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Completely off-topic, but I'm curious what websites/services people here like to use to find a place for rent in the SF Bay Area.
by lewisl9029 10y ago
Completely off-topic, but I'm curious what websites/services people here like to use to find a place for rent in the SF Bay Area.
- shlant 10y agoEven though we found our place on craigslist, be aware that 90% of postings are scams. In the City, you really need to remember the phrase "if it's too good to be true, it probably is".
- KKKKkkkk1 10y agoI rented three times off Craigslist and have not had any trouble. I did respond to a couple of the ads that were "too good to be true" just for the heck of it. The poster came back with a request to wire them money, which was pretty obviously a scam. I wouldn't rent without seeing the place first so this was not a problem anyway. But if you're trying to rent sight-unseen, then you probably should use a service with more serious vetting.
- KKKKkkkk1 10y agoIn my experience, Craigslist is the primary source. Other websites that I looked at were at best a moderately out-of-date mirror of Craigslist.
- twblalock 10y agoI think what happens is that every property manager and landlord lists on Craigslist, as well as a few other places. Craigslist is pretty much a superset of all apartment ads in the area. Some of these other sites copy Craigslist, and some just have duplicate postings put there by the landlords.
- twblalock 10y agoI used Padmapper back when it had access to Craigslist data. Now, I just use Craigslist itself. So does everyone else I know. There aren't a lot of better options, aside from cold-calling apartment management companies. Everyone lists on Craigslist.