Apartment landlords and property managers constantly find themselves asking, “How quickly should I follow up with renters who express interest in my listing?” Well, the short answer is immediately. According to an ROI study by Boston-based property management software company Buildium, the ideal...
Winter brings its share of challenges for Chicago landlords and property managers. Ensuring safety and comfort for tenants in your apartment buildings should be at the top of a landlord’s checklist in winter. It’s not always the easiest work for apartment managers, but it makes you appreciate...
No tenant wants to open their mail to find a rent increase letter telling them that the landlord intends to raise the rent at renewal, but landlords shouldn't procrastinate if they intend to do so. For legal and practical reasons, you should let your tenants know as soon as you have decided to...
Chicago is a patchwork of unique neighborhoods, all of which are accessible to every one of us because of fair housing laws. These nondiscrimination laws are in place so that all renters are treated equally when we apply to rent apartments, regardless of core immutable characteristics like race...
Great photos will help rent your Chicago apartment faster, draw attention to your rental's best features and let renters know what to expect. We offer reccommendations of professional real estate photographers here, but there's no reason why you can't shoot your own photos. You can reuse a good ...
To the great dismay of the modern Chicago landlord, the days of rounding up a couple goons to forcibly eject a deadbeat tenant are a relic of the past. Nowadays, a landlord needs to file an actual lawsuit, navigate through the procedural hurdles, secure an order of possession from a judge, and...
Chicago landlords, don’t get tripped up by the various federal, state, and local laws that regulate renting an apartment. The law requires you to make numerous disclosures when you sign a new lease, or when you extend or renew a Chicago apartment lease. And Domu wants to help you...
Beware, Chicago Airbnb, HomeAway and VRBO tycoons, because the carefree days of operating an illegal Chicago vacation rental are over. In 2016 and 2017, Mayor Emanuel and the City Council amended the Municipal Code to better regulate and tax vacation rentals and shared housing units. Not only do...
Illinois Supreme Court Decides Apartment Management Company Can Be Sued Following a Pedestrian’s Slip on Icy Sidewalk
Chicago snowfall can look so lovely, but beware: if you don’t remove it from the sidewalk next to your apartment building in Chicago, the fine will not be...
