2/7/13

The safe, fast and easy way to find a South Loop apartment

If you want to rent in the South Loop, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s South Loop availability...

2/1/13

The easy way to find what’s really for rent in River North

If you want to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s River North...

2/1/13

Who is flagging landlord ads on Craigslist?

A number of high-rise rental properties are reporting that their Craigslist ads are being flagged and deleted. The deletions are happening “mysteriously,” to quote...

1/31/13

An at-a-glance list of what’s for rent in the South Loop

The big news in the South Loop apartment market this week is that CMK Companies has acquired a site in the 1300 block of...

1/30/13

Some tips for renters, and an Arnell Cordero update

Six weeks ago, prompted by a tipster, we reported that one Arnell Cordero was advertising rental finding services without being properly licensed. Cordero’s Craigslist...

1/29/13

Does Vesta Preferred prefer self-help on Yelp?

Yesterday’s post about Vesta Preferred’s misleading advice to renters elicited some anonymous testimonials for Greg Pekarsky, one of the firm’s principals, in our comments....

1/28/13

Vesta Preferred offers misleading advice to renters

Greg Pekarsky, in a blog post (screen cap) at Vesta Preferred, serves up some of the silliest advice imaginable for renters interested in learning...

1/25/13

What’s really for rent in River North

If you want to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s River North...

1/25/13

River North’s EnV bars rental services from advertising apartments

Earlier this month EnV, a luxury apartment high-rise in River North, sent out an email, with a broker agreement attached, informing rental service brokers...

1/24/13

See what’s really for rent in the South Loop

The biggest news in the South Loop apartment market – although it will have little impact on renters – is that ST Residential has...

1/24/13

A closer look at an iMove Chicago broker

iMove Chicago is one of the companies on the dirtiest dozen apartment finders list we’re publishing as part of our Craigslist Apartment Cleanup campaign....

1/22/13

A work-from-home scheme for unlicensed rental agents

Consider the Craigslist recruiting ad recently posted by T-Rock Enterprises a/k/a Chicago Apartment Renters. The Craigslist ad doesn’t include, as required by law, the...

1/21/13

Chicago’s dirtiest dozen apartment rental services – iMove Chicago is #3

There are scores of rental services on YoChicago’s do-not-call list. We’re singling out twelve of them – the ones we consider the dirtiest dozen...

1/18/13

An up-to-date at-a-glance River North apartment list

We’ve been publishing an up-to-date at-a-glance South Loop apartment price and availability list for several months. With this post we’re expanding that service to...

1/18/13

Chicago rental services are living in cloud-cuckoo-land

The Illinois Real Estate License Act makes it illegal for a licensed rental service to advertise property for rent without written authorization from the...

1/17/13

Another low in rental service ugliness

We’ve previously called attention to the fact that Chicago’s rental services trash each other as much as they trash renters and landlords. This morning’s...

1/16/13

It’s the wrong the time of year to become a leasing agent

It’s that time of the year. You’re seeing the ads on Craigslist. Chicago rental services are starting to staff up for the upcoming rental...

1/14/13

Another major Chicago landlord joins the Craigslist Apartment Cleanup

Some of Chicago’s rental services, also known as apartment locators and apartment finders, have been known to lie to renters about Chicago properties that...

1/12/13

Are renters and landlords losers with Chicago Apartment Finders?

The Habitat Company, for those of you who may not be familiar with it, is in the top-tier of professional management companies. In its...

1/11/13

Urban Lux – the dumbest Yelp reviews ever?

Reading positive reviews of rental services on Yelp invariably reminds me of what Oscar Wilde said of a Dickens’ short story. “One must have...