Tag: Apartment locators
Chicago’s dirtiest dozen rental services – Rent Proactive is #1
You'll find scores of sleazy rental services on YoChicago's do-not-call list. In the coming weeks we'll single out twelve of them – the dirtiest d [...]
Killing Rent Proactive spam ads on Craigslist
According to Craigslist, "Free classified ads sufficiently flagged are subject to automated removal."
Rent Proactive, a Chicago-based apartmen [...]
These apartments are unbelievable, awesome, amazing
If you scan enough Craigslist ads you'll find words that are almost always used only by Chicago's sleazy rental services.
We searched Craigsli [...]
How you can help kill illegal rental service help wanted ads on Craigslist
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 defines a blin [...]
Old Town’s Cobbler Square joins the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup
Cobbler Square has joined the growing roster of properties and management companies supporting the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup, a campaign whose [...]
Lincoln Park’s landmark Belden-Stratford joins the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup
The Belden-Stratford has joined the roster of properties and management companies supporting the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup, a campaign whose go [...]
On Zillow, Trulia and hotpads, almost every rental service ad is illegal
The headline makes a broad but defensible claim, and one that reflects grossly indefensible behavior on the part of Zillow, Trulia and hotpads.
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Major Chicago landlords act to clean up Craigslist ads
YoChicago recently launched the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup with a goal of eliminating illegal rental service ads, which we estimate to be 95% of [...]
Apartment Savvy doubles down on dumb law-breaking
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 name, an [...]
How landlords can support the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup
The Craigslist Apartment Cleanup is a campaign to eliminate the repetitive bait-and-switch ads placed on Craigslist by rental services / apartment [...]
The Craigslist Apartment Cleanup begins today
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 day by the [...]
What’s actually available for rent in the South Loop?
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 list.
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Most Craigslist ads violate the Illinois Real Estate License Act
The great majority of the tens of thousands of Chicago apartment ads you see on Craigslist are placed by rental services, also known as locators o [...]
What’s for rent in the South Loop
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 list.
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An updated rental service do-not-call list
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 confused or misle [...]
December is deal time for renters
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 availabili [...]
A blizzard of apartment lies on Craigslist
Chicagoland Property Group is a charter member of YoChicago's rental service do-not-call list.
A Craigslist search late yesterday surfaced more [...]
Rental service pirates invading the suburbs
A tipster alerted me to a development that's worrisome to suburban landlords, and ought to concern tenants also.
City-based rental services have b [...]
Rent an unavailable apartment from an unlicensed agent
This Craigslist ad is a classic of the Chicago apartment rental service genre, illustrating several of the time-wasting traps that anyone foolish [...]
Renting from site signs – DePaul edition
The most desirable apartments often rent quickly from site signage without ever being posted on Craigslist or being listed with one of Chicago's s [...]