Tag: Craigslist
The Silver Gold Apartment short-term housing scam
Not long ago I heard from one of Chicago's newer high-rises that people were arriving at the building believing they had reservations for short-term s [...]
Job seekers need to shun no-name rental services
The Illinois Real Estate License Act ("License Act") requires brokers to include their name in ads, including ads recruiting new agents or brokers [...]
Did iMove Chicago viciously retaliate against a Yelp reviewer?
We've written about iMove Chicago several times, put it on our Craigslist's Dirtiest Dozen rental services roster, and wondered why any renter or [...]
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 "myster [...]
An at-a-glance list of what’s actually for rent in the South Loop
The past week has seen a modest increase in the number of lower-priced one-bedrooms available in the South Loop. We've also seen the number of buildi [...]
An at-a-glance list of current South Loop apartment rents
The most noticeable trend this past week was a modest upward drift in South Loop rents almost across the board, tracking a slight downtick in the [...]
Urban Lux – long on ads, short on facts
We recently selected Urban Lux as the second entry on our roster of Craigslist's dirtiest dozen advertisers.
As of early yesterday evening a se [...]
Are there 475 single-families for rent in Lincoln Park?
In your dreams there are – and also at Zillow Rentals, where a query returns 475 single-family homes for rent in ZIP Code 60614. One of those sing [...]
Killing Rent Proactive spam ads on Craigslist
According to Craigslist, "Free classified ads sufficiently flagged are subject to automated removal."
Rent Proactive, a Chicago-based apartmen [...]
These apartments are unbelievable, awesome, amazing
If you scan enough Craigslist ads you'll find words that are almost always used only by Chicago's sleazy rental services.
We searched Craigsli [...]
What’s actually available for rent in the South Loop?
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 list.
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Most Craigslist ads violate the Illinois Real Estate License Act
The great majority of the tens of thousands of Chicago apartment ads you see on Craigslist are placed by rental services, also known as locators o [...]
Rental service pirates invading the suburbs
A tipster alerted me to a development that's worrisome to suburban landlords, and ought to concern tenants also.
City-based rental services have b [...]
The complete at-a-glance South Loop apartment list
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 list.
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YoChicago’s complete South Loop apartment list
If you want to rent in the South Loop, forget Craigslist and apartment finders / rental services and go straight to YoChicago's South Loop availab [...]
YoChicago’s South Loop apartment availability list
If you want to rent in the South Loop you can skip Craigslist and the apartment finders / rental services and check YoChicago's South Loop availab [...]
Renting from site signs – DePaul edition
The most desirable apartments often rent quickly from site signage without ever being posted on Craigslist or being listed with one of Chicago's s [...]
Craigslist is an apartment liars’ list
As of 9:30 last night, 17,511 ads had been posted yesterday in the Chicago > housing > apts/housing for rent section of Craigslist, almost all of [...]
Never send a nickel to a Craigslist poster
Craigslist posters often scrape photos from Realtor listings and use them to enhance the credibility of fraudulent offers. The most common form of [...]
Why PadMapper is worse than useless for Chicago renters
One of our recent commenters touted PadMapper as a way to search for apartments in Chicago, so I thought it might be useful to take a look at what tha [...]