By: Mike Glasser, President, NBOA April 3, 2020 As members of the Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance, an organization of Chicagoans who own or manage many of the city’s small and midsized neighborhood rental properties,…
By: Mike Glasser, President, NBOA March 20, 2020 “The real estate industry is being clobbered by the coronavirus, and it’s going to get worse before it gets better.” Those are the words of Brad…
By: Mike Glasser, RPBG President Winter, 2020 I offer to you, my fellow property owners, an important New Year’s message: even if you don’t accept security deposits, you MUST still post on your leases…
By: Scott Post Owner of PW Disposal Service and RPBG Member I have been a member of RPBG since my good friend, Marty Max, talked me into coming to my first meeting at Devon…
The constant torrent of local and national news is distracting. It is also probably the reason you may not have heard about the newly formed Affordable Requirements Ordinance (ARO) Task Force. This announcement was made…
By: Steve Cain We are staring down the end of one year and the beginning of another – and not just any year. Twenty-twenty promises to be like no other, with an election looming…
By: Mike Glasser, RPBG President On January 1, 2020, two new protected classes will be added to the 15 that already exist under Cook County Human Rights laws: Ex-offenders with criminal convictions that occurred more than…
By: Mike Glasser, RPBG President Last week the NBOA submitted our list of questions and comments (see attachment), yet I would like to bring special focus on these few, including a couple of lesser referenced…
The Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance hosted a hugely successful Summer Soiree - our 7th Annual - welcoming a crowd of several hundred real estate professionals, elected officials and other VIPs. View the Sponsors for this…
By: Mike Glasser, RPBG President My “Aha Moment” arrived when I read the title of the Sun Times editorial, dated April 28, criticizing the County Board’s passage of the Just Housing Ordinance. “Don’t punish landlords to…