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...
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...
Waterton, our featured management company, is a Chicago-based $4 billion investor and property manager whose “passion for service and investment excellence drives us to...
If you work at Winston & Strawn, Leo Burnett, or one of the other major employers at 35 W Wacker Dr, you have a...
If you work at Kirkland & Ellis, Quarles & Brady, The Boston Consulting Group, or one of the other major employers at 300 North...
Trudo Realty, which has been on our rental service do-not-call list and our top ten ad-spammers list for years, currently has more than 5,100...
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...
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,...
Suite Home Chicago, a provider of short-term, fully-furnished luxury apartments, was given the “Company Member of the Year” award by the Corporate Housing Providers...
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...
The City of Chicago publishes a list of problem landlords, and updates it twice a year. The list has no properties in the prime...
Section 20-22 of the Illinois Real Estate License Act provides that: “Any person who is found working or acting as a managing broker, real...
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (“IDFPR”) is responsible for licensing real estate professionals. In our judgment, IDFPR has exercised that responsibility...
Apartment communities try to maximize their rents – no surprise there. One element in rent maximization is timing lease expirations into periods of high...
YoChicago knows some very good landlords, some of the city’s best. The properties they manage range from vintage walk-ups to the newest luxury high-rises....
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...
Last April 1, after outing a career criminal working as a leasing agent, we abandoned our practice of writing hoax posts on April Fools’...
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...
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...
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...
