Renters Arm Themselves With Info
A couple of rental-related sites to check out today.
Rentometer is a fun site. If you’re a renter, punch in your address and how much you’re currently paying and the site cranks out a GMaps mashup of rentals in your neighborhood - plus a fancy animated barometer of where you stand in comparison to what your neighbors’ are paying.
I imagine this site could work well for prospective landlords trying to gauge the local market as well. You can even check out the Top 10 Highest Rental Rates by city or Zip. I really like the simplicity of this site - the design is very well executed. By the folks at iiproperty.com.
Hotpads.com has been around for a while, but today they’ve released a new version of their site that allows you to conduct deeper searches based on variables like income distribution, age distribution. One big plus, their new site should make it even easier for out-of-towners to start researching where they want to live. Seeing as I just moved to a new city fairly recently, this kind of feature definitely appeals to me.
Marry these two tools together and you have a pretty powerful 1-2 combination for would-be or existing renters trying to scope out the best deals out there.
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Dan | Oct 10, 2006 | Reply
Very cool tools. We currently post to HotPads and love their service. The rentometer is a very interesting zillow-like concept for rentals. I wonder if the data is mostly from single family home data or apartment data. It would be great if those could be broken out. I love the concept. It is about time a tool like this is released.
Rocco | Mar 9, 2007 | Reply
I like the Rentometer site. I have never seen a tool much like it for rents before. I did a search for my neighborhood and the rents are right on. I actually was pretty surprised. Nice job, good tool.
West Hampstead Estate Agent | Nov 1, 2007 | Reply
It works
james | Nov 16, 2007 | Reply
I always use this service for a quick look at real estate investments when I receive a Performa and have no clue on what a rent is in an area. It has expose more than one fake and the price is right at FREE. I promote it in my investing book “The 3 Secret Pillars of Wealth” because it is great for the novice to get a first impression of a deal.
babink | Jan 12, 2008 | Reply
rentometer is pretty cool…seems like there is a new one one, that has a little more information..www.zilpy.com…never heard of them before, but went to check my neighborhood and numbers are correct and nice to see stats about my neighborhood, would be nice if they can add school information there, but other than that looks pretty need