Tag: Renting
The smart way to search for South Loop apartments
A search for South Loop apartments on Craigslist will return over 700 new ads each day, almost all of them from Chicago rental services. Many of t [...]
Search for your next apartment at a Facebook page
BJB Properties, one of our advertisers, recently added an apartment search tab to its Facebook page.
The search couldn't be easier: select a ne [...]
The smartest way to find a Streeterville apartment
A search for Streeterville apartments on Craigslist will return over 500 new ads each day, almost all of them from Chicago rental services. Many o [...]
The smart way to find a River North apartment
A search for River North apartments on Craigslist will return about 1,000 new ads each day, almost all of them from Chicago rental services. Many [...]
Vesta Preferred, where raw rental rookies rate rave reviews
Vesta Preferred bills itself in Craigslist recruiting ads as the "Highest rated Real Estate Company on Yelp."
That statement simply isn't true, [...]
High-rise spider talk starts early this year
Dan Goodwin, a/k/a SpiderDan, perched high on the John Hancock building's façade only once, but spiders of another species do it annually.
If [...]
Is Flats Chicago practicing review fraud?
YoChicago has zero tolerance for the comment fraud and review fraud that some inept landlords and rental services seem to find attractive. Our Pri [...]
Do smoke-free apartment buildings outnumber unicorns?
Yesterday's email included the following from a resident of a River North high-rise with a smoke-free policy:
I have had smokers on my floor fo [...]
Is Quantum Apartments vandalizing your neighborhood?
Can there really be a business brain-dead enough to document acts of vandalism on its behalf on YouTube? There apparently can, and its name is Qua [...]
domu is a must-visit site for Chicago’s small landlords
Small to medium-sized Chicago landlords should check in periodically at domu's blog and Advice for landlords page. The site is an excellent source [...]
Know your rights when your apartment is being shown
Some Chicago landlords would like tenants to believe that a clause in the lease they signed waives or limits their right to 2 days' advance notice be [...]
State Street Properties’ amazing Craigslist apartment spam
With just over 2,500 ads, State Street Properties isn't Craigslist's most prolific apartment ad spammer, but it ranks among the worst of them and [...]
A report from another discontented resident at Flats No. 5411
Less than two weeks ago we were shown around Flats Chicago's 5411 N Winthrop by a dissatisfied resident.
Yesterday another disgruntled residen [...]
Do convicted criminals have keys to your apartment?
A history of criminal convictions, even for felony offenses, isn't enough to bar someone from getting a real estate license in Illinois. We've written [...]
Where have all the iMove agents gone, short time passing?
We've written repeatedly about iMove Chicago, a rental service that advertises frequently on Craigslist for new leasing agents and brokers.
We [...]
Does Chicagoland Property Group’s Collin Walker deliberately lie on Craigslist?
After having looked at many of Collin Walker's repetitive ads at Craigslist, my considered opinion is that his ads often contain deliberate lies.
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Design Planned Property’s new t-shirt and win $500
Have you ever wanted to see one of your designs on a t-shirt? Here’s your chance!
Summer is coming and we need a cool new t-shirt! The winning [...]
An update on Chicagoland Property Group’s spam-family Walker
In the coming months we'll be continuing our efforts to make it easier for you to identify and avoid some of Craiglist's worst apartment ad spamme [...]
Zillow is blocking Chicago rental service IP addresses
Property owners pay commissions to rental services for bringing them prospects. If a major property owner has difficulty getting a rental service to [...]
Chicagoland Property Group makes Craigslist spam a family affair
We recently spotlighted Chicagoland Property Group's Collin Walker as one of Craigslist's worst apartment ad spammers. We also added a business li [...]