Wecome Homeowners

Hello Everyone: Welcome all homeowners, property owners and co-operative shareholders to Chicago's only blog with a focus on important issues facing those that live in vintage Chicagoland condominiums, co-operatives and townhomes.

Periodically, I hope to share useful information about property management issues that will benefit your building and effect the value of your home. I have been managing the kind of real estate that you call "home" for 38 years.

I look forward to your comments, as always.

Richard M. Holtzman

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

The Truth About Yelp

You might think that Yelp gives you an accurate picture of a business that is useful or honest in decideing to buy their goods or services. Not so fast. Yelp's portrayal of Prairie Shores Property Management LLC is completely inaccurate. Their system has chosen to show the few negative "reviews" but has hidden nearly all of the FOUR AND FIVE STAR reviews. You need to jump through some hoops to see the truth of this. Go to the review and scroll to the bottom. You will see the workds "18 filtered" in parentheses. Click on it. You will need to enter a code that will allow you to see what are clients really think about Prairie Shores Property Management LLC. Yelp should be a useful tool in your search for the right property manager. But, it should be only one small portion of the due dillegence process. Take the time to contact the references of the management company. Not just the four or five that they are certain will provide a good report. Ask for all of the Board Presidents of their clients. We are most proud of our track record and encourage a prospective client to call each of our current clients.