4/30/14
A search for Streeterville apartments on Craigslist will return over 500 new ads each day, almost all of them from Chicago rental services. Many...
4/29/14
A search for River North apartments on Craigslist will return about 1,000 new ads each day, almost all of them from Chicago rental services....
4/24/14
Vesta Preferred bills itself in Craigslist recruiting ads as the “Highest rated Real Estate Company on Yelp.” That statement simply isn’t true, as you...
4/16/14
You’ll frequently see help wanted ads on Craigslist from real estate firms seeking to hire leasing agents or experienced brokers. If the ad was...
4/15/14
Can there really be a business brain-dead enough to document acts of vandalism on its behalf on YouTube? There apparently can, and its name...
4/14/14
There are lots of ways to signal Chicago rental services a/k/a apartment locators a/k/a apartment finders that you’re an easy mark. The best way...
4/11/14
American Realty’s Dan Dantuma had 135 repetitive ads on Craigslist as of mid-morning yesterday. More than 80% of them were for a single apartment,...
4/11/14
Some Chicago landlords would like tenants to believe that a clause in the lease they signed waives or limits their right to 2 days’...
4/10/14
With just over 2,500 ads, State Street Properties isn’t Craigslist’s most prolific apartment ad spammer, but it ranks among the worst of them and...
4/10/14
A history of criminal convictions, even for felony offenses, isn’t enough to bar someone from getting a real estate license in Illinois. We’ve written...
4/9/14
When I ran a search for Roscoe Village apartments at Craigslist yesterday I got 823 results. I scanned many ads that clearly weren’t in...
4/9/14
We’ve written repeatedly about iMove Chicago, a rental service that advertises frequently on Craigslist for new leasing agents and brokers. We had saved records...
4/8/14
After having looked at many of Collin Walker’s repetitive ads at Craigslist, my considered opinion is that his ads often contain deliberate lies. We...
4/7/14
We like to think that YoChicago is Chicago’s best free rental service. We’re an objective, visually rich website with comprehensive apartment reviews, all-inclusive at-a-glance...
4/2/14
If you’re looking to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s availability list,...
4/1/14
Dozens of Chicago’s apartment rental services have joined the newly-formed Chicago Rental Apartment Partners, an organization dedicated to raising ethical standards in a notoriously...
3/28/14
I highly recommend avoiding Chicago’s rental services and working with an established broker at one of the large reputable firms if you’re going to...
3/27/14
Chicago’s sleazy rental services pollute Craigslist and other websites with 1,000s upon 1,000s of ads every single day. The goal: confuse and frustrate renters...
3/25/14
Last October we wondered whether Jerome Bressert was Chicago’s sleaziest rental agent – a category that has tons of competitors vying for the top...
3/20/14
The spring and summer rental market is heating up and Chicago’s rental services a/k/a apartment locators a/k/a apartment finders are advertising on Craigslist for...