6/21/12
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...
5/14/12
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...
5/5/12
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...
5/4/12
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...
4/27/12
When we last checked in on Crazy Steve and My Place Apartments they were soliciting deadbeats, felons and strippers as clients. As you can...
4/25/12
Chicago-based Urban Lux promises to “change the way people find apartments” as it expands “throughout the US and Europe” – but delivers the bait-and-switch...
4/23/12
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....
4/20/12
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...
4/13/12
Today’s Chicago Tribune has an informative article about apartment-hunting strategies in what’s currently a landlord’s market. It’s generally good advice – as far it...
4/6/12
Chicago renters and landlords have been plagued for years by a rental services industry that operates as if there were no law enforcement in...
4/1/12
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...
3/20/12
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...
3/20/12
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 the buildings...
3/19/12
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 crime...
3/17/12
Yesterday morning I visited 1531 N Ashland Ave, the address listed on its website for Exchange Apartment Finders (EAF). My goal was to interview...
3/16/12
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...
3/12/12
Chicago-based apartment rental website domu has written about “why you should ditch craigslist for your apartment search” and tallied more than 19,000 new apartment...
2/28/12
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. The...
2/20/12
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...
2/7/12
One of my correspondents, a veteran renter, has been sending me periodic updates on his experiences in searching for his next apartment. Here’s the...