Tag: Renting

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Old Town, River North, Streeterville and Gold Coast apartment deals and finds, 4/9/15

Old Town, River North, Streeterville and Gold Coast apartment deals and finds, 4/9/15

1225 Old Town has extended hardwood flooring throughout the 3-bedroom, 2-bath Unit 1208, renting for $5,073 a month. Unit 1207, also a 3-b [...]
Lincoln Park and Lakeview apartment deals and finds, 4/8/15

Lincoln Park and Lakeview apartment deals and finds, 4/8/15

Halsted Flats opened a year ago as the first new full-amenity rental tower built in Lakeview in decades. Apartments that had rented quickly ar [...]
Want a lucrative career leasing luxury apartments?

Want a lucrative career leasing luxury apartments?

It's that time of year again. Chicago's rental services are advertising heavily at Craigslist, touting six-figure incomes, unlimited earnings pote [...]
Great Lincoln Park apartments are off-limits to rental services

Great Lincoln Park apartments are off-limits to rental services

Working with a rental service guarantees that you'll miss out on some of the best located, most fairly priced and most nicely renovated apartments [...]
Many of Lakeview’s best apartments are off-limits to rental services

Many of Lakeview’s best apartments are off-limits to rental services

If you're looking for an apartment in Lakeview, working with a rental service a/k/a apartment locator a/k/a apartment finder guarantees that you'l [...]
April Fools’ Day is Chicago Rental Services Day

April Fools’ Day is Chicago Rental Services Day

Yesterday's brief encounter with a career criminal working as a Chicago leasing agent left me in a somber mood. Kenneth W. Arron a/k/a Kenny Yo [...]
Is a career criminal working as a Chicago leasing agent?

Is a career criminal working as a Chicago leasing agent?

A tipster alerted me this morning that an individual with a lengthy criminal record is applying, using an alias, to work as a leasing agent at som [...]
No appointment necessary at most high-rise apartments

No appointment necessary at most high-rise apartments

Chicago rental services would like you to believe that they have an inside track on scheduling showings at Chicago's apartment towers. They don't. [...]
Road rage and rental agent roulette

Road rage and rental agent roulette

According to an ABC 7 report, Martin Vigil has been charged with misdemeanor assault, leaving the scene of an accident, and criminal damage to pro [...]
Downtown Chicago apartment deals and finds, 3/27/15

Downtown Chicago apartment deals and finds, 3/27/15

The leasing office and four furnished models are now open at Jeff Jack, a new West Loop apartment tower at 601 W Jackson. JeffJack is offering [...]
Old Town, River North, Streeterville and Gold Coast apartment deals and finds, 3/26/15

Old Town, River North, Streeterville and Gold Coast apartment deals and finds, 3/26/15

Planned Property is offering a month's free rent on all 2-bedroom apartments at 1000 North LaSalle, a building with a private dog park. Che [...]
Lincoln Park and Lakeview apartment deals and finds, 3/25/15

Lincoln Park and Lakeview apartment deals and finds, 3/25/15

3838 North Broadway has just undergone a complete renovation and has stylish new studios available from $855 a month. 2756 North Pine Grove [...]
Chicago rental service deceptions, net rent edition

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. [...]
Apartment deals and finds in downtown Chicago, 3/13/15

Apartment deals and finds in downtown Chicago, 3/13/15

The new OneEleven apartment tower has spectacular north views over the river, and 1-bedrooms available now from $2,400.. The leasing office [...]
Old Town, River North, Streeterville and Gold Coast apartment deals and finds, 3/12/15

Old Town, River North, Streeterville and Gold Coast apartment deals and finds, 3/12/15

Two newly-renovated 2-bedroom, 2-bath apartments are available at Chestnut Tower for $3,240 a month. The apartments have designer finishes, overs [...]
Jon Zolecki leads in Craigslist apartment spam race

Jon Zolecki leads in Craigslist apartment spam race

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 a [...]
Lincoln Park and Lakeview apartment deals and finds, 3/11/15

Lincoln Park and Lakeview apartment deals and finds, 3/11/15

Webster Square Apartments opened just shy of a year ago and rented up quickly. As leases expire, apartments are becoming available. A 1-bedroom re [...]
When rental service agents show up unannounced

When rental service agents show up unannounced

As the rental season kicks into high gear Chicago tenants can expect to have rental service agents barging into their apartments without prior not [...]
Rental services can’t and won’t show you some of Chicago’s best apartments

Rental services can’t and won’t show you some of Chicago’s best apartments

Many of Chicago's rental services won't show MLS-listed condo rentals even though they're often priced below apartments in managed buildings. The [...]
Luxury Living Chicago’s new twist on deceptive rental service ads

Luxury Living Chicago’s new twist on deceptive rental service ads

The Illinois Real Estate License Act prohibits "blind advertisements," i.e. ads that do not contain the name of the broker licensee that placed th [...]
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