Tag: Lists
Rental services are a bad bet for Lincoln Park and Lakeview East apartments
If you're looking to rent in a prime near-the-park location in Lincoln Park or Lakeview East, the worst mistake you can make is to work with one o [...]
The 2017 list of Chicago’s best landlords
The City of Chicago publishes a list of problem landlords, and updates it twice a year. The list has no properties in the prime near-lakefront nei [...]
YoChicago’s updated list of Chicago’s best landlords
YoChicago knows some very good landlords, some of the city's best. The properties they manage range from vintage walk-ups to the newest luxury hig [...]
Chicago rental services ramp up rookie recruiting
The naïve youngsters who joined Chicago rental services last year in pursuit of a decent living have almost all gone back to tending bar, dreaming [...]
The Chicago rental service do-not-call list
New renters in Chicago are often confused or misled by Craigslist and other ads into believing that they’re contacting a landlord or management co [...]
A rental service is your worst move when moving to Chicago
If you're moving to New York, you'll need a rental service broker to gain access to some of that city's best apartments.
If you're moving to Ch [...]
Searching Streeterville apartments on Craigslist is a fool’s errand
A recent Craigslist apartment search for Streeterville returned 2,500 results – Craigslist's maximum. Further limiting the search by adding "Chic [...]
How to turn one month’s free rent into two
This morning's email included the "hot sheet" from a newer high-rise offering renters a month's free rent and their brokers / finders a month-and- [...]
Video tours of the West Loop’s newest apartments
Join YoChicago for a brief video tour of the West Loop's newest apartments. You'll get a detailed look at the location, the amenities and the apar [...]
Looking down on River North apartment sundecks and pool decks
We're fortunate to see Chicago from many vantage points, and we're always eager to share what we see. Join us for a look down, from a helicopter a [...]
How every high-rise renter can reduce rental service costs
Despite their wacky protestations to the contrary, rental services aren't free, and they aren't paid for by landlords.
Every renter in a high- [...]
Mike Britton moves apartment pool from Uptown to South Loop
Want a renovated apartment in the South Loop with a pool and a sun deck? A Craigslist ad from Chicagoland Property Group's Mike Britton has just w [...]
How to find your best West Loop apartment
If you've been searching for a new apartment in Chicago's West Loop / Fulton River District, the odds are that you've been exposed to one or both [...]
A list of Loop / New East Side apartments with indoor pools
Seven of the 14 apartment buildings in Chicago's Loop / New East Side neighborhood have indoor pools.
We've listed all of them below, with the [...]
Moving to River North? YoChicago trounces rental service brokers
If you've been searching for a new apartment in River North, you've probably been exposed to ads from Chicago's rental services.
The ad picture [...]
Moving to Streeterville? YoChicago or a rental service broker?
If you've been online looking for an apartment in downtown Chicago, the odds are that you're seeing ads similar to the screen cap shown here. The ads [...]
Rental services: we don’t need no stinking listings
The websites of some Chicago rental services invite you to "search our listings" and their Craigslist ads solicit you to inquire about "our other [...]
In Lincoln Park, apartment finders are for apartment losers
If you're looking for an apartment in Lincoln Park and working with an apartment finder a/k/a locator a/k/a rental service, you are absolutely cer [...]
Chicago rental service deceptions, net rent edition
Advertising a lower rent than what's actually available in a building is only one of the many ways that Chicago rental services trawl for renters. [...]
The easy way to find a Loop / New East Side apartment
There are only seven apartment buildings in Chicago's Loop proper, and another seven in the part of the Loop known as the New East Side. You'll f [...]