3/13/14
One of the recurring horror stories you’ll read in reviews of Chicago’s shark-like rental services is the difficulty renters have in getting refunds when...
3/11/14
Chicago’s rental services trawl for new recruits with promises of flexible hours, independence and “unlimited earnings potential.” The Uber ride-sharing pitch for new drivers...
3/10/14
A recent comment contains a lot of solid advice for small landlords on how to deal with Chicago’s piratical rental services. Here’s a lightly-edited...
3/6/14
New renters in Chicago are often confused or misled by Craigslist and other ads into believing that they’re contacting a landlord or management company...
3/5/14
Chicago’s rental services often claim that they can negotiate a better deal on an apartment’s rent or fees than renters can on their own....
3/4/14
Chicago’s rental services, a/k/a apartment finders a/k/a apartment locators, would have you believe that you’ll be benefitting from the assistance of a fully-licensed expert...
3/3/14
Almost every Chicago rental service a/k/a apartment locator a/k/a apartment finder claims to have the largest database of listings in the city. They can’t...
2/28/14
A former iMove Chicago agent emailed yesterday, stating that a number of the claims in the company’s Craigslist recruiting ads are inaccurate. The email...
2/20/14
How else can you explain the fact that someone like James Tarr, despite disciplinary actions in November of 2000, February of 2005 and February...
2/18/14
The headline on a Craigslist help wanted ad from The Homestead Group (“THG”) invites the gullible to “Earn $2500 Per Week Leasing Chicago’s Finest...
2/11/14
If you’re looking to rent in Lakeview you can waste countless hours reading 1,000s of repetitive bait-and-switch rental service ads at Craigslist. The odds...
2/6/14
Last year 100s of people signed on with one of Chicago’s rental services to begin what they were led to believe might be a...
2/3/14
“We’ll drive you around” is a common refrain from Chicago’s rental services. That’s one of the few promises rental services make that they routinely...
1/28/14
According to Downtown Apartment Company’s (DAC) website, Benjamin W. Creamer, the company’s managing broker, is an attorney who formerly practiced with one of Chicago’s...
1/27/14
We’ve completed our selection of the best apartments, rated on eighteen criteria, in the River North, Streeterville and South Loop neighborhoods. Within a day...
1/24/14
Chicago’s apartment rental services a/k/a finders a/k/a locators are constantly recruiting new leasing agents. Who do the firms hire? They mostly hire the kind...
1/8/14
It’s that time of year, kiddies. Chicago’s apartment rental services a/k/a finders a/k/a locators are once again beginning to blitz Craigslist with ads touting...
12/26/13
Chicago’s ever-deceptive apartment rental services would like you to believe that their “service” is free to renters. It’s only “free” in the same way...
11/11/13
Misleading renters is the core competency of Chicago’s rental services a/k/a apartment locators a/k/a apartment finders. It’s about the only thing they do well....
10/31/13
It’s been two and a half years since we first published a list of twenty-five things Chicago rental services won’t tell you but that...