3/12/12
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...
2/28/12
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...
2/20/12
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...
2/7/12
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...
2/6/12
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...
1/31/12
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...
1/21/12
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...
9/30/11
We’ve previously wondered about Exchange Apartment Finders (EAF), which appeared to be doing business as a real estate broker / apartment finder without the...
8/3/11
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...
6/15/11
The biggest mistake apartment searchers make is failing to focus on a small number of ideal and affordable neighborhoods. The second biggest mistake is...
5/30/11
The biggest mistake apartment searchers make is failing to focus on a small number of ideal and affordable neighborhoods. The second biggest mistake is...
4/4/11
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:...
3/23/11
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...
3/21/11
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...
3/21/11
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...
3/14/11
Management companies, individual property owners and legitimate real estate brokers can quickly and easily clean up the mess that the apartment locator services that...