Tag: Renting
Call a time-wasting lawbreaker for your next apartment
All of the rental services a/k/a apartment finders a/k/a apartment locators on YoChicago's do-not-call list have earned a spot on the list by enga [...]
Why is the under-35 generation renting rather than owning?
The US Census Bureau recently released data showing that the rate of homeownership among people under the age of 35 has been in a steady decline i [...]
YoChicago at YouTube, Flickr, Facebook and Twitter
More than two-thirds of the more than 85,000 unique visitors to YoChicago each month are new to the site, and only 14% of our visitors come direct [...]
The first step in finding your first Chicago apartment
Perhaps the biggest mistake that first-time Chicago renters make is not focusing on exactly where they want to live. That's an easy pit to fall in [...]
Question of the day – who’s getting the supervouchers?
Crain's Chicago Business reported yesterday that the Chicago Housing Authority is issuing "supervouchers" that enable low-income residents to rent [...]
Free Chicago rental services and great apartment deals
Chicago's piratical rental services would like renters to believe that their services are free. There are renters gullible enough to believe that, [...]
Calling ex-rental service agents to speak out
Recruiting ads for new rental service leasing agents on Craigslist lure the naïve into thinking they'll join a fast-growing elite firm, be trained [...]
Are Flats Chicago’s Short Stay apartments properly licensed?
Chicago's vacation rental licensing ordinance ("Ordinance") imposes a number of restrictions and requirements on short-term rentals for transient [...]
Some amusing Yelp reviews for Vesta Preferred’s Joe Rush
A new agent starts at a Chicago rental service and, within a matter of days, is receiving five-star reviews at Yelp from people writing their firs [...]
Bypass 1,000s of Craigslist apartment spam ads with a single click
Chicago's rental services promise to make your apartment search swift and painless. To encourage you to use their services they attempt to make yo [...]
A rental service agent trashes his former rental service
Live Here Chicago is a rental service that's on our our do-not-call list and our list of the top 10 Craigslist apartment ad spammers.
We've al [...]
Stay in a new Streeterville high-rise with Airbnb
Airbnb has been around long enough, been the conduit for enough rentals, and refined its policies and checks often enough that you might not have [...]
If you’re smart, you’ll stay away from Renturway
The public relations "profession" is notorious for making shotgun pitches to websites without having even the dimmest awareness of how a particula [...]
The perks of high-rise living
The perks of living in one of Chicago's high-rise rental towers extend well beyond lavish amenities, attentive on-site management, maintenance sta [...]
Apartment People CEO admits to shabby business practice
We've previously written at length about when a rental service should cash a renter's deposit check. The short answer: not until the renter's appl [...]
More enforcement capability for new Illinois Division of Real Estate
Chicago's rental services have a long history of advertising abusively on Craigslist and in other venues in flagrant violation of a number of provisio [...]
ApartmentList.com is still a garbage dump
Just over a year ago we spotlighted ApartmentList, a website that claims the following mission:
As renters and landlords ourselves, we understa [...]
How to avoid the rental service wait-and-switch
If you're working with one of Chicago's rental services and renting in one of the large, professionally managed apartment buildings on our at-a-gl [...]
Irish student programs offer differing takes on Chicago
It's the time of year when Irish students post housing wanted ads on Craigslist:
Looking for a 5 bedroom house to rent from the start of June ( [...]
Lies Chicago rental services tell – nothing in your price range
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 o [...]