9/3/17
We’ve been a keen observer of Chicago’s rental service industry for many years, and have yet to see a single company that consistently operates...
3/23/16
A mere four agents at North Star Real Estate Group had over 4,100 apartment ads active on Craigslist yesterday evening. Three of them accounted...
2/24/16
WalkScore is a site that many apartment renters implicitly trust. That trust derives, in part, from the fact that many apartment properties link to...
2/23/16
There are 16 real estate agents pictured on the “Meet the Team” page at Homescout Realty, one of the firms on our rental service...
2/5/16
“…one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.” That’s a first for YoChicago – a quote from the Bible,...
12/13/15
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...
7/6/15
Several days ago we questioned whether Kale Realty is a rental service scofflaw, and suggested an affirmative answer. This morning we sampled a few...
7/3/15
Illinois law bars licensed real estate agents from advertising property without written permission and bans the “use of URL, domain name, metatag, keyword or...
3/1/15
The Illinois Real Estate License Act prohibits “blind advertisements,” i.e. ads that do not contain the name of the broker licensee that placed the...
5/9/14
Yesterday I added a new name to our do-not-call list of Chicago rental services a/k/a apartment locators a/k/a apartment finders. All of the firms...
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...
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...
2/28/13
If you’ve contacted a leasing agent to help find your next apartment, you’ll want to be certain that the agent has access to all...
3/17/12
Yesterday morning I visited 1531 N Ashland Ave, the address listed on its website for Exchange Apartment Finders (EAF). My goal was to interview...