They had a problem with their lease and couldn't secure the tenant spaces. The move out was…read moredisjointed and took them 60+ days to refund a security deposit. Even after knowing we were moving out they pulled the next months rent. Don't trust these clowns

May have been a great place at some point... Spoke with Allen who was SUPER rude, abrasive and…read moredismissive. Didn't return my calls. Since the location is very convenient, I tried several times. When I finally did reach him, he offered me a desk in the LOBBY for $250/month. When I asked what the lobby is and the noise level - 'yeah, there's a gaming room and sometimes basketball games going on and ...'.

My experience with JAB Real Estate was frustrating, primarily due to poor communication. As my…read morelease was ending, I reached out multiple times regarding my move-out date and related details, but received very few responses despite repeated attempts to contact them. What made the situation even more frustrating was receiving an email requesting rent payment for the month after my lease had already ended and after I had fully moved out of the property. This issue could have been avoided with clearer communication and better attention to tenant correspondence. I understand that mistakes can happen, but timely responses and accurate account management are important, especially during the move-out process. Unfortunately, this experience left me disappointed.

Now that I have finally cooled down from my experience working with the owner of JAB Real Estate, I…read morefeel I can write a review. Please see the end of this, to see how terrible the owner of the company can be to work with. In the field of real estate, you need to be willing to answer questions about a lease, and about move in conditions.. without losing it on your clients. It's YOUR JOB! My husband and I have happily lived in an owner- rented high rise, and have always been praised for being such easy tenants to work with. When we told the new owner of our condo (it was recently sold), that we were leaving, she said she would have loved to continue to work with us, as we seemed like the "easiest tenants ever". My husband and I were excited to rent an apartment in the Southport area, and everything was a done deal (including a $1900 security deposit already paid) except signing. When we arrived to sign, we had our checkbooks ready to go. As the owner of this company was presenting the lease to us, we stopped to ask what I felt were normal questions: 1.) What is the application fee going towards? It was 250 +50, per person (600 bucks), plus the 1900 we had put forward, so we were curious. He mentioned something about covering his fees, for out of state lease signers (we reminded him we are in state), and since it seemed this was non negotiable, we of course moved on (we anticipated paying these...hence our check books.) 2.) He mentioned the typical Chicago law of notifying us that they don't know of lead paint in the unit. I said, "Oh, so do you check for lead paint?" To which he responded, something along the lines of, no, but we know there isn't any. Again, we said, ok no problem. 3.) The owner then notified us that they would be completely repainting the unit. We asked if we could pick the color, and he said yes, but that we would have to pay for the complete cost of that paint. I asked, "Since you were going to paint the unit anyways, can we split the difference in price? And we are happy to pick up the paint." He didn't really have an answer that made us feel listened to, so my husband chimed in with "We are just putting a lot of money up front" ($2500 mind you),"and this is all we have really asked for in return." With that the owner stood up, very rudely ripped up our lease, and told us to GET OUT. We had to ask "are you kidding?", because the conversation seemed to go from a calm one, to a burst of rage in 2 seconds flat. We were in shock, and couldn't believe someone would treat their clients, or any human being this way. He felt he had the luxury of easily finding new tenants, in this highly competitive rental world, which made him entitled to treat another adult person in this highly unprofessional way. I feel like he was cornered without good answers to our questions. With 100% confidence, I can say that had he said no to the paint, we would have said ok, paid for it all, and just signed the lease (just as we had moved forward with the other questions we had). A simple no would have sufficed, but he decided to take it to an entirely different level of unprofessionalism. We could understand if he said "it is what it is, sign it or don't." And we would have. But instead he told us "you think you are special and I can't work with people like that." I don't think we are special at all, rather we had a question (which may I mention past landlords have all been MORE than ok with.) Thank goodness, this was a blessing in disguise. We found a WAY more beautiful and spacious place, with an amazing landlord, who hand picked us from 5 couples because we seemed the "easiest to work with." Too bad for JAB, they lost some amazing long term tenants. Be careful if you go in to sign a lease, heaven for bid you ask a question, you may leave without a future home.

Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, my wife got a job in Chicago. She had 2 weeks to find a…read moreplace to rent that was close to her future work location. I started looking for agents on the internet. You would think that being one of the top-5 biggest cities in the US, Chicago is an easy city to find an agent in. WRONG! Every agent I called turned out to be a either a douchebag who "did not do rentals" or an asshole who "had nothing in my price range". After a few hours of looking for an agent, I was convinced that I will end up having to rely on outdated Trulia data and take my chances with open houses during our 1-day house-hunting trip. I ended up cursing at myself, Chicago, and all its real-estate agents and did what I typically do when I want to cool down: filled a bowl with plain yoghurt and took it to my bed to eat in peace. After devouring the first spoon of plain yoghurt, I came across Stephen's number on Yelp. I was pessimistic, but that one spoon had un-pissed me enough to give another agent a chance, so, I said, what the heck, I'll call this one too. Now, this was a cold depressing Sunday afternoon, so, nothing could really cheer me up and I wasn't expecting anyone to answer anyways. Still I called anyways. He answered the phone asking me the exact kind of questions I was expecting "how close do you want to be to the loop?", "how do you feel about spending $100 more to get a place that's closer". He then took time to explain to me how real-estate market works in Chicago (it is VERY different than Boston and San Francisco!). We exchanged emails and he put us through the smoothest apartment-hunting experience anyone in continental US has experienced.

Had an awesome experience working with Steve at Missirlian Properties! He had contacts at every…read moreproperty and ensured I was totally happy with my new place. Will definitely be working with him in the future.

My name is Crystal Banks and I am a real estate broker who works with Koller apartments and Steve…read moreas an investor. I have almost eight years in the business and work with many owners in Chicago but Steve really stands out as a true professional in the business. His inventory is always top notch and easy to sell to my clientele. I know with every tenant I place, I can feel secure in knowing they will be taken care of throughout their lease and time renting from Koller. I have never heard one complaint from any of my clients, and many compliments on maintenance requests if ever needed and over all responsiveness as an owner. I will continue to always help get these units filled with excellent tenants knowing they will be in great hands. Thank you Steve for running a five star operation.

I had a fantastic experience renting from Koller. Steve Koller is a straight forward and kind dude…read more I had an issue with my heater and he had a guy out there ASAP to fix it. I also had to sublease my apt one month before my lease was up and Steve gave me some useful tips as to how to find a good tenant that could roll over into a full lease with him, so it worked out for all parties. Landlords can catch a bad rap, but renting from Steve, and by extension Koller, was a great experience. Nice places, straight shooters.

Alex is the best real estate agent anyone can have . Being out of state and not familiar with…read moreChicago, Alex went above and beyond to show us desirable Chicago areas and within 1 week we found a home through his amazing search engine . Less than 2 months later we signed the papers and became homeowners . During the entire process Alex was helpful, provided advice and connected us with great professional teams to make it happen. In addition to his knowledge and experience, Alex brings positive personally, creative energy and first class service . We feel lucky having had him as our real estate agent !

Alex is an amazing partner, He is incredibly experienced and knowledgeable and will fight for you…read morein a deal. He's not trying to rush you and will tell you what he likes and what he doesn't like about a property honestly. We went out one weekend total and by the end of the weekend we already had 2 properties we felt great about putting an offer on. In today's competitive real estate market you absolutely want someone like Alex to be your agent. He treats you like you are his only client and will go above and beyond to make sure you find a place you will love living. He even met us on fourth of July to drop off our keys! We would absolutely use Alex and his team again in the future.

Elevators are always an issue with multiple down at a given time and some not even opening the…read moredoors when they get to your floor after you called it. Management only "fixes" it when an elevator goes fully down and then it goes out again a couple of months later. But nothing is ever done about the horrible programming and ridiculous wait times. Hot tubs are constantly out of order for months at a time. Gym equipment is old and in need of replacement or in desperate need of maintenance and greasing. You have to agree to the Package room service when you lease, but they are not required to log or even notify you when a package is received, or they will put it in the package room and not send you a notification leaving you wondering where your packages went. Also, the package overflow is just impeding access to tide lockers, deeming them unusable. I have heard from other residents that packages have been stolen. Maintenance staff is friendly and most door staff are friendly, but the turnover is constant and none of the new door staff are ever properly trained.

Do not endanger your pets by moving in here!!…read more Great location but unfortunately this place does not care about safety. I stayed in a studio with a partial wall between the bedroom and the kitchen. I was there for a summer business rental. The first morning my husband heard one of our cats frantically meowing and discovered he was TRAPPED IN THE WALL. Apparently there was a giant rough hole at the top of the partial wall and he had fallen in. My husband tried everything to lure him out but it was too steep and he refused. He asked the building to put a hole in the side of the wall to get home out and they dragged their feet and also said we had to pay a fee. Only when he emailed they were violating building codes, and he was going to call the fire department if they did not save our cat, did they send up someone to make the hole. Our terrified cat had been trapped for FIVE PLUS HOURS AT THIS POINT. The building maintenance men revealed management KNEW about the hole, multiple dogs had gotten trapped, and management still refused to spend the money to get it permanently covered. They got the cat out, but never fixed the small hole now in the side of the wall. Not only that, but they still did not cover the hole the cat fell down, so we had to put cardboard we paid for ourselves, tape and suitcases on top to prevent another accident. I will also note we were a high up floor and the windows did not have screens, I would be concerned about a cat or toddler falling out.

Not only do the amenities make this building amazing, but the staff does as well! Heaven and Tina…read moreare the first people I see in the morning and the last people I see when I come home. They have become more than just acquaintances. They are genuinely kind, helpful people who care about the residents, personally. Not only do they love my dog but now my dog gets more excited to see them than to see me. They go above and beyond to be helpful and make you feel at home.

Don't move here. Someone was murdered in the building when I lived here. And then when we moved out…read moremanagement sent a false bill to collections without communicating it to us first. Horrible experience. 0/10

I don't usually take the time to leave reviews but my time at a Derrig managed apartment in Buena…read morePark was so positive, I had to. the rental rate was very fair. They were very accommodating of my dog. He actually caused a little damage once but they did not charge me. their maintenance staff was super quick to change things. something wrong with the fan? New fan. Same with the blinds. My goal in renting there was to find a good value apartment. Didn't have to sacrifice anything. Thanks, Derrigs!

Absolutely wonderful company! I have lived in one of their buildings for several years now and…read moretheir team has been very helpful, responsive, and maintain the property well. I highly recommend!