4/4/22
The Lakeview East neighborhood is the first choice for many first-time renters. Its pedestrian-friendly streets host a ton of one-of-a-kind bars, restaurants, theaters and...
1/1/18
Some apartment rental brokers, also known as locators or finders, may suggest that it’s difficult, time-consuming, and frustrating to find a suitable apartment in...
9/3/17
We’ve been a keen observer of Chicago’s rental service industry for many years, and have yet to see a single company that consistently operates...
5/24/17
If you’re apartment hunting in the prime near-lakefront areas of Lincoln Park or Lakeview, working with one of Chicago’s apartment finders (a/k/a rental services,...
3/13/17
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...
1/23/17
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (“IDFPR”) is responsible for licensing real estate professionals. In our judgment, IDFPR has exercised that responsibility...
7/6/16
Apartment communities try to maximize their rents – no surprise there. One element in rent maximization is timing lease expirations into periods of high...
4/2/16
In a previous post we noted that we consider North Star Real Estate Group’s Zach Gotkin an abusive liar. Gotkin had 1,602 abusively repetitive...
4/1/16
Last April 1, after outing a career criminal working as a leasing agent, we abandoned our practice of writing hoax posts on April Fools’...
3/31/16
My attention was drawn to Daniel Zager when I saw copyrighted photos I’d shot in an ad he’d placed for a property that doesn’t...
3/27/16
It’s been nearly two years since we’ve written about the prolific Craigslsit apartment ad spammers at State Street Properties. Since our post the firm...
3/26/16
As of this morning Zach Gotkin at North Star Real Estate Group had 1,257 abusively repetitive ads online at Craigslist. Four days ago he...
3/24/16
When we began our recent spate of posts on Chicagoland Property Group (“CPG”), back on March 11, twenty-two of the firm’s agents had just...
3/22/16
Chicagoland Property Group’s scofflaw-family Walker is vomiting up about 1,000 fewer active spam ads at Craigslist following our posts on Joi Walker, Kellen Walker...
3/19/16
Six members of a single family hold real estate licenses affiliated with Chicagoland Property Group (“CPG”), a firm we’ve singled out as Craiglist’s worst...
3/17/16
For years now, Chicago property managers have taken a lax approach to the well-known, rampantly illegal behavior of Chicago rental services. They’ve spoken softly...
3/17/16
Her name is Erin Harper, but we’ll call her “Erring Erin Harper,” because erring seems to be her core competency. Erring Erin is affiliated...
3/16/16
Michael Hawks is the second most prolific ad spammer at Chicagoland Property Group (“CPG”), a firm that we’ve called Craiglist’s worst apartment ad spammer....
3/15/16
Chicagoland Property Group’s (“CPG”) Stephen Seitz had 706 repetitive apartment ads at Craigslist yesterday, a third-place tally at the firm we’ve called Craiglist’s worst...
3/14/16
With 1,134 ads, Jon Zolecki is the top dog of individual apartment ad spammers at Craigslist. He’s a standout at Chicagoland Property Group (“CPG”),...