10/23/13
Check out the real estate jobs section at Craigslist and look at ads for leasing agent positions. One company is touting the ability for...
10/21/13
If you’ve been in the market to buy or sell a home at any time in the past dozen years you’ve become familiar with...
9/3/13
Rushin’ roulette may be as deadly to your finances as Russian roulette is to your health. Rushin’ roulette is a nasty game played by...
8/30/13
Renters appear to have a wider selection of available apartments in the South Loop than they did a month ago. If you’re looking to...
8/30/13
Removal of the large billboard that had been on the site is the first visible sign of progress on a new 33-story, 290-unit apartment...
8/9/13
A tipster forwarded me the latest mugshot of Jerome Bressert, a rental services agent who was recently arrested in DuPage County on a domestic...
8/7/13
“Where are the customers’ yachts,” a visitor to a New York harbor famously asked, after seeing yachts owned by bankers and brokers. Two days...
8/5/13
Rental service agents have been receiving daily email solicitations from the recently-opened 500 Lake Shore Drive apartments during what the building is billing as...
8/2/13
Apartment rents at Chicago’s downtown high-rises are frequently updated by programs similar to those used by airline reservation systems. We take a weekly snapshot...
8/1/13
If you’re planning to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s South Loop availability...
7/26/13
We strongly recommend that Chicago renters take the time to find their next apartment on their own without using one of Chicago’s rental services...
7/26/13
Apartment rents at Chicago’s downtown high-rises are repriced frequently by programs similar to those used by airline reservation systems. We take a weekly snapshot...
7/25/13
If you’re planning to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s South Loop availability...
7/24/13
Apartment buildings that cooperate with rental services (not all of them do) typically pay a month’s rent as a commission for bringing in a...
7/19/13
Computer programs similar to the ones used by airline reservation systems re-price apartment rents frequently at Chicago’s downtown high-rises. We take a weekly snapshot...
7/18/13
The already tight South Loop apartment market appears to have fewer vacancies this week than last. If you’re looking to rent in the South...
7/12/13
Computer programs similar to those used by airline reservation systems re-price apartment rents frequently at Chicago’s downtown high-rises. We take a weekly snapshot of...
7/11/13
The South Loop apartment market continues to be tight, with most buildings having only a few vacancies. If you’re looking to rent in the...
7/11/13
Have you ever wondered about the fact that complete novices at Chicago rental services almost always receive rave reviews on Yelp? I think it’s...
7/8/13
When a real estate company breaks the law in its help-wanted advertising, there’s likely to be nothing but trouble and sorrow ahead for anyone...