Tag: Advice
Did an iMove Chicago agent use the C word in a Yelp review?
Jose L recently posted a 5-star Yelp review of iMove Chicago in which he used the C word – twice – to describe a Yelper who had negatively reviewe [...]
Start your May 1st apartment search now
It's only the first week of February, but Chicago landlords are already beginning to post May 1 vacancies on their websites. Early next month landlord [...]
Cash in when a friend rents where you rent
Many management companies reward current residents for referring a new tenant to their building. The reward typically takes the form of a rent credit [...]
Did iMove Chicago viciously retaliate against a Yelp reviewer?
We've written about iMove Chicago several times, put it on our Craigslist's Dirtiest Dozen rental services roster, and wondered why any renter or [...]
Why you should never trust a Yelp review of a rental service
The above ad appeared on Craigslist yesterday, and it tells you everything you need to know about why you should never believe a Yelp review – pos [...]
Are you OK with dated apartment finishes?
A few months ago we posted on the subject of lakefront properties, even some that are only a few years old, upgrading nearly everything.
Some l [...]
Some tips for renters, and an Arnell Cordero update
Six weeks ago, prompted by a tipster, we reported that one Arnell Cordero was advertising rental finding services without being properly licensed. [...]
Does Vesta Preferred prefer self-help on Yelp?
Yesterday's post about Vesta Preferred's misleading advice to renters elicited some anonymous testimonials for Greg Pekarsky, one of the firm's pr [...]
What Yo’s YouTube visitors have been watching
If you asked me to guess the three most-watched YoChicago videos during the last 30 days, I'd have guessed wrong on all of them.
YouTube Analy [...]
Vesta Preferred offers misleading advice to renters
Greg Pekarsky, in a blog post (screen cap) at Vesta Preferred, serves up some of the silliest advice imaginable for renters interested in learning [...]
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 [...]
A work-from-home scheme for unlicensed rental agents
Consider the Craigslist recruiting ad recently posted by T-Rock Enterprises a/k/a Chicago Apartment Renters. The Craigslist ad doesn't include, as req [...]
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 – [...]
iMove Chicago asks whether you’re tired of broken promises?
If you've been scanning real estate jobs at Craigslist you've probably seen the above ad for a rental service that currently goes by the name of i [...]
Another major Chicago landlord joins the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup
Some of Chicago's rental services, also known as apartment locators and apartment finders, have been known to lie to renters about Chicago propert [...]
Are renters and landlords losers with Chicago Apartment Finders?
The Habitat Company, for those of you who may not be familiar with it, is in the top-tier of professional management companies. In its more than 4 [...]
Urban Lux – the dumbest Yelp reviews ever?
Reading positive reviews of rental services on Yelp invariably reminds me of what Oscar Wilde said of a Dickens' short story. "One must have a hea [...]
Are you ready for Humboldt Park?
The blocks just south of North Avenue east of the park in Humboldt Park have seen a great deal of new construction activity in the past ten years, [...]
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 [...]
Zillow purges illegal Chicago rental service ads
We can find many things to criticize about Zillow Rentals, and we've already focused on one of them – misleading descriptions of who renters are c [...]