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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
How else can you explain the fact that someone like James Tarr, despite disciplinary actions in November of 2000, February of 2005 and February...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
