance list. The lis [...]
Are Craigslist apartment shoppers brain dead?
There are currently 26 ads on Craigslist with the phone number 312-600-7356. All of those ads are for luxury condos with identified addresses. All [...]
Join a Chicago rental service or become an Uber driver?
You're a young, unemployed college dropout contemplating your career options. You've been reading Craigslist ads from Chicago rental services that [...]
Leasing agents – how to cut your losses at tax time
If you were lured into working at a Chicago rental service last year by the promise of a "lucrative career" and "steady earnings" the odds are you was [...]
Kill 17,000 Craigslist apartment spam ads with one mouse-click
It's been a while since we've updated our roster of Craigslist's worst apartment ad spammers. Some of the rental services on our list have mercifu [...]
Zumper has a new design and spam apartment ads
Yesterday's email brought "news" of "the brand new Zumper web platform."
In its previous incarnation Zumper seemed to be nothing more than a ga [...]
That apartment was rented before you applied
Applying for an apartment that's already been rented – or was never available – is just one of the very many pitfalls you'll encounter when you work w [...]
Start your Lakeview apartment hunt with landlords
When you're searching for an apartment in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, Craigslist and rental services are likely to prove a time-consuming, fr [...]
South Loop apartments for rent – an up-to-date list
If you want to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago's South Loop availability list.
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Apartments Management Group racks up negative reviews at Yelp
It's not unusual for property management companies to receive negative reviews at Yelp.
Apartments Management Group, a successor to Beal Prope [...]
How to get an edge on renting the best apartments
If you're working with a rental service, the odds are high that you're not going to able to rent some of Chicago's most desirable apartments.
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How fast your agent gets paid may bias which apartments you see
A recent comment at YoChicago:
I am hearing thru the grapevine that some agents are actually quietly boycotting some buildings and management [...]
Should you respond to a blind real estate employment ad?
You'll see quite a few ads at Craigslist for apartment leasing openings with leasing and management companies that go unnamed in the ad. You'll al [...]
A flood of bait-and-switch apartment ads at Craigslist
As winter approaches and the number of apartment-hunting renters drops, Chicago rental services typically ramp up their year-round efforts to floo [...]
Earn $2,500 a week leasing apartments
If you consistently follow Craigslist help wanted ads for real estate you'll be struck by the recurring ads for a number of Chicago's rental servi [...]