2/18/13
Chicago rental services typically ask renters to submit a check or a credit or debit card authorization for the first month’s rent when they...
2/15/13
It’s common for Chicago rental services to report their leasing agents as independent contractors for tax purposes, but control their day-to-day activities to the...
2/15/13
Amazing – a week has passed without anyone’s having announced a new high-rise rental tower in the River North neighborhood. The cranes atop the...
2/14/13
Chicago’s consistently-deceptive rental services would like you to believe that it’s a difficult task to find your best apartment deal in the Gold Coast....
2/14/13
Rents and availabilities are little changed since last week. If you want to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of your...
2/13/13
The Illinois Real Estate License Act (“License Act”) requires brokers to include their name in ads, including ads recruiting new agents or brokers. Scan...
2/12/13
If you scan Craigslist help wanted ads for real estate you’ll note that Chicago’s rental services are trying to round up rookies in advance...
2/8/13
If you want to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s River North...
2/7/13
Almost all of Chicago’s rental services are revolving-door operations that attract naïve newcomers with the promise of entry into a lucrative career. A high...
2/7/13
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...
2/6/13
Jose L recently posted a 5-star Yelp review of iMove Chicago in which he used the C word – twice – to describe a...
2/4/13
Chicago’s piratical rental services / apartment locators / apartment finders would like you to believe that finding an apartment in Lincoln Park is a...
2/1/13
If you want to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s River North...
2/1/13
A number of high-rise rental properties are reporting that their Craigslist ads are being flagged and deleted. The deletions are happening “mysteriously,” to quote...
1/31/13
The above ad appeared on Craigslist yesterday, and it tells you everything you need to know about why you should never believe a Yelp...
1/31/13
The big news in the South Loop apartment market this week is that CMK Companies has acquired a site in the 1300 block of...
1/30/13
Six weeks ago, prompted by a tipster, we reported that one Arnell Cordero was advertising rental finding services without being properly licensed. Cordero’s Craigslist...
1/29/13
Yesterday’s post about Vesta Preferred’s misleading advice to renters elicited some anonymous testimonials for Greg Pekarsky, one of the firm’s principals, in our comments....
1/28/13
Greg Pekarsky, in a blog post (screen cap) at Vesta Preferred, serves up some of the silliest advice imaginable for renters interested in learning...
1/25/13
If you want to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s River North...