Chicago Property Management

If I have learned anything over the course of the last 20 years, it is this. Most problems begin with the misplacement of a highly qualified applicant. Whether you simply hire us to find you a tenant, or if you are looking for our full service Property Management, we can help you to prevent any issues down the road.

We have assisted in the leasing of over 5,000 properties throughout the Chicagoland area. Each year, we gain a deeper understanding of what “best practices" look like. When something doesn’t work, we have no problem adjusting, adding, or modifying a process or procedure.

Leasing Starts Sooner Than You Think

Preparing your property prior to it being occupied can be helpful in many ways. The photography will be spectacular, and this will set the tone for an amazing showing experience. Preparing can ensure that you receive the maximum rental price the market can bear. This should occur immediately following your initial tenant vacating. Taking the time to fix, update, and clean all the right things can really pay off in the long run. It has taken us years to perfect this art - we even composed this: GC Property Standards™.

Coming Soon & Pre-Leasing

Our goal is to begin marketing upcoming properties in one of two ways: through our pre-leasing process and another one, named “coming soon”. With over thousands of residents visiting our site each day, the chance of something being available is very high! We compile all interested parties prior to your property going live!

Pricing Your Chicago Rental

Qualified applicants know quality when they see it! Our pricing strategy assists in helping those applicants gravitate towards your property. To do this, it must be priced well and look good!

Asking for more rent than is the norm may be acceptable only if you are refinancing or selling your property. As we like to ensure limited vacancy, we advise pricing the property properly from the beginning.

Real Estate Brokers and investors all over Chicago use our Rental Analysis Tool, to assist them and their clients.

Marketing Your Chicagoland Rental

Marketing photography, recent floorplans, and video tours dispersed throughout various media avenues can cast a large net. This can be of great assistance in showcasing your property and all that it has to offer. Landlords in and around the Chicagoland area like options when it comes to deciding on an applicant, and the more options you have, the better. Minimizing vacancy adds to your bottom line.

Where Do We Advertise Chicago Rental Listings

Your property will be placed on various media outlets. Those include, but are not limited to: Zillow, Trulia, MLS, Hot Pads, Zumper, Realtor, Redfin, Apartment Advisor, Apartment Picks, Apartments.com, Diggz, Listanza, Locanto, Mapliv, Mitula, Rent.com, Rentable, RentalAds.com, Rental Beast, Rentals.com, RentalSource, RentDigs, RentHop, Rentler, ShowMojo, Trovit, and Zumper.

Some of the properties included above also are syndicated to various other sites as well! We also promote our properties on social media channels that we deem appropriate as well.

We have quite a presence on social media, and we pass that advantage on to you, and your property. We direct potential clients to here: property availability listing page so that they may begin on their own personal journey.

What We Handle For You

• Coordinating marketing pictures, video tours, and floorplans
• Answering pre-screening questions for interested candidates
• Following and abiding by the association Rules, Regulations, and special requirements
• Following all State, Village, and County rental laws and ordinances
• Strategic rental pricing and strategy
• Showing activity
• Prompt communication for potential candidates
• Processing of credit, background, and applications
• Pet screening
• Fair Housing compliance
• Lease signing and collection of all funds
• Advisement on how to be prepared to submit a candidate's application - which can be reviewed here (Visit how we do this)

Showing & Price Adjustments

Our goal is to ensure minimal vacancy while also ensuring that your property receives the highest price the market can bear. However, at times we may need to make minor adjustments. We can anticipate that because there will see:

1. No Showings - Typically, there are multiple inquiries within the first week. However, the absence of physical showings can mean that we are overpriced for the current market value.
2. Market Analytics - We watch the state of the market, and monitor the comparable properties in the area. We can then inform you of any changes in the market, and suggest price adjustments as necessary.

Each day that a property sits vacant ends up costing the Landlord money. Since the majority of move-ins happen around the 1st of the month, we’d like to do all we can with your property prior to that. Not preparing can lead to delays in payments to you. The total cost of vacancy can outweigh a slight price change.

Outlined above is just a small glimpse of what we do around while managing hundreds of properties for our clients. Assisting our clients and while also caring and assisting residents works out well for all involved.

When you let GC Realty & Development LLC handle the leasing process, you reduce your overall risk, and gain an estimated forty hours of your life back! No matter who you are, your time is way more valuable than handling the Tenant Placement process.