Tag: Rental services

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Rules for renters in dealings with Chicago rental services

Rules for renters in dealings with Chicago rental services

Chicago renters often find dealing with rental services an experience that's frustrating at best and an expensive, life-disrupting nightmare at wo [...]
Stop using Craigslist to shop for rentals, says real estate veteran

Stop using Craigslist to shop for rentals, says real estate veteran

Dennis Dooley is a seasoned veteran of the real estate industry, having served in management positions at both a local and national level. He's [...]
Online availability check of Streeterville 2-bedrooms

Online availability check of Streeterville 2-bedrooms

Several weeks ago we upgraded YoChicago's at-a-glance list and map of downtown apartments by adding direct links to online availability checks for [...]
Always ask to see a rental agent’s licenses

Always ask to see a rental agent’s licenses

Many of Chicago's rental services employ unlicensed staff in flagrant violation of the law, fully aware of the fact that they're committing a crim [...]
A visit to Exchange Apartment Finders

A visit to Exchange Apartment Finders

Yesterday morning I visited 1531 N Ashland Ave, the address listed on its website for Exchange Apartment Finders (EAF). My goal was to interview t [...]
Is it finally handcuffs time for Exchange Apartment Finders?

Is it finally handcuffs time for Exchange Apartment Finders?

As far back as November 2000 Exchange Apartment Finders was fined for practicing real estate without a license and ordered to obtain one. We've found [...]
YoChicago launches YoRents, online speed-dating for renters and landlords

YoChicago launches YoRents, online speed-dating for renters and landlords

Looking for an apartment in Chicago? Have you ever placed an apartment-wanted ad on Craigslist and wondered whether any landlords would see it? Di [...]
A Cobbler Square loft story – facts, lies and stale information

A Cobbler Square loft story – facts, lies and stale information

Over the weekend I noticed rental services advertising 2-bedroom, 2-bath lofts at Cobbler Square on Craigslist at prices ranging from $2,550 to $2,610 [...]
YoChicago’s at-a-glance apartment lists just got better

YoChicago’s at-a-glance apartment lists just got better

Are you looking for an apartment in the Loop, West Loop or South Loop? Do you have a deep craving for painful, time-wasting, risk-fraught experien [...]
Real and Craigslist fictional rents at The Streeter

Real and Craigslist fictional rents at The Streeter

The Streeter, a 48-story, 481-unit apartment tower at 345 E Ohio St in Streeterville, was still in lease-up mode and at 56% occupancy when Yo visi [...]
Tales from an apartment hunt – unreliable prices, disreputable brokers

Tales from an apartment hunt – unreliable prices, disreputable brokers

One of my correspondents, a veteran renter, has been sending me periodic updates on his experiences in searching for his next apartment. Here's hi [...]
Tales from an apartment hunt – brokers vs rental services

Tales from an apartment hunt – brokers vs rental services

One of my correspondents, a veteran renter, has been sending me periodic updates on his experiences in searching for his next apartment. Here's th [...]
Chicago’s best apartment website gets better

Chicago’s best apartment website gets better

Several months ago we opined that Apartments.com, a national site owned by a group of major newspapers, was the stand-out choice for renters searc [...]
Are you the reason your rent is too damn high?

Are you the reason your rent is too damn high?

Jimmy McMillan, the 2010 gubernatorial candidate of New York's Rent Is Too Damn High Party, achieved some notoriety thanks to the many YouTube rem [...]
Chicago rental services closing offices, rebranding, testing new business models

Chicago rental services closing offices, rebranding, testing new business models

As Chicago's rental market strengthens and vacancies decrease, a number of landlords have been cutting back on their use of apartment rental servi [...]
Tracking MLS-listed north lakefront rentals

Tracking MLS-listed north lakefront rentals

Last week we quietly began keeping track of the available inventory of homes and condos listed for rent in six north lakefront ZIP Codes in the lo [...]
Thirty or more bedbugs wanted

Thirty or more bedbugs wanted

Help wanted ads for the apartment rental industry – the folks we refer to as bedbugs and place on a do-not-call list – routinely tout high-paying [...]
Chicago’s best apartment rental website

Chicago’s best apartment rental website

There's no single website that's best for Chicago apartment searches of all types. There is, however, one that stands out if you're limiting y [...]
Yelp reviews that reek – My Town Realty Group edition

Yelp reviews that reek – My Town Realty Group edition

You're all probably highly aware of this phenomenon by now, but a reminder never hurts. When you're looking at reviews of apartment rental services [...]
Trader Bill’s experience renting with David Nadler

Trader Bill’s experience renting with David Nadler

I've frequently cautioned renters about the pitfalls of working with the rental services that I call bedbugs based on their toxic behavior toward [...]
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