Live Here Chicago

My experience with Live Here was beyond great! My agent was great! He was prompt, reliable, and truly interested in helping me find a place. Gregory was extremely helpful when it came to our paperwork. He was so patient and attentive. I hope to work with him again in the future. I would ONLY recommend Live Here Chicago to friends looking to move in the city.

Helpful and prompt when looking for a new place. Owner was very courteous when I had an issue with one of the listings. Will definitely recommend this place!

I have worked with Alex from Live Here Chicago and he has been very prompt and helpful in the apartment hunting process. He tried his best to accommodate as many viewing as possible for us and ensured that we were on time for each apartment viewing.
Also, despite letting him know that we were also working with other agents, he was not hesitant in helping us. I think his positive attitude is really worth commending and I will definitely recommend Alex to anyone who is using Live Here Chicago, or any other agents.
Alex is also very polite and understanding. We had to cancel our viewing on a Sunday as I was not feeling well, and he was very understanding of that (although that means he had to call each of the apartment to cancel the appointment). His professionalism really impresses me, although we did not end up signing with him. I will definitely look for Alex should I need to move in future.

I am relocating from Madison, WI which is close but not that convenient for apartment searching. I called and got connected with Erica and she was fantastic. In addition to the relo my situation had some unique elements to it. Erica was committed to finding me a place that fit my needs but also was very attentive for the social area that would be a fit. I landed a great 2 bedroom condo and the process was easy!

I had the most positive experience looking for an apartment with Live Here Chicago. As a new resident to Chicago, my leasing agent, Adeline Waechter, couldn’t have been more helpful. Her personability and knowledge of the Chicago market allowed me to understand the options that were out there, while also keeping things realistic given my budget. She was honest and trustworthy, which made me confident to decide on an apartment that she recommended. I would highly recommend Live Here Chicago, particularly Adeline Waechter, for help with your next apartment search.

I was having a hard time trying to find the perfect apartment so I decided to give Live Here Chicago a try. Really friendly and helpful staff! Robert showed us several different units in our desired area and explained each one to us to give us options. They made the move-​in process extremely easy and stress free.

I have to say that Nora was so quick to respond back to a posting I found. I was definitely surprised. She was also very kind and upfront with all costs associated with the apartment I was viewing. Being that I’m new to Chicago, Nora took the time to explain to me the lay of the land in regards to real estate. You can tell that she genuinely cares about helping her clients. I would recommend you contacting her if you’re in search of someone who is beyond helpful.

When looking for a place to live I highly recommend Live Here Chicago, most specifically David Herr. From the moment we met, he was so helpful and diligent in finding me the home I wanted. He worked around the clock to help me find a place that fit all of my requirements! I am so thankful to have found him and I recommend using him for all of your real estate needs! Thanks David!!!

I strongly recommend Heather!!! She is most helpful, dedicated, warmhearted, and professional real estate agent that I have ever met. She helped me find an apt within one week (before that she did quite a lot research to make sure I would be satisfied with the conditions of apt). Because of my schedule, I was not able to meet with her before 6pm. She took me to see those apts until 9pm. I’m so glad that finally we found one and I am about to move in within 3 days. I really appreciate everything she did for me. She is the best!!!

Live Here Chicago was my first choice when looking for an apartment, and I was happy to be paired with a company that knows its stuff. Scott, Sarah and Gregory all worked extra hard to place me, even agreeing to work overtime to accommodate me and the late hours I work. They really went the extra mile to help me out.
What I liked about them is they are very consistent. Emails are followed up almost immediately, phone calls returned right away, and they will show you around several places just to give you the best possible options. I’ve had so many bad experiences where I called a place and couldn’t get an answer, or the people who were supposed to be helping me weren’t helpful at all.
Would recommend this company to others. If you’re looking for a professional service that does the due diligence to support you and your move, check out Live Here Chicago.

I have been meaning to do this for a while but just getting around to it now. I was looking for a new apartment for the beginning of November and I saw an ad on craigslist that I responded to. I had done this probably 20 times before and had not gotten any responses so far so I wasn’t expecting much but then almost right away I got a response from David. I called him and talked about what I was looking for and we set up an appointment for the next day to look at apartments. I didn’t know what to expect but he exceeded every expectation I had! He stayed within my budget, showed me only places in the areas I was interested in, and wasn’t at all pushy like a lot of other apartment finders tend to be.
We spent 2 hours looking for an apartment and it felt like I was just hanging out with a friend laughing and joking and in between we would see apartments. He was thorough, knowledgable, and really nice and easy to talk to. I found a great place and was all set to apply when my cousin had an apartment of his open up downtown that simply fit my needs a little better.
Overall, even though I didn’t rent from Live Here Chicago, the process was so chill and easy from the beginning that I will definitely be going back when I am looking for my next apartment. I hope David is still there because he was totally the best!!! Ask for him and you will not be disappointed!

Great experience with this company and my agent, Nathan. He found found me an awesome place in under 2 hours with a great management company. Looking forward to working with you guys in the future as I’m sure I’ll want to experiment in different neighborhoods and wouldn’t want to use anyone except the best leasing agent in chicago, Nathan, or his amazing office that really knows how to get stuff done! They’re like the best dynamic duo in terms of finding apartments and getting approvals, which happened in less than 24 hours! Did Jimmy Johns model they’re buisiness speed after this company because it was FREAKY FAST AND PAINLESS! Thanks guys!!! See you next year for another neighborhood adventure!

Live Here Chicago made my apartment search a breeze. I have never rented in Chicago before, so they took me through neighborhoods and apartment regulations that I have not known otherwise. A special shoutout to Hazel and Gregory, who were great in helping me through the entire process in an efficient and non-​pushy manner.
Highly recommended!

I had a great experience working with Carolyn and her team. I was able to find the perfect apartment at the right price. I would highly recommend them!

I can only rate the business, so I’d like to right away give 5 stars, but in all honestly it should be 10 stars, to SCOTT!
Scott upfront told me he was newer to the job; but seriously Scott, you’re such a professional, and you handled everything like you’d been doing this for years! I am so pleased to have worked with you! He lined up group after group of apartments and wasn’t negative at all about my «needs and wants»; in fact, he took it in stride and was very understanding of the reasons why my needs were needs and not just a want.
Within minutes, he had a bunch of places lined up that we saw that day and in the days that followed. He was great about walking the apartment and checking things off for me too, such as water pressure, if doors closed etc. He really took the time to learn about my likes and dislikes and could easily judge my reaction to something. He was on top of the ball all the time, constantly willing to check reference numbers, and gearing up an assortment of places for me to see!
This was only my second ever apartment search in Chicago, and for the second year in a row, I knew I was going to call Live Here Chicago. The whole organization has been flawless in helping! Management stepped right up to help Scott and I find the perfect place!
While ultimately, I ended up taking an offer from a family friend, I want to thank Live Here Chicago and Scott for not ever giving up on me and my apartment search!
He also was great about being willing to take another «client» aka my best friend as she starts looking for an apartment!
Live Here has a fabulous inventory, and doesn’t take slummy or gross units. The agents know the backstory of all of the management firms and tell you right off the bat things that you should ask for to be changed or if something can be changed/​upgraded etc.
Final words: Not only will I always toss my friends to Live Here Chicago and only Live Here Chicago, but to Scott directly!
*Disclaimer, I do not, nor have I ever worked at Live Here Chicago, I just REALLY like their service*

‘Live here Chicago’, Aug-7−2015. Very pleased with their smart, honest and practical service.
Want to put your stress and burden of apartment search on someone (Don’t we all feel this way during apartment hunting!)??? you got right people.
Seeing many apartments, different neighborhoods, getting confused, going crazy and in the end loosing what you were actually looking for, are very common manifestations of apartment hunt stress.
David Herr and Hazel kept my criteria in mind from very first phone call, dug through their vast catalogue based on what I asked for (space, budget, amenities, neighborhood, pets, laundry, bike room, gym) and within 45 mins of going through 5 places, my nest was ready. Awesome!
These guys were honest about what they CAN do and asked me to be open about what I do NOT like, merging my theoretical and practical requirements.
Paperwork formalities and processing, prompt and efficient.
Highly recommended to folks with any level of anxiety, stress, craziness symptoms of apartment hunting. Don’t see a doctor, ‘Live Here Chicago’ are holistic healers :-)
Good luck finding your dream place.

We are so pleased with the work Nathan put in to find us a place to live! My husband and I needed to find an apartment within 3 days for a relocation from Minnesota. After the first day of looking on our own it became clear how overwhelming and competitive the market is in Chicago. On day 2 we met with Nathan and he had already picked out the perfect place for us! He respected our budget and found something that met all our criteria, which was not easy since we have a medium size dog. We put in the application and signed a lease within a few hours!
It seemed like it was all too good to be true and almost like fate that we called Nathan from a craigslist ad. He helped us out immensely!
It was so nice to be taken seriously and not have to settle or compromise for something just because we were in a hurry.

I was talking with Nathan to visit a two bedroom apartment in Lincoln Park.
We scheduled a first meeting and he never came nor answered my texts and calls on his cellphone. I called his office. Nathan answered the phone and explained to me that his phone was buggy all day and he never got my messages. We rescheduled the meeting for the next day.
Second meeting, he did that exact same and did not show up. He is not answering my text or calls.
This is not what we could expect from a well known realtor company.

Of all the agencies in Chicago, I have not found a more Down-​to-​Earth group of realtors than at ‘Live Here Chicago’
I originally called a contact number about a listing on
, and an agent, named Jessie, answered who efficiently asked me exactly what I was looking for and offered to show us the unit. I asked if it would be possible to see the unit That day.
Within an hour of my call, Jessie had 3 – 4 units he was prepared to show us. He offered to drive us to all the locations that same day. All of the locations he showed us were within our price range, and they suited what we were looking for. The final apartment Jesse showed: we ended up applying for the lease that same day.
I made the original call at 12:00 noon, and by 6pm we had signed an application on an apartment we were both very happy and excited about. Jessie Colón did a great job finding us an apartment. He was fast, he didn’t waste our time showing us apartments we weren’t interested in, and he was overall a really cool guy.
‘Live Here Chicago’ is probably the best Chicago agency I’ve worked with to date, I would recommend their services to anyone. The other processing agent that helped us, Gregory, was also extremely helpful, down-​to-​earth and did all the right things to help us secure the apartment we signed on.
If you are looking for an apartment in Chicago, look no further.

I had called Live Here Chicago not too long ago to see if I could look at a couple of apartments. I do not know who I was talking to, but she said that she would email me with apartments to see a couple days later. I did not receive an email from her.
I did however find an apartment listing on Craigslist, and Dan Picone got back to me not too long after I sent an email to him. My cousin and I were in a rush to find an apartment before July 1^st. Thankfully the apartment that we looked at was in a great location, in our budget, and move in ready. Within a few days, we filled out an application, signed the lease and got the keys! Nikki from processing was also a great help as well! I thank them for all of their help!

My fiancé and I were in a pinch to find a place that was in a safe neighborhood and that would save us money because we were currently paying $ 1600+ for rent plus utilities.
I have incredibly picky tastes and ALEXIS at LiveHereChicago was so understanding and accomodating. I instantly felt comfortable and I never felt like she was pushing us to make any decisions. She showed us what seemed like a million locations. She even took us back and forth to a couple locations that I could not make my mind up about. She was AMAZING! I seriously cannot speak more highly of her and the quality service she provided us
…like…FORREAL…
Thanks so much to the folks at LiveHereChicago and to Alexis for helping us find our new home!

I found Live Here through a Craig’s List apartment posting last week. France responded to my inquiry very quickly and was an excellent advocate in our hectic apartment search! My boyfriend and I wanted a place that was big enough for us to live comfortably and France was amazing in helping us find the perfect apartment. He was timely, responsive, has a great relationship with management companies, and set up several showings for me within hours. He did not get tired of my constant questions (even over text) and was patient with all of our requests. He EVEN managed to convince the property manager to push back the move in date 2 weeks because we loved the place, but weren’t quite ready to move in. He was FANTASTIC!
HIGHLY recommend France, he will find you what you’re looking for!

Roman is a stellar agent. Professional, and just a genuinely kind person. We had two days to find a place to live in the Lakeview and Uptown neighborhoods. After searching on our own for a full day we made an appointment with Roman at Live Here Chicago. He was wonderful! He not only took us to the one place we had chosen, but found a few other places, as well. He also drove us in his car and had our parking meter paid for when we were still out and about and our meter expired.
The very first place Roman took us to was the place we ended up choosing and never would have found without him. Excellent view of both the city and the lake, floor to ceiling windows, entirely updated with modern appliances and a great neutral color scheme on the walls. The fixtures are all new and modern and the place was clean and move-​in ready. This was very important for us as we were working with a strict timeline. He also found us all the amenities we desired: a newly remodeled fitness center with floor to ceiling windows for my indoor winter workouts, an outdoor pool, gazebo, and grills for the summertime, indoor parking, and stellar staff that run the complex. We are also merely two blocks from the lakeshore path, Montrose Harbor, the beach, tennis courts, the redline and express bus stops, and a stellar neighborhood coffee shop.
Roman hit the ball out of the park, and ended our search quickly. Less than a week later we were moved into our new home and have been extremely happy with our decision.
Thank you, Roman!