3/12/15
We’ve written about Chicagoland Property Group (“CPG”) a number of times, and singled the firm out as the most prolific source of spam apartment...
2/23/15
There are only 16 apartment complexes in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood and you’ll find all of them on YoChicago’s at-a-glance list. The list gives you...
2/11/15
I stopped by three South Loop construction sites yesterday for a brief look. The sixth floor of 1000 S Clark is nearing completion and...
1/19/15
Applying for an apartment that’s already been rented – or was never available – is just one of the very many pitfalls you’ll encounter...
1/14/15
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...
12/29/14
We’ve just published the first draft of our at-a-glance list of Evanston apartments in a Google spreadsheet. Use the scroll bar at the bottom...
12/1/14
If you’re working with a rental service, the odds are high that you’re not going to able to rent some of Chicago’s most desirable...
11/24/14
A recent comment at YoChicago: I am hearing thru the grapevine that some agents are actually quietly boycotting some buildings and management companies. The...
10/2/14
You can sit for half an hour at an apartment rental service waiting to repeat the information you’ve already given over the phone to...
9/8/14
If you’re searching for an apartment in Chicago’s downtown, Lincoln Park and Lakeview neighborhoods, YoChicago is the best way to yelp you find one....
9/5/14
A few months ago we identified the top 10 apartment ad spammers at Craigslist. As you might expect, they’re all Chicago rental services a/k/a...
7/1/14
Chicago’s rental services promise to make your apartment search swift and painless. To encourage you to use their services they attempt to make your...
6/19/14
You can see all of the managed apartment building options in River North on YoChicago’s availability list, below. You can learn more about the...
6/17/14
Last week we noted the scale of activity in the 400 block of East Grand Ave in Streeterville. We stopped by yesterday for a...
6/10/14
A year ago Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily reported that Portland-based Gerding Edlen Development planned to break ground by last November on a 19-story,...
6/9/14
You can fritter away half an hour at an apartment rental service waiting to repeat the information you’ve already given over the phone to...
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...
5/6/14
There are lots of things Chicago’s rental services don’t want you to know about the way they operate, and we’ve previously posted on twenty-five...
4/2/14
If you’re looking to rent an apartment in River North, you can see all of your managed apartment building options on YoChicago’s availability list,...
3/28/14
It’s not quite a weekly occurrence, but you can be excused for feeling that each week brings the announcement of a new West Loop...