Tag: Apartment locators
Craigslist is an apartment liars’ list
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 all of [...]
Chicago rental service offers golden shower
What's there to be said about this Craigslist ad from My Place Apartments, other than that it's an almost perfect metaphor for what you can expect fro [...]
215 West apartments paying top dollar to rental services
Anticipating a slow Mother's Day, the 215 West apartment tower in the Loop sent an email blast on Saturday reminding rental services that it's pay [...]
EnV apartments offers steep rent discounts
Discount is a dirty word in the world of new rental high-rises, where price-cutting takes the form of "free rent" specials limited to new renters. [...]
Apartment Savvy targets the dumbest renters on the planet
Apartment Savvy, one of the rental services on our do-not-call list, has been reviewed 85 times at the Google Places page for its 2835 N Clark St [...]
My Place Apartments gussies up Google Reviews
When we last checked in on Crazy Steve and My Place Apartments they were soliciting deadbeats, felons and strippers as clients. As you can see fro [...]
Urban Lux – rental spam as search bait
Chicago-based Urban Lux promises to "change the way people find apartments" as it expands "throughout the US and Europe" – but delivers the bait-a [...]
Gold Coast studio apartments with in-unit washer / dryers
If you're looking for a studio apartment in the Gold Coast with an in-unit washer / dryer, you can stop looking: there aren't any. Ditto for one-, [...]
Condo – a dirty word for apartment rental services
A while back we wrote about 2-bedroom, 2-bath units in a full-amenity condo high-rise renting for the same price ($1,950 a month) as a convertible [...]
Supplementing the Trib’s apartment hunting tips
Today's Chicago Tribune has an informative article about apartment-hunting strategies in what's currently a landlord's market. It's generally good [...]
Will Illinois ever crack down on unlicensed rental agents?
Chicago renters and landlords have been plagued for years by a rental services industry that operates as if there were no law enforcement in Illin [...]
Attorney General’s office declares war on Chicago rental services
Late Friday the Illinois Attorney General's office announced the formation of an inter-agency task force to combat what AG Lisa Madigan referred to as [...]
Stop using Craigslist to shop for rentals, says real estate veteran
Dennis Dooley is a seasoned veteran of the real estate industry, having served in management positions at both a local and national level.
He's [...]
Online availability check of Streeterville 2-bedrooms
Several weeks ago we upgraded YoChicago's at-a-glance list and map of downtown apartments by adding direct links to online availability checks for [...]
Always ask to see a rental agent’s licenses
Many of Chicago's rental services employ unlicensed staff in flagrant violation of the law, fully aware of the fact that they're committing a crim [...]
A visit to Exchange Apartment Finders
Yesterday morning I visited 1531 N Ashland Ave, the address listed on its website for Exchange Apartment Finders (EAF). My goal was to interview t [...]
Is it finally handcuffs time for Exchange Apartment Finders?
As far back as November 2000 Exchange Apartment Finders was fined for practicing real estate without a license and ordered to obtain one. We've found [...]
Scanning Craigslist apartment ads is March madness
Chicago-based apartment rental website domu has written about "why you should ditch craigslist for your apartment search" and tallied more than 19 [...]
A Cobbler Square loft story – facts, lies and stale information
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 [...]
Real and Craigslist fictional rents at The Streeter
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 Yo visi [...]