1/23/17
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (“IDFPR”) is responsible for licensing real estate professionals. In our judgment, IDFPR has exercised that responsibility...
6/6/14
Chicago’s rental services have a long history of advertising abusively on Craigslist and in other venues in flagrant violation of a number of provisions...
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...
4/25/13
Rent Here Realty’s Chardonnee Cunningham has five glowing reviews at Yelp, the most recent from two weeks ago. The earliest of the remaining four,...
12/26/12
The headline makes a broad but defensible claim, and one that reflects grossly indefensible behavior on the part of Zillow, Trulia and hotpads. Chicago’s...
12/19/12
The Illinois Real Estate License Act makes it illegal for real estate brokers to run blind ads, i.e. ads that don’t include the brokerage...
12/18/12
The most recent summary of disciplinary actions (pdf) from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) includes the following: Eric Bolf, Chicago...
11/19/12
A tipster alerted me to a development that’s worrisome to suburban landlords, and ought to concern tenants also. City-based rental services have begun exploiting...
3/16/12
As far back as November 2000 Exchange Apartment Finders was fined for practicing real estate without a license and ordered to obtain one. We’ve...