• Price the unit competitively.  (Checking domu for comparable apartments is a great way to learn the market.)
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If you're thinking about moving or have just moved to a new neighborhood, there's a lot to explore.  For getting to know the neighborhood best, nothing beats walking around.  But there are some great resources online for educating yourself about your surroundings.

• Walk Score reveals the "walkability" of a given address.  It gauges your ability to get by without a car, by indicating how close you are to public transportation, grocery
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Jerry Kleiner, owner of Carnivale, Park 52, Gioco and other upscale Chicago restaurants, owns this 9,400-square-foot mansion in West Town (Noble Square, specifically), as first ...

Earlier this year, we released our ever-popular Tenant Guide.  Today, we are releasing our Landlord Guide.  As you may know, it ain't easy being a landlord in Chicago.  The apartment rental business is heavily-regulated, requiring landlords to navigate their way through a blizzard of paperwork, disclosures, and other legal obligations before, during,...

So you're looking for an apartment, and you know exactly what you want.  But you're too busy to check when new listings that match your search appear on the map.  Want to get notified when they do?  We have just the thing.

Here's a step-by-step guide for getting personalized search notifications e-mailed to you. Here we are on the search page.  Once you select your number of bedrooms, bathrooms, price range, and other filters, click "get alerts." 

Next you'll be prompted...

Who's looking for a three-bedroom in west Lakeview?  The upstairs unit in this duplex at Ashland and Barry may be just the thing for you and two roommates.

Complete with a fire red-painted living room and a spiral staircase (pictured above), this 1900 square-foot apartment features hardwood floors, central air and heat, and walk-in closets.  Two bedrooms are on the main level, and a third...

We would never discourage anyone in the Chicago landlord community from using whatever tools they fancy for getting their apartments rented.  So if one of those tools is Craigslist, so be it.  If Craigslist is producing quality “leads” without an undue investment of time and labor, then we say, “Go for it!”  But we do think there are a few things you should know about trying to list or find an apartment on Craigslist.

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If you’re a landlord, you’re lucky if you’ve never been rudely surprised by a lawsuit claiming you violated the city’s notoriously tenant-friendly Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance.  The CRLTO (as it’s nicknamed) is a Chicago municipal ordinance whose express purpose is to regulate rental agreements covering the vast majority of dwelling units within the city.  It can be found in Chapter 5-12 of the Chicago Municipal Code....

Let's face it:  Apartment searches are a bit overwhelming, and it can be hard to focus on the details during a hurried inspection in the middle of a hectic day.  For that reason, we at domu created a handy-dandy apartment inspection checklist to serve all your "due diligence" needs.  Many of the items on the checklist are set forth below, but we highly...

When baseball season's in full swing, thousands of Cubs fans swarm Wrigleyville 81 times a summer.  So if you want to live in the heart of the action, grab two friends and check out this three-bedroom, two-bathroom condominium at Broadway and Waveland.

After undergoing a complete rehab in 2007, this place now features hardwood floors, central air, in-...