12/30/12
According to Craigslist, “Free classified ads sufficiently flagged are subject to automated removal.” Rent Proactive, a Chicago-based apartment finder, has long been one of...
12/28/12
If you scan enough Craigslist ads you’ll find words that are almost always used only by Chicago’s sleazy rental services. We searched Craigslist ads...
12/27/12
The Illinois Real Estate License Act, 225 ILCS 454, makes it illegal for licensed brokers to run blind ads. Section 1-10 of the Act...
12/27/12
Cobbler Square has joined the growing roster of properties and management companies supporting the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup, a campaign whose goal is eliminating all...
12/26/12
The Belden-Stratford has joined the roster of properties and management companies supporting the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup, a campaign whose goal is eliminating all illegal...
12/26/12
The headline makes a broad but defensible claim, and one that reflects grossly indefensible behavior on the part of Zillow, Trulia and hotpads. Chicago’s...
12/21/12
YoChicago recently launched the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup with a goal of eliminating illegal rental service ads, which we estimate to be 95% of all...
12/19/12
The Illinois Real Estate License Act makes it illegal for real estate brokers to run blind ads, i.e. ads that don’t include the brokerage...
12/17/12
The Craigslist Apartment Cleanup is a campaign to eliminate the repetitive bait-and-switch ads placed on Craigslist by rental services / apartment finders. We estimate...
12/15/12
YoChicago is launching a campaign to clean up Craigslist apartment ads by putting a stop to the many 1,000s of illegal ads placed every...
12/13/12
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...
12/11/12
The great majority of the tens of thousands of Chicago apartment ads you see on Craigslist are placed by rental services, also known as...
12/6/12
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...
11/28/12
Note: See the 2014 version of the do-not-call list. This version of the list is out of date. New renters in Chicago are often...
11/27/12
The tight rental market of the past year has made this a dismaying year for many renters who’ve seen rising rents and limited apartment...
11/20/12
Chicagoland Property Group is a charter member of YoChicago’s rental service do-not-call list. A Craigslist search late yesterday surfaced more than 2,500 ads placed...
11/19/12
A tipster alerted me to a development that’s worrisome to suburban landlords, and ought to concern tenants also. City-based rental services have begun exploiting...
8/3/12
This Craigslist ad is a classic of the Chicago apartment rental service genre, illustrating several of the time-wasting traps that anyone foolish enough to...
8/2/12
The most desirable apartments often rent quickly from site signage without ever being posted on Craigslist or being listed with one of Chicago’s sleazy...
7/17/12
As of 9:30 last night, 17,511 ads had been posted yesterday in the Chicago > housing > apts/housing for rent section of Craigslist, almost...