Alex is phenomenal! I'm so glad we found her. She showed us two apartments, and although I loved…read morethe first one, it wasn't the right fit for our family. After I shared what we were looking for, she recommended Cascade--and it was exactly what we needed. It's so family-friendly and has lots of activities for kids. Alex really listened and helped us find a place that works for our family, including my son, who has autism. She made the whole process feel smooth and was there for us every step of the way, right through signing the lease. She's incredibly friendly, and we're so happy with her service. I would absolutely recommend Alex!

I was referred to Alexandra Vanella from a person that worked with her in the past, I truly wish I…read moremet her a month ago before my deadline out of my hotel. After our introductions Alexandra provided efficient and fast service that I did not get from the other 4 agents I was working with trying to move here to Chicago. I did tell her i was running out of time and needed to move within the next week, the quality of options and the variety if options was exactly what I needed to see as I was getting stressed with the whole "moving in the summer to Chicago". She was very transparent and when we were dealing with difficult realtors she was not hesitant on reaching out for me to find out what the hold up was on their end to really get me in a place that I was interested in. Alexandra would send me morning texts to check on statuses if I was getting emails replied and getting in touch with the home owners. She did a really amazing job delegating my stress and communication with everyone I needed to all the way until i was officially moved in. At times I felt i was probably annoying her and I apologized for being antsy and she told me that everything was ok and that there was no need for me to apologize. Her goal was set to get me through this process as smooth as she can make it for me.. I will be sending all my friends her way and i will not use another agent as long as I live here in chicago!

This review is for John C's handyman work. We've had several issues with our home overall and…read moreservice with invitation homes, which comes with the territory of them managing so many homes. John was very knowledgeable and friendly. I appreciated his tips to problem solve and think he genuinely cares to help tenants.

UPDATE I believe…read moreit's only fair to update this review. After posting my original review and disputing the move-out charges, Invitation Homes ultimately reversed all of the disputed damage charges and issued a partial refund of my remaining security deposit. While we did not reach a complete agreement on every issue, I appreciate that they were willing to revisit the account rather than simply dismiss my concerns. I especially want to recognize Deborah Gembala, who took over my case. She was professional, responsive, and genuinely worked to find a resolution after a long series of frustrating issues. Had my experience from the beginning been handled the way Deborah handled it, this review likely would have looked very different. I'm updating my rating from 1 star to 2 stars because I believe companies should receive credit when they make a sincere effort to correct mistakes, even if the outcome isn't exactly what I had hoped for. My advice to future renters remains the same: document everything, save every email, and take detailed move-in and move-out photos. Those records were invaluable throughout this process.

I've been working with Jane Ehlert for several years now, and she continues to exceed my…read moreexpectations every time. Most recently, she helped me secure amazing new tenants in just one weekend! Jane provided great recommendations on what to fix and update to get faster results, and she was right on point. She's incredibly professional, responsive, and an absolute pleasure to work with. I trust her judgment completely and truly appreciate her dedication. If you're looking for someone who knows the market and gets results quickly, Jane is the one!

No. I drove 2 hours, cleaned, etc. the Broker Judy did not even show. Do not use them. She never…read morecalled. Just stood me up. Cindy referred her to me.

A few friends and I were looking for a place to rent In Chicago, and our agent, Caleb Butcher, was…read moreso so so helpful and supportive through the whole process. He found places that matched all our needs and work very hard to make sure we could find something in our timeframe that also was a nice place to live. He was very quick and responsive and always treated us with respect despite us being fairly young renters. I can't speak for the company as a whole but Caleb at least deserves a promotion and a pay raise!

Put in a maintenance request and no response after a dumb question and 4 days. They cannot get me…read moreanyone from the maintenance department nor their supervisor. They just promise an answer then ghost. Fuck these guys. Chicago property management SUCKS. Buy that stuff.

Jacqueline Satore was very helpful and resolved my payment issue. She also went above and beyond…read morewith another question I had. Very pleasant.

Pain in the ass. Unprofessional Expensive with no benefit…read morefot my condo association. Very indifferent to owners Find someone else. Close your business@

Christen review…read more I found the Nicholas Ryan Team and was immediately in contact with Nicholas Ryan. He then set me up with Christen on a consult call. I live out of state, so I needed a trusted team to sell my tenant occupied condo on the North-side of Chicago. Not only did Christen sell my home in the off market and at list price but she went OVER and BEYOND to work with my tenant (who started out slightly disgruntled). By the end of it, the tenant, Christen and myself were working together! Christen brought us both peace in the middle of a pandemic! Since I was not able to be there in person, Christen and her team took care of *everything* making sure the new buyer has a freshly painted + cleaned home on closing day. I told Christen many times and will say it over and over. She is a true angel, not only as a realtor, but as an extraordinary human who wants nothing but the best for all involved. I felt deeply taken care of and honored in the entire roller coaster process. I am sure if I had any other agent I would not have sold my condo. She is special, and she will deliver!

As new home buyers, we were anxious about the home-buying process. However, it was immediately…read moreevident that Asia (& the NR team) is an exceptional real estate agent who put us at ease throughout the entire process. She is patient, kind, and highly professional. She worked extremely hard for us and we couldn't be happier with our experience. We would recommend her to anyone and look forward to working with her when selling/buying our future homes!

Nothing but great things to say about living at the Granada property. Maintenance is very…read moreresponsive and the leasing agent, Aaron, is very kind and looks out for the tenants. Location cannot be beat.

525 W Arlington Pl was an amazing 1st apartment in Chicago! The rooftop was cute with a lovely view…read moreof the city. Right off Clark within walking distance to restaurants, groceries, bars, coffee shops. Very quiet with a front garden that's home to serval black cats! The laundry room uses an app so you don't need change and you can watch the time remaining. Lots of positives! PS - the only negative would be having packages stolen. Please watch out if you order anything that won't fit in the small mailboxes. It will more than likely get stolen if left for more than a day. There's a an Amazon pick up down the street from the apartment - never used it but would probably use this if you get Amazon packages a lot!

Angela Liegel made what could have been a stressful selling process feel organized and manageable…read morefrom start to finish. She was incredibly helpful with staging, offered thoughtful repair recommendations, and connected us with reliable contractors who delivered great work. Throughout it all, she maintained a positive, professional attitude and kept everything moving forward. Her pricing strategy was spot on and resulted in a swift, successful sale. We highly recommend Angela to any prospective sellers!

Angela is the best. She helped us buy our first home in 2019 and, five years later, guided us…read morethrough selling that same house when work took us to New York. As first-time buyers and then first-time sellers, we leaned on her heavily, and she was an incredible resource every step of the way. She was always available by phone or text to answer questions, explain the process, and connect us with great people--our real estate lawyer, contractors, photographer, and more. And when we say she went above and beyond, we mean it literally: she was out there weeding and mulching our yard herself to get the house ready for open houses. Angela is exactly the kind of person you want by your side for both the highs and the stresses of buying and selling a home. We've already recommended her to all our friends, but wanted to do it publicly as well.

Sudler has done a great job of managing WaterFord- 4170 Marine. On site management is responsive…read moreand always communicates with residents and the Board. I hear many positive things about how the building is manages and maintained. It's easy to complain but far harder to educate yourself and learn the facts about your issue. With over 350 people living in a building, there will always be points of concern, but Sudler has always faced problems head on and worked with the Board to solve problems big and small. Great job Sudler!!

This company is a disgrace. I live in one of their buildings (40 stories, 300+ units) and I cannot…read morefully express how disgusted I have been with this company. Our building is filthy, I literally asked FOR YEARS, for them to replace burned out elevator lights and to restore many patches and scratches on the elevator lobby frames. Leaks not repaired, common areas not attended to. RUN from anything related to this company.

"To live in a "Pod" is to live in a college dormitory; except instead of having a resident advisor…read more(who cares about you and enforces the rules) you have a negligent property manager, D. Enders, (who does not care about your rights as a tenant to live in a peaceful manner). And instead of paying a fee that said dorms college has priced fairly you have a unit that you have moved into already overpriced and the slumlord nature of Podmajersky/Soda Pop Lofts L.P. will every year raise the rent without having a reason to raise such as updating appliances or the structural nature of your unit." -Me. That is right, I have been living in a unit at 1718 S. Jefferson St. for 2 years now and I am thankfully able to move out at the end of May. Included with my complaints of the services that Pod provides (or lack thereof, rather) are that I unknowingly paid for my upstairs neighbors ELECTRICITY for a total of 19 months. This has turned my living situation for the last 5 months of my lease into a feud between the paper thin floors of the building of my neighbors and myself with Pod never stepping in and mediating the situation. It would be nice to have an untroubled living situation but apparently that is just not possible. I have spoke with Podmajersky about the situation above and they have refused to step in and be of assistance, even though many rules in the lease have been broken and reported. Outside of that, the windows of the unit are about as leaky as a garden hose made of mesh in the winter and it took all of 1.5 years to fix a lock on our back door. This two problems drove my heating bill 20% higher than it needed to be. I have a broken window on our front porch that still has yet to be repaired. The window was broken before moving in. The window and door have been reported to Podmajersky, but only the door lock was fixed (after possible embarrassment during tours for possible future tenants). From what I have seen in pictures and tours, the achilles heel of Pod, inc. is the complete and utter lack of storage in the units. In our nice and spacious apartment we have a single closet for storage that is 2.5' wide x 3' deep x 6' tall, making our "office" a storage unit of unsightly boxes, instruments, and other miscellaneous gear. This is not a complaint, merely the truth. If looking at living in a Pod, be aware of the heavy amount of pictures taken using a wide angle lens to open up the space that isn't actually there when seen with the human eye. Please be aware that your rent (which said earlier is already steep) will be either raised or you will be told to move out. Lastly, be aware that you will be putting your money into a system that is single handedly putting a chokehold on an otherwise beautiful neighborhood in South Chicago and does not care what happens to the non-Pod-owned-property or historical population. For that matter, they own so many open plots of unbuilt land that this area will over time be a complete monopoly by every stretch of the word. It is sad that after living in one of their units for 2 years as a faithful tenant who does nothing but good and is responsible with bills and rent is being treated like a person who moved in and lived here for one month then told "sorry, this just isn't working out". Podmajersky, of all the relationships I have had in my life you are the worst girlfriend I have ever had and if any of my friends try to get your number I will go out of breath by telling them that you are a bad person to "get into bed with" and you are just looking to take his/her money. Everything said within this review is 100% truth and trust that I am merely looking out for the well being of future renters, for people to have an honest viewpoint of what you are signing onto. If you need to read any other reviews, please see the men's bathroom walls at The Skylark (incredible bar) which have more than plenty of renters writing their distrust/disgust with the company or other Yelp reviews that average out to this company having a 1.5 star rating overall on 18+ reviews. Would you eat at a restaurant with that rating? If no, then why in the world would you put money every month into anything that poorly reviewed? (This review is protected by The City of Chicago's Standard Lease NO. L-19, paragraph 31, A.)

I began looking at their loft spaces online. Their website promoted them as active concerned…read moreleaders in Pilen. This is complete bull. They are more like slumlords. I called to ask about a few specific units and where they were in relationship to the Fisk and Crowford power plants. They had no idea what I was talking about. I gave them the addresses of the plants and they still had no idea what I was talking about. These plants have been operating without pollution controls since the 1950s and are responsible for why Chicago, and Pilsen in particular, has the highest asthma and asthma related death rates in the entire United States. I'd rather not live next door and would rather not waste my time and theirs looking at those units. How can they sell their image as community leaders if you don't know anything about the area and obviously don't care about it? The clean up of these plants are the singular largest political issue facing Pilsen in city hall. It would be nice if the Podmajersky, who is profiting hugely from gentrifying this neighborhood, would also take an active roll in helping to make it a more breathable place for their renters.