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Press Release: Ex-Googlers Launch rentBits.com- Vertical Search for Rentals

Published by Joseph Ferrara March 12th, 2008 in Press Release, Real estate search and rental. 7 Comments

March 12, 2008
Denver, CO - rentBits.com today announced the beta launch of its
rental search engine, offering renters one place to find available
rental homes, condos and apartments.
rentBits’ helps users make sense of the millions of bits of rental
housing data and information that reside on the web. Using advanced
search technology, rentBits crawls the web to provide […]

Zilpy vs Rentometer: Renters Beware of the Bling

Published by Joseph Ferrara February 8th, 2008 in rental. 8 Comments

Sellsius broke the news of Zillow getting into rentals back in January of last year (Zillow tells Sellsius Rentals Are Next). Enter Zilpy.
Zilpy, partnering* with Zillow**, has launched a rental “research” site to compete with Rentometer, the site that compares your rent to other rental properties in the area. I wrote about Rentometer […]

Are You’re Paying Too Much Rent? Rentometer Will Tell You

Published by Joseph Ferrara October 30th, 2007 in Real Estate Technology, Technology, Tools and rental. 5 Comments

Tenants, are you overpaying rent? Landlords, are you charging enough rent? Rentometer claims to give you the answer. Just enter address, monthly rent, bedrooms & units in your rental property:

The magic machine will analyze your rent. It displays the results in a nice graphic meter which shows the low, median and high rents in the […]

Internet Cafe Alternative to Rental Apartment, Hotel

Published by Joseph Ferrara October 22nd, 2007 in Real estate and rental. 0 Comments

$12-20 will buy you a night’s sleep in a cyber cafe cubicle. It includes free soft drinks, TV, comics and Internet access. It is cheaper than a hotel or rental apartment. These cyber homes are popular with Japanese students and freeters (part times workers and odd job working poor). The concept is sure to […]