I had the pleasure of working with Asiye Bakirman. She started out by getting my budget and working…read moredirectly with me to find the best apartment. I told her what area I was working in and in no less than 30 mins she compiled a personalized list of apartments. Asiye was on top of it and always prompt with her responses. I could not have done it without her!!

If you're navigating the Chicago rental market, especially from out of town, work with Asiye, I…read morecan't recommend her enough! From our very first conversation, she took the time to understand exactly what I was looking for never lost sight of it. She understood what I wanted from the start, never pushed anything that didn't fit, and kept sending me options that were actually relevant. When it came down to it, she advocated on our behalf directly with the leasing teams and helped us land exactly what we were after. Every question, every concern, Asiye is always on it! If you want someone who is responsive, patient, and focused on getting you the best result, work with Asiye!

Our family has been renting the same home in the McHenry County area for 6 years now, and have had…read morenothing but great experiences! The management team is always professional and understanding. Our maintenance requests get resolved in timely manner. We weren't sure at first on how it would go due to online reviews, but I am so satisfied that we went through with them. The kids have had the opportunity to grow in a great home while we prepare for home buying. I would 100% rent from Invitation Homes again, & no, I wasn't paid to say anything of this. We rent a 3-bedroom/ 2-bath in Woodstock, IL.

John C was an amazing Tech. Full of knowledge and very valuable information. Went through processes…read morein unbelievable detail. Always happy to see this tech. Keep doing awesome John.

I've been working with Jane Ehlert for several years now, and she continues to exceed my…read moreexpectations every time. Most recently, she helped me secure amazing new tenants in just one weekend! Jane provided great recommendations on what to fix and update to get faster results, and she was right on point. She's incredibly professional, responsive, and an absolute pleasure to work with. I trust her judgment completely and truly appreciate her dedication. If you're looking for someone who knows the market and gets results quickly, Jane is the one!

Jane and her team are what you want when you are buying or selling a home. They make the whole…read moreprocess, which is usually really stressful, feel totally easy and calm. From the very first phone call, they treat you like you are their only client. Their communication is outstanding; they promptly respond to texts and calls, explaining complex paperwork in clear terms so you comprehend what you are signing. Working with them feels less like a transaction and more like getting help from a super-smart friend. Their service exemplifies what it means to be 5-star.

Tian is awesome! Very knowledgeable, kind and persistent when it comes to finding you the perfect…read morespace to call home.

Dropping by to say that Ting is absolutely phenomenal! As a licensed real estate broker who also…read moremanages properties, she goes above and beyond to ensure everything runs smoothly for tenants. From our very first viewing through the application process, her communication has been timely, clear, and incredibly helpful. She consistently provides answers and guidance for every question we've had. She makes sure our home is comfortable, safe, and fully functional--whether it's minor new-build items like an ice machine or a window adjustment, or keeping us updated on maintenance and mail matters. Her friendly, professional demeanor makes every interaction a pleasure, and she ensures our property feels cared for and works as it should, creating a seamless and worry-free living experience. She really has gone above and beyond for us and it's really appreciated. We've had several property managers in the past, but I can confidently say she is the best!!! We are so grateful for her support, dedication, and expertise, and anyone lucky enough to work with her will be in excellent hands. Thanks Ting!!!

Jacqueline Satore was very helpful and resolved my payment issue. She also went above and beyond…read morewith another question I had. Very pleasant.

A total dumpster fire!! This organization is the property manager for a building where I have a…read morecondo. They were hired by the condo board last year and they have been a nightmare from day one. One property manager (who has since been fired) dropped the ball on multiple projects, lied about work she never completed and charged us a bunch of hidden fees, then ghosted us for months. The replacement property manager has dragged his feet on every request made by the building to the point of criminal negligence and only gives weak excuses when he bothers to respond. Their finance people had to be audited because they couldn't correctly manage our finances (their finance director has also been fired). They have refused to pay bills or address urgent repair issues despite multiple requests. If you use them, check their work closely. If you're considering hiring them avoid them at all costs!

As new home buyers, we were anxious about the home-buying process. However, it was immediately…read moreevident that Asia (& the NR team) is an exceptional real estate agent who put us at ease throughout the entire process. She is patient, kind, and highly professional. She worked extremely hard for us and we couldn't be happier with our experience. We would recommend her to anyone and look forward to working with her when selling/buying our future homes!

Emina is an amazing agent. I started the house search process in Jan 2023 and I closed on my…read moreproperty in Jan 2023. Her and the Nicholas Ryan team are amazing. You couldn't ask for a better group of people for you. They helped me get my condo that had 15 offers on the table. You gotta take the leap and join the fam. Emina is super nice and attentive. She will drive anywhere you want and will have options with your requirements for you. I was blessed to have such a short search journey to find my new home. I am also a first time buyer so she was a huge teacher and support as well. I would find things and she would give a honest perspective and showed her knowledge and expertise. She truly is amazing!!

Review for the Building at 525 W Arlington Place and for Aaron with Metropolitan Rental Corp…read more I have lived in 4 different buildings around Chicago and this was by far the most pleasant and easy living experience I have had. I have loved living in the building and working with Aaron. I would recommend him to anyone. Working with Aaron: - Hands down, Aaron has been the best, most accommodating and helpful Building Manager I have ever worked with. - Texting or emailing him always resulted in my questions being answered quickly. - He told me how everything was flat out, without additional selling or sleezyness that I have seen with other building managers. - I ended up having to move out of the building before my lease was up (Not because I wanted to! I would have stayed for years) and Aaron went above and beyond in helping me through what could be a VERY stressful situation. He was amazing. With the Building: - It's an old hotel from the 1920's which added to the charm for me. Knowing that, it's an old building, but they have done a great job updating the apartments and the one bedroom I loved in was redone right before I moved in. - There are small quirks about the building and apartments but you are always going to get that unless you live in a brand new construction for 3 times the cost. - I always felt safe in and around the building as a younger lady living alone in a one bedroom. - Whenever I needed something fixed, the building engineer, Ahmed, was there within 24 hours fixing it just after a quick text. It was super convenient. Overall, If you are looking at this building, do it. It's worth having someone great to take care of things that come up and to have a great old building with lots of charm in one of the best parts of Chicago.

Nothing but great things to say about living at the Granada property. Maintenance is very…read moreresponsive and the leasing agent, Aaron, is very kind and looks out for the tenants. Location cannot be beat.

Angela Liegel made what could have been a stressful selling process feel organized and manageable…read morefrom start to finish. She was incredibly helpful with staging, offered thoughtful repair recommendations, and connected us with reliable contractors who delivered great work. Throughout it all, she maintained a positive, professional attitude and kept everything moving forward. Her pricing strategy was spot on and resulted in a swift, successful sale. We highly recommend Angela to any prospective sellers!

Angela is the best. She helped us buy our first home in 2019 and, five years later, guided us…read morethrough selling that same house when work took us to New York. As first-time buyers and then first-time sellers, we leaned on her heavily, and she was an incredible resource every step of the way. She was always available by phone or text to answer questions, explain the process, and connect us with great people--our real estate lawyer, contractors, photographer, and more. And when we say she went above and beyond, we mean it literally: she was out there weeding and mulching our yard herself to get the house ready for open houses. Angela is exactly the kind of person you want by your side for both the highs and the stresses of buying and selling a home. We've already recommended her to all our friends, but wanted to do it publicly as well.

Sudler has done a great job of managing WaterFord- 4170 Marine. On site management is responsive…read moreand always communicates with residents and the Board. I hear many positive things about how the building is manages and maintained. It's easy to complain but far harder to educate yourself and learn the facts about your issue. With over 350 people living in a building, there will always be points of concern, but Sudler has always faced problems head on and worked with the Board to solve problems big and small. Great job Sudler!!

UPDATE: MAY 16th, 2026 12:02 AM (1 hour ago) 3-6-26…read moreThis Union condones Doorman, Dan, cursing at me, an Owner/Resident. I reported his aggressiveness to the Union since 2021. It seems there is a piggyback with a gang up of 2 vs 1. A new Doorman to me, Milton, yelled at me in the lobby and became unhinged when I asked a question about a loitering car at the driveway entrance circa midnight on 2-5-26. He first threatened to sue me and then aggressively acted out this vitriol: "ITALIANS HATE BLACK PEOPLE." I am 100% Italian and one Doorman at my bldg. is also 100% Italian. How does a heightened alert operate after this language of racism is discharged from the mouth of Milton while on duty? In no uncertain terms, Dan and Milton should not have a job as Doorman; yet Sudler Property Management and SEIU Local 1 protect these very dangerous men. Bailey Koch, Union Official, Media knows how to contact me. ******** UPDATE: DECEMBER 11th, 2025 Back to the shower drama from owner 3705 which had his spout changed again and most likely paid for by the new manager, Sal. This time Sal took my advice and used a grophe spout without telling me nor considering the pressure on my side of the wall. Even on Monday, Sal held to his story that the owner was not permitting entrance. The Assistant Engineer explained to me that they did renter making Sal's story false and again no consideration for me as an owner nor my quality of life affected by the pressure. I call Sal someone who lies by omission and he is good at it...! Sal told me I cannot write to the CEO nor Chairman@Sudler; I informed him of freedom of speech rights and "blocking." Sal threatened a work order fee and maintenance did not charge as it was initially missed; Tape Recorder On! ****** UPDATE: DECEMBER 9th, 2025 Today, at 12:30 am I walked my dog. When I came out of the elevator someone I did not recognize was gathering his mail. When I went thru the lobby there was no doorman. When I returned circa 12:45 am the doorman, Dan, was at the desk. I reminded him that when he leaves maintenance should be called. His answer was ...why do I always "f" with him and he used the full "f" word. I reminded him that I am correct for safety and suddenly Ramon appeared at the door and I explained to Dan that he is NOT to use any profanity with me. He denied using the "f" word like he denies confronting me that I had to pick up my Service Animal to walk thru the lobby. He does not ask any other resident to pick up their dog especially 300 lb. Dogs but he confronted me calling me MAAM after a 20 yr. History and the incident is recorded. He still states that Cristina, then the manager made him tell me to pick up my dog, She disagrees and he was to be "spoken" too which seems to have evaporated. The story then became he had to go move his car which is not the problem; the desk needs to be covered. I went over the rule with Ramon who understood and Ramon opened the inner door for me which was appreciated. Dan is the sort of person that Steven Levy the Sudler Corporate Board states is hard working and CEO Dean Andrews turns his head. I don't lie ... and ... have not lied for 75 years. ****** UPDATE: NOV. 21st, 2025 This week was one of the new manager ignoring the peace and quiet use of my home. The water pressurization between my condo and the man in 3705 was a choice to cooperate with him by allowing maintenance to act as plumbers. However, with a PVC fire code correction the present and former managers are negligent. They targeted my correction which I had no problem and had no idea since 2017 and refuse to put out a letter for all owners to check for PVC. The correction happens thru random measures; Maintenance were not given the entire facts by the former manager; were not allowed to act as plumbers for me to exchange a P-Trap yet were allowed to go shopping for spouts for the man in 3705. The cost for me was in the hundreds vs a work order and the man in 3705 incurred only work order charges as he did not want to call a plumber. I have written to Dean Andrews and Steven Levy who are both in the higher "team" structures to receive silence and chastisement. So the PVC fire code is not really a code they follow and the quiet use of my home and my peace is not respected as the water pressurization comes thru my wall with his every shower ... What was important was dumping that problem on me ; a problem never existent between the walls until October 20th, 2025 when the man would not call a plumber to have his hardware evaluated and maintenance were allowed to be plumbers for him yet not for me. ****** I have lived at 400 N. LaSalle since 2006. I rented 4 apartments and in 2017 purchased a condo. I have lived through 3 management companies before Sudler. In 2021 I rented my condo until October 12th, 2025 when I relocated and moved back to my condo. It seems that managers must pass the gaslighting course to work at Sudler.

"To live in a "Pod" is to live in a college dormitory; except instead of having a resident advisor…read more(who cares about you and enforces the rules) you have a negligent property manager, D. Enders, (who does not care about your rights as a tenant to live in a peaceful manner). And instead of paying a fee that said dorms college has priced fairly you have a unit that you have moved into already overpriced and the slumlord nature of Podmajersky/Soda Pop Lofts L.P. will every year raise the rent without having a reason to raise such as updating appliances or the structural nature of your unit." -Me. That is right, I have been living in a unit at 1718 S. Jefferson St. for 2 years now and I am thankfully able to move out at the end of May. Included with my complaints of the services that Pod provides (or lack thereof, rather) are that I unknowingly paid for my upstairs neighbors ELECTRICITY for a total of 19 months. This has turned my living situation for the last 5 months of my lease into a feud between the paper thin floors of the building of my neighbors and myself with Pod never stepping in and mediating the situation. It would be nice to have an untroubled living situation but apparently that is just not possible. I have spoke with Podmajersky about the situation above and they have refused to step in and be of assistance, even though many rules in the lease have been broken and reported. Outside of that, the windows of the unit are about as leaky as a garden hose made of mesh in the winter and it took all of 1.5 years to fix a lock on our back door. This two problems drove my heating bill 20% higher than it needed to be. I have a broken window on our front porch that still has yet to be repaired. The window was broken before moving in. The window and door have been reported to Podmajersky, but only the door lock was fixed (after possible embarrassment during tours for possible future tenants). From what I have seen in pictures and tours, the achilles heel of Pod, inc. is the complete and utter lack of storage in the units. In our nice and spacious apartment we have a single closet for storage that is 2.5' wide x 3' deep x 6' tall, making our "office" a storage unit of unsightly boxes, instruments, and other miscellaneous gear. This is not a complaint, merely the truth. If looking at living in a Pod, be aware of the heavy amount of pictures taken using a wide angle lens to open up the space that isn't actually there when seen with the human eye. Please be aware that your rent (which said earlier is already steep) will be either raised or you will be told to move out. Lastly, be aware that you will be putting your money into a system that is single handedly putting a chokehold on an otherwise beautiful neighborhood in South Chicago and does not care what happens to the non-Pod-owned-property or historical population. For that matter, they own so many open plots of unbuilt land that this area will over time be a complete monopoly by every stretch of the word. It is sad that after living in one of their units for 2 years as a faithful tenant who does nothing but good and is responsible with bills and rent is being treated like a person who moved in and lived here for one month then told "sorry, this just isn't working out". Podmajersky, of all the relationships I have had in my life you are the worst girlfriend I have ever had and if any of my friends try to get your number I will go out of breath by telling them that you are a bad person to "get into bed with" and you are just looking to take his/her money. Everything said within this review is 100% truth and trust that I am merely looking out for the well being of future renters, for people to have an honest viewpoint of what you are signing onto. If you need to read any other reviews, please see the men's bathroom walls at The Skylark (incredible bar) which have more than plenty of renters writing their distrust/disgust with the company or other Yelp reviews that average out to this company having a 1.5 star rating overall on 18+ reviews. Would you eat at a restaurant with that rating? If no, then why in the world would you put money every month into anything that poorly reviewed? (This review is protected by The City of Chicago's Standard Lease NO. L-19, paragraph 31, A.)

I began looking at their loft spaces online. Their website promoted them as active concerned…read moreleaders in Pilen. This is complete bull. They are more like slumlords. I called to ask about a few specific units and where they were in relationship to the Fisk and Crowford power plants. They had no idea what I was talking about. I gave them the addresses of the plants and they still had no idea what I was talking about. These plants have been operating without pollution controls since the 1950s and are responsible for why Chicago, and Pilsen in particular, has the highest asthma and asthma related death rates in the entire United States. I'd rather not live next door and would rather not waste my time and theirs looking at those units. How can they sell their image as community leaders if you don't know anything about the area and obviously don't care about it? The clean up of these plants are the singular largest political issue facing Pilsen in city hall. It would be nice if the Podmajersky, who is profiting hugely from gentrifying this neighborhood, would also take an active roll in helping to make it a more breathable place for their renters.