Back in March I shared the 2025 numbers from my friends over at Property Shield, and they were ugly. Nearly 16,000 fraudulent rental listings across the Chicago metro in a single year. I told you then that this problem was not slowing down. Well, the first half of 2026 is in the books, and the data confirms exactly what we are seeing on the ground. Fraud is not backing off. On a month for month basis, it is getting worse.If you own or manage
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