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3140 N Sheffield Ave
Chicago, IL 60657
This Lakeview business provides a central resource for prospective tenants looking for short- and long-term leases. Covering all of Chicagoland, including the Gold Coast, the Loop, the UIC area, Roscoe...
citysearch.com - expert review - 04/26/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
As founder of Chicago Apartment Finders, I want to take a moment to address our yelp.com reviews: We pay very close attention to these reviews and use them to improve our overall customer service. In…
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Although I didn't find a place with this company, my agent was friendly, and unlike some other people, I was shown the neighborhood I was interested in. Also, when she showed me an apartment that was…
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I had a great experience at CAF Lakeview, working with Larisa O. I explained what I was looking for, Larisa found me 10 apartments to look at, all what I asked for. She took me out to see the…
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I have already had to involve an attorney and we haven't even signed a lease through CAF. Yesterday my two roommates and I went to Chicago Apartment Finders on Belmont and were shown two apartments by…
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had a great experience working with Chicago Apartment Finders. I just moved here with my husband from California and we had very limited time to find a place to live. After searching through…
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
If they had to find apartments for themselves, I would bet they would all be homeless. My roommate and I went to Chicago Apartment Finders in hopes that they would find a hidden gem that we were…
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT IF YOU END UP VISITING THE BELMONT C.A.F. COMPANY, THE AGENT NAMED MATT IS A COMPLETE AND UTTER DOUCHEBAG. I walked in with the intention of finding a 2 bdrm apartment…
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We used Chicago Apartment Finders to get an apartment sight unseen - yes risky - but it worked out so well!! Ben Treutler was our agent and he was excellent. He went around and took pictures of…
yelp.com - user review - 06/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Had a great experience. I worked with Kristin. She was so real with me and as a women I didn't feel like I was getting suckered. She showed me 5 places on the first day and was easy to reach to go…
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Wow. I envy all of the people who have had good experiences with CAF. I went to them because I was lazy and I heard that CAF was the lesser of evils when it came to Chicago apartment finding services.…
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
If I could give a negative score...I would. I will try to be as fair as possible in my review, but my husband and I's experience with CAF on Belmont was AWFUL. So we've lived in Chicago for 4 years,…
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
DOUUUUUUUUUUUUCHEBAAAAAAAAAAAGS. I have never been so infuriated by a stranger. Ah how they take advantage of young new-to-towns who don't know what they're doing. "oh, this $900 studio is the…
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
My experience was soooo awesomely bad, I must mention it. I spoke with the agent prior to coming in, and she knew my requirements: a 1 bedroom in either downtown or Gold Coast area with hard wood…
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Sorry so late in posting this... Our apartment/condo search took place during fall '07. After several disappointing "look-see's" on our own, and with a couple other companies, a friend recommended…
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Coming here was a complete waste of time. The office is completely unprofessional. My fiance and I waited 45 minutes for them to tell us that we are beginning our apartment search way too early and to…
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I had heard mixed reviews about CAF, but one friend had recommended requesting Holly as my agent. I had contacted Holly and told her what I was interested in, price range, move in date, neighborhood,…
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I didn't plan on using an apartment-finding service, but I just didn't have time to run all over the city looking at places every night after work. I walked into Chicago Apartment Finders on a Monday…
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I removed my post because in all fairness, I received my deposit back minus the $50 credit check fee. Funny that no credit check was even done, though. With this company you just need to make sure…
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Alright, this has been a long time coming. I work for Chicago Apartment Finders and I always peruse your comments and I have a little feedback.
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Definitely not worth your time. I met with an agent here last fall and was very disappointed with the apartments she had to show me. It seemed like all the apartments they had were left-overs that…
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Nothing went horribly wrong, but they were most entirely unhelpful. I told them I was looking for a 2bdrm in Lakeview/Buena Park or along the blue line, not further north than Logan Square, and under…
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
After visiting the Hyde Park CAF, my husband and I had almost given up hope in finding someone with the tenacity to assist two busy professionals with finding a place. I then remembered that CAF has…
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
A friend and I decided to move to the city after having lived near Rockford for most of our lives. We didn't know Chicago neighborhoods well and found CAF online and thought this would be useful in…
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
These guys have AMAZING chocolate chip cookies. I stayed with them for weeks just because of the free sodas and cookies in their waiting area. But the good stuff stops there. I began my search with a…
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dan Arrecis was my agent in March 2007. He helped me quickly (overnight) put an offer down on an extremely desirable property in Old Town. Dan was always easy to get in touch with via phone, text or…
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
What a waste of a day. I relocated to Chicago recently and wanted to find an apartment rather quickly. My boyfriend and I are not that picky and we only stressed close to public transportation and…
yelp.com - user review - 11/20/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I normally use yelp as a way to figure out whether or not to go with a business but this time I NEED to comment. I just got settled into my new place that Chicago Apartment Finders found me. It's…
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ok, so CAF gets either 5 stars or 1 - love 'em or hate 'em. I suppose I'm one of the lucky ones. It totally depends on which agent you meet with. Ours, Louie, was great. The fresh baked cookies…
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Ok...here was my experience with CAF. My former roommate and I went there one afternoon to look for our new apartment. The atmosphere they have set up is great-very relaxing, cool lobby and they…
yelp.com - user review - 10/10/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I used CAF out of desperation when I first moved to Chicago a couple of years back. I didn't know very much about the city so I gave them a try. Some guy who was also fairly new to the city drove me…
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The guys at CAF were great! I was advertising on Craigslist for an apartment to rent and Brandon emailed me and we set up a meeting when I arrived in Chicago last week. At first chances seemed a bit…
yelp.com - user review - 10/06/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Shyster - noun - a person who gets along by petty, sharp practices. Misleading - adjective - deceptive; tending to mislead.
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
A few years ago I was thinking about moving, so I made an appointment to look around and see what was available. The man I met with was very rude. I told him my price range and neighborhood I wanted…
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I didn't even receive service. I called to make an appointment a week ahead and told them what kind of places I'd like to see. I had a very short time frame for moving. They told me I could come in…
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The good news is, I have a place to live. The bad news is, my experience with this company was CRAP and I'm determined to tell as many people as possible. I'll try to stick to the main points: *…
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I flew up to Chicago in the middle of July to search for an apartment. I had heard of the Chicago Apartment Finders, so I thought I'd give them a try. My agent took me out to various locations, and on…
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2007
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My appointment with the chicago apartment finders was a nightmare. I made an appointment four days in advance but when I got there no one had been assigned to help me, I ended up waiting for about 25 minutes...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/09/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
They get one star because (a) I can't give them a lower score, and (b) at least I got a can of Diet Coke out of the whole debacle. My room mate and I moved here from that jewel of the Midwest known as…
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Imagine licking the inside of a toilet in a gas station bathroom. That was my experience of Chicago Apartment Finders. We were greeted friendly enough with freshly baked cookies and crappy coffee, but…
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I went to Apartment Finders back in June of this year. The agent showed me a couple of places that were nice, but out of my range (I said I wanted somewhere around $700, he'd only show me $800…
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Chicago Apartment Finders is the worst apartment findng company. I tried using them twice, both with little success and sub par apartments. My first attempt with a possible roommate was awful because…
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This review receives only one star due to the services render by the leasing agent, Tim, who was kind and responsive. Otherwise, there was an awful imbroglio involving the corporate processing…
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Worst. Ever. I had a girl, don't remember her name, who sounded and pretended like she was really into what I wanted and was writing it down. But she was probably just doodling, because I told her…
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Guy appeared to be nice at first but he was showing us some seriously shitty places in the wrong neighborhoods for a lot of money. After I had to tell the dude off, I then told him to take us back we…
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have absolutely no complaints about this service. My wife and I moved from Arkansas to Chicago this August and really had no idea what we were doing. We talked to Mark Kearns and he was more than…
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I have used Chicago Apartment Finders twice. The first time I used them was because I was brand spankin' new to the city and knew nothing about it- other than "downtown." At the time I had avery…
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Update- Her money was finally returned. A co-worker of mine used this company to find an apartment and left 1st months rent with them to hold an apartment, they failed to tell her that since she has a…
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I actually had a good experience with these guys. They squeezed us in last minute, and the guy literally took 6 hours taking us around to show us places. However, I felt that they showed us a lot of…
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Don't go there! Me and my husband went to this place few weeks ago. We had to wait over an hour after my scheduled appointment time!!!
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Meh. My agent was nice, and he listened to all of my requirements. However, it wasn't his fault that CAF had nothing but crappy places. I was also irked at how long it took him to show me 4 places.…
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2007
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Our landlord has our apartment listed with Chicago Apartment Finders. On Sunday afternoon, they showed up at my door with a prospective tenant. After knocking and not getting an answer (my husband and I were...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/04/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I have naively used both Chicago Apartment Finders and Apartment People. I've found Apartment Finders to be the better of the two, however, that's like comparing an awful blind date to a *less* awful…
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2007
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I would stay away from this place. There are many other service that are much better and much more friendly. In the process of looking for an apartment, we looked at many of these services. This one was the...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/17/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I think these apartment finding places truly depend on the agent with which you are working. My friend and I went two weeks ago and our agent was not helpful at all. He gave us the runaround about…
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
i used both the apartment finders & the apartment people when i first moved to chicago - not knowing much about the city or w/ a car to travel around. on the plus it was great to be driven around &…
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
VERY pleasant experience recently with this company. Saw an apartment on craigs, called, and the agent (Louie Lazar) met me same night and got me the lease within three days. I checked out the…
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My experience with Chicago Apartment Finders was absolutely terrific. What a great service to have available to people such as myself who are new to Chicago and are overwhelmed with the prospect of…
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have used both the Chicago Apartment Finders and The Apartment People while searching for an apartment in Chicago. The experience with CAF was above and beyond anything I expected. The apartments…
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I had a fab. experience: had literally an hour to find a place, Steve narrowed it down for me and we looked at a few places, I found one I could live with. He drove me to the train, we faxed papers…
yelp.com - user review - 04/01/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Let's see. 1. I first worked with them when I was the ad manager at my college newspaper. They placed an ad...then bitched about the design (even though, THEY designed it), then refused to pay. A…
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
One of the worst experiences ive ever had with a company! Agent showed me a unit i liked and i signed up paid my security deposit and credit check fee. Only to go back to show my roomate the…
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Not a good experience. For my first appt the agent showed up a half hour late completely unprepared even though I had been very specific on the phone with what I needed. So I spent another half hour…
yelp.com - user review - 03/21/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've looked at some Yelp reviews for apartment finding places and I've gone to two different places. Based on what I've read there are a few important things. 1) How much you have to spend on a…
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I had a great experience here. There's a bit of a wait, but that's going to happen at any of the apartment services. But the guy I worked with was friendly and helpful, showed me four or five great…
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
****WARNING*****I had a terrible experience with these guys. The worst part of it all, was the agent was new to Chicago, so my husband and I had to give her directions everywhere we went. But let me…
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When we first got in we checked this place out and were given a lot of helpful information that helped us to really narrow our search. For us we decided living someplace slightly out of the city was…
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have nothing but love for Chicago Apartment Finders. When I moved to Chicago from Portland, a good friend of mine used Chicago Apartment Finders to help me find my place in Lincoln Square. They were…
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I moved to Chicago from San Diego last year and it was a real pain to find a place. I did not know this type of business existed! This year I went to Apartment Finders and my girlfriend and I had a…
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The receptionist was the best part of this experience. I couldn't get there for an appointment before 5:45 p.m. during the week, so she let me slide by scheduling me for their last appointment of the…
yelp.com - user review - 10/17/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Work with ADAM. He's great at zoning in on what you want. Does NOT waste time. I've recommended him over & over again and he has never disappointed.
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's big. It's an agency. It's the agent you get that makes the experience good or bad. I lucked out-I got Holly. She spent all day with me. She listened. She explained that 85% of what's out there is…
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This was THE worst apartment finding experience I have ever had. 1) I had to wait over an hour after my scheduled appointment time in the lobby.
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I had a pretty unpleasant and unsatisfying experience here a couple years back. Reading the latest review brought back all of those memories. I was looking for a studio and had a certain budget to…
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Wow, where do I start.... It is like going to a Lexus dealer.... they wave cookies and coffee in front of you and a beautiful kitchen and lounge to wait in. Then BAM you sit down with an agent and they…
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
One of the biggest downsides to using a service at all is that you don't meet somebody who works for the person you're renting from, so you know if they're... you know... crazy or not. They guy I…
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
My agent worked pretty hard over two days to find a place, but she dropped everything after I wrote the check. There was a lot of miscommunication between her and the accounting dept and I had to…
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2006
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I just felt I was very rushed and was also pressured after seeing three places because my agent had another client he wanted to go work with again. The apartments were very creepy and felt that I was being...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/06/2006
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I had a negative experience with this company. They were difficult to get on the phone if I had a question, and my agent lied to me in order to speed up the process of taking my money. I give them…
yelp.com - user review - 07/22/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This agency did a relatively good job of helping me find my first apartment. I needed to find a place in one day ...and they did that for me! I think after living here for a year though it's easier to…
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2005
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