rentenforcer

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by rentenforcer 16y ago
Likely community moderation.
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by rentenforcer 16y ago
Wrong and wrong. I don't log any data other than the date besides what you put in the fields. I also don't connect the email address to the listing, it just goes onto a mailing list. For now it is confidential, though I'm not sure how to r
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by rentenforcer 16y ago
All great ideas, especially the gov2.0 data stuff. Thanks!
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by rentenforcer 16y ago
Hmm...I figured those people would select 1 BR and hit the Flex/Studio checkbox, but I guess that's not so clear? Maybe I should make it 0/Studio -> 5+ and then change the Flex/Studio checkbox to just Flex? Thoughts?
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by rentenforcer 16y ago
Definitely agree, this will be the next step. The project is about a day old, so I'd love to hear your thoughts on what directions it should go in.
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by rentenforcer 16y ago
I'm not 100%, and I turn to HN for ideas. I will likely be providing a free search/compare service for apartment lookers, and eventually charge the landlords to manage their page or something. But any ideas you have I'd love to hear. Ult
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by rentenforcer 16y ago
Just started this project this morning, but the goal is soon! Once I get a decent product working for NYC it shouldn't be difficult to branch it off into other cities.
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by rentenforcer 16y ago
I easily could - the whole point is to avoid taking the information from the marketplace. The prices on craiglist are borderline fraudulent, and are meant to get you into the broker's office at which point they inform you "oh sorry that ap
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by rentenforcer 16y ago
I definitely hear you - this is actually just an idea I had last night and just wanted to get some data. The response has really been pretty decent (I've got about 150 pieces of usable data). My next step is to figure out exactly how to us
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New Yorkers: help me defeat the evil NYC real estate market(rentenforcer.com)
43 points by rentenforcer 16y ago|42 comments