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3338 N Southport Ave
Chicago, IL 60657
5.0 of 5 stars.
After going to Apartment People and Apartment Finders and having to wait forever to go out to see some apartments that didn't fit what I wanted, I made an appointment at The Homestead Group. When I…
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I came in town for 5 days to look for a apartment and used the apartment people, they showed me places that were out of my price range, and mot in the areas i requested!! Waste of my time for 2 days,…
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i finally closed on my apartment today and for the most part it was the most hassle free process i've ever been involved with. Todd Christos was my agent, there can be only so many ways to describe…
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can't say enough good things about this company. My husband and I were referred to Homestead through a friend and it turned out to be a pleasure working with them to find our apartment. We were in…
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I would just like to give Ms. Jinna Welday of the Homestead Group a BIG THANK YOU for her efforts in showing me properties. I found her very professional, extremely knowledgable of her properties and…
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
These guys are pretty good. I was moving from Dallas to the Windy City on a short deadline. I was here just from a Friday night through Sunday afternoon. I saw a ton of stuff, applied for a place…
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I rented an apartment from this company in August. Best experience of my life! I had told my agent Tom what my needs were and when I arrived for my appointment he had 4 places to view. I fell in love…
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am a bit late with this one- but better late than never! My friend usually depends on friends - or friends of friends- to help her find places when she needs to find a new apartment. This year-…
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My experience with Homestead was during July 2008. Moving from Minneapolis to Chicago, I was only in town for one weekend to find apartments. I literally called Homestead on a Saturday afternoon…
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Please do not use The Homestead Group (or any other "free apartment search" agencies). You will see sub-standard apartments at inflated prices, be subjected to high pressure sales tactics and…
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I have to give it up for the Homestead Group. I had slacked off on apartment-hunting, and before I knew it, I had two weeks left to find a place. And really only 4 days to look if you take into…
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Wanted me to pay an application fee before they would even tell me if the owner would negotiate over the price.
yelp.com - user review - 07/16/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I got an apartment through the Homestead group a few years ago- these guys were pretty pushy and really tried to nail us with random fees. The high pressure sales tactics are standard in the biz tho…
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hi: I recently visited them to rent an apartment. My agent was like awesome! And sooo goodlooking! Reminded me of Johnn Depp. Todd took a lot of time searching for something I might like. We clicked o…
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
They have some rude jerkoffs working here. They'll give you no notice at all in showing the place even if they have notice themselves and if you're not thrilled they start going nuts about how they…
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
After waiting outside the place I was supposed to meet the agent for more than 10 minutes, I called him and he told me he was a few minutes away. After I had been waiting a total of 30 minutes, he…
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I've found two apartments through Homestead in the past five years. The first one was great -- a good deal, good neighborhood, good landlord. The second experience was not so hot. A Homestead…
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I agree with the others saying don't waste your time with these guys. My little story started yesterday when I was suppose to meet for an appointment at 5pm. Even leaving early from work to make it…
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Don't EVER use the Homestead Group. They will lie and tell you anything necessary to place you in an apartment. We were lied to and told on multiple occasions that our apartment had central AC and…
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
These guys are pretty good. We had a bad experience with the Apartment Guys and called Homestead Group about an apartment we found on Craigslist or the Reader. Daniel was great and took us to the…
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Despite the mixed Yelp reviews, my girlfriend and I went to this place because they had advertised so many apartments that looked so good in the Reader and on Craigslist. We had pretty specific…
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
These people are great, by far the most professional apartment finders I've worked with in Chicago! My agent asked sensible, focused questions over the phone to discern what I was looking for, and…
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Yuck. My husband and I wanted to pay $2,000 a month at the most for a place.
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Last fall, we worked with Jeremy at HG, searching for an apartment/condo. While we eventually did not rent through HG (primarily because of our over-sized furniture), we wanted to give a Yelp…
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Had much better luck on my own searching Craigs List for ads NOT written by apartment rental agencies. These agencies are forced to mark up their apartments so the landlord will "make back" what he's…
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I regret to say that I joined to write review. I was hoping they would be great. BAIT AND SWITCH. I am sure they just love taking advantage of anyone appearing to be young/novice renters. They…
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I went out with a Homestead Group agent and found my apartment last weekend. I saw 5 apartments and decided I liked the 2nd one I saw. When I got back to the office I applied for the apartment and…
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this rental agency.I couldnt find any places that interested me and would allow my dog. Homestead Group came to my rescue. The place i got is great and there team of staff were warm, caring…
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I joined just to write a review of this horrible company. Looked at a few apartments with them. The first agent I went out with showed me 4 crappy apartments in my price range and one awesome…
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Once upon a time Boyfriend and I were looking for a place, in the winter (a.k.a. the DEAD of apartment hunting season: Who here wants to move a sofa in snow? Anyone? Anyone? Point taken.) Agent showed…
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Homestead Group is Chicago's Premier Apartment Renting Solution. This is true for a number of reasons. The be fair one must consider the apartment renting business from both sides of the coin. On…
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Had a recent good experience with this company. A friend and I were looking for an apartment, and we ended up signing on the first one our agent Sean showed us. It had just been listed the night…
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Unimpressed. As I work towards moving to Chicago from Boston, they a) have not called me back after discussing my info with me and b) today when I called, it was like I had never called. The person I…
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Before I say anything, I'm including an excerpt from The Homestead Group's website: "Our landlords are carefully selected and must first meet rigorous standards of quality before their properties…
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Ugh, I shudder at the memory of working with these people. More like "not" working with these people... We made an appointment to meet an agent here and were 10 minutes late because apparently the…
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
My fiance and I needed to rent a place. We contacted this group and at first they seemed very willing to help. "Seem" is the key word. Luke whom we dealt with was always very nice on the phone but…
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I called to set up an appt to check out 3 apartments. He asked me some questions... how many bdrms, pets, price range... the usual. He then proceeded to put me on hold and returned saying excuse me…
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My husband and I worked with Michael. He was very nice and very patient. We had a lot of ideas of what we wanted and were initially unwilling to compromise. Michael worked with us on several occasions…
yelp.com - user review - 05/05/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I lived in San Diego for about a year and when I came back to Chicago, I went to the Homestead Group to help me find an apartment. I had just flown in for the weekend, so I needed a one stop shop.…
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What? Why has no one yelped this location yet? I loved working with the Homestead Group. I saw a listing that looked good on Craigslist that sounded perfect for what Zachary and I were looking for,…
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'd already tried Chicago Apartment Finders to locate a new place to live and was disappointed (in the places shown, not the service, see the review). I was sort of expecting more disappointment…
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
These guys are great. I've been working with "Dan" for years and he listens and shows me only properties he firmly believes I'd be interested in. It's nice to find a good apartment location service…
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
5 stars for helping us find an apartment in under 2 hours. Minus 1 star for unexplained financial charges after the fact. My roommate and I have dealt with a few apartment finders over the past few…
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
these cats and really help you out with finding a nice place to rent or buy and most everybody there seemed nice.
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2005
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