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...
12/26/17
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...
11/27/17
If you work at Winston & Strawn, Leo Burnett, or one of the other major employers at 35 W Wacker Dr, you have a...
11/27/17
If you work at Kirkland & Ellis, Quarles & Brady, The Boston Consulting Group, or one of the other major employers at 300 North...
11/12/17
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...
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,...
4/11/17
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...
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...
3/5/17
The City of Chicago publishes a list of problem landlords, and updates it twice a year. The list has no properties in the prime...
2/21/17
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...
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...
6/28/16
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....
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...