Chicago-based apartment rental website domu has written about “why you should ditch craigslist for your apartment search” and tallied more than 19,000 new apartment...
Over the weekend I noticed rental services advertising 2-bedroom, 2-bath lofts at Cobbler Square on Craigslist at prices ranging from $2,550 to $2,610. The...
The Streeter, a 48-story, 481-unit apartment tower at 345 E Ohio St in Streeterville, was still in lease-up mode and at 56% occupancy when...
One of my correspondents, a veteran renter, has been sending me periodic updates on his experiences in searching for his next apartment. Here’s the...
Several months ago we opined that Apartments.com, a national site owned by a group of major newspapers, was the stand-out choice for renters searching...
Jimmy McMillan, the 2010 gubernatorial candidate of New York’s Rent Is Too Damn High Party, achieved some notoriety thanks to the many YouTube remixes...
As Chicago’s rental market strengthens and vacancies decrease, a number of landlords have been cutting back on their use of apartment rental services (also...
We’ve previously wondered about Exchange Apartment Finders (EAF), which appeared to be doing business as a real estate broker / apartment finder without the...
We recently wrote about Trulia’s doomed efforts to cut back on apartment rental scams in its listings. The scams continue, as they always will...
The biggest mistake apartment searchers make is failing to focus on a small number of ideal and affordable neighborhoods. The second biggest mistake is...
The biggest mistake apartment searchers make is failing to focus on a small number of ideal and affordable neighborhoods. The second biggest mistake is...
We’ve previously alerted you to twenty-five things apartment rental services won’t tell you. Now we’ll alert you to one they wish you’d never known:...
The slick-looking Web sites for apartment rental / locator / finder services tell you that you’ve arrived at Chicago’s premier FREE rental service offering...
All of YoChicago’s rental Guides link to Yelp reviews of buildings and landlords where they’re available, but those reviews aren’t the only useful info...
Note: Consult the 2014 version of our do-not-call list. New renters in Chicago are often confused or misled by Craigslist ads into believing that...
Management companies, individual property owners and legitimate real estate brokers can quickly and easily clean up the mess that the apartment locator services that...
