Tag: Apartment finders
The minimum wage for leasing agents is less than zero
The spring and summer rental market is heating up and Chicago's rental services a/k/a apartment locators a/k/a apartment finders are advertising o [...]
Avoid falling victim to Chicago rental services – check cashing edition
One of the recurring horror stories you'll read in reviews of Chicago's shark-like rental services is the difficulty renters have in getting refunds w [...]
Do Uber drivers out-earn new leasing agents?
Chicago's rental services trawl for new recruits with promises of flexible hours, independence and "unlimited earnings potential."
The Uber ri [...]
A Chicago landlord’s advice re rental services
A recent comment contains a lot of solid advice for small landlords on how to deal with Chicago's piratical rental services. Here's a lightly-edit [...]
The 2014 Chicago rental service do-not-call list
New renters in Chicago are often confused or misled by Craigslist and other ads into believing that they’re contacting a landlord or management co [...]
Lies Chicago rental services tell – negotiating the best deal
Chicago's rental services often claim that they can negotiate a better deal on an apartment's rent or fees than renters can on their own. Hearing [...]
Lies Chicago rental services tell – licensed experts
Chicago's rental services, a/k/a apartment finders a/k/a apartment locators, would have you believe that you'll be benefitting from the assistance [...]
Lies Chicago rental services tell – apartment listings
Almost every Chicago rental service a/k/a apartment locator a/k/a apartment finder claims to have the largest database of listings in the city. Th [...]
Should we feel badly for new iMove Chicago agents?
A former iMove Chicago agent emailed yesterday, stating that a number of the claims in the company's Craigslist recruiting ads are inaccurate. The [...]
The Homestead Group’s sucker bait: $2,500 a week, licensed agents
The headline on a Craigslist help wanted ad from The Homestead Group ("THG") invites the gullible to "Earn $2500 Per Week Leasing Chicago's Finest [...]
Get out of Craigslist jail, go direct to Lakeview landlords
If you're looking to rent in Lakeview you can waste countless hours reading 1,000s of repetitive bait-and-switch rental service ads at Craigslist. [...]
How churned-and-burned leasing agents can cut their losses
Last year 100s of people signed on with one of Chicago's rental services to begin what they were led to believe might be a lucrative career in rea [...]
Renters can be driven to distraction when driven around
"We'll drive you around" is a common refrain from Chicago's rental services. That's one of the few promises rental services make that they routinely k [...]
Is Downtown Apartment Company a lawyer-led scofflaw?
According to Downtown Apartment Company's (DAC) website, Benjamin W. Creamer, the company's managing broker, is an attorney who formerly practiced [...]
The best apartments in River North, Streeterville and the South Loop
We've completed our selection of the best apartments, rated on eighteen criteria, in the River North, Streeterville and South Loop neighborhoods.
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Chicago locators looking for losers
Chicago's apartment rental services a/k/a finders a/k/a locators are constantly recruiting new leasing agents.
Who do the firms hire? They mos [...]
Suckers wanted for lucrative career leasing apartments
It's that time of year, kiddies.
Chicago's apartment rental services a/k/a finders a/k/a locators are once again beginning to blitz Craigslist [...]
Ditch the apartment finder and save $500
Chicago's ever-deceptive apartment rental services would like you to believe that their "service" is free to renters. It's only "free" in the same [...]
Chicago’s rental services are sliming WalkScore
Misleading renters is the core competency of Chicago's rental services a/k/a apartment locators a/k/a apartment finders. It's about the only thing the [...]
What Chicago’s rental services won’t tell you
It's been two and a half years since we first published a list of twenty-five things Chicago rental services won't tell you but that you need to k [...]