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"10 Sites for Your Apartment Search\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Hotpads\n\n\nThis map-based search engine is great for anyone who likes to see where a potential apartment lies in relation to neighborhood landmarks and points of interest. It includes rentals, condos and homes for sale.\nBonus: Stay connected to your search with apps for Android phones and tablets, iPhone and iPad, and a mobile-optimized site.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. ForRent.com\n\n\nForRent.com lets you take virtual video tours of the apartments you browse. You can share the videos of your could-be homes to Facebook to get your friends' opinions on the locations you're scouting.\nBonus: The Relocation Center helps you find roommates, movers, furniture rentals, insurance and moving checklists.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Rent Jungle\n\n\nRent Jungle places your dream features, such as \"hard wood floors\" or \"loft space,\" into its search engine. It browses results from more than 12,000 listing sites to find your ideal match.\nBonus: Search rent price trends in your area.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Apartments.com\n\n\nApartments.com is a free apartment search that sorts your options by location, price, bedrooms and bathrooms. You can search by state, browse short-term and temporary housing, and view listings for houses and condos.\nBonus: There's an Android app for hunting on the go.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. MyNewPlace\n\n\nMyNewPlace gives renters access to information often researched for brokers, such as floor plans and videos. Be warned: Most listings are for luxury buildings. \nBonus: The MyNewPlace blog gives tips for everything, from living in a bad neighborhood to redecorating to cool gadgets to helping you save on your electric bill.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. ApartmentSearch.com\n\n\nApartmentSearch.com maps the listings it offers, emphasizing price, number of rooms and whether pets are allowed. The relocation services tool can help employers move employees across the country.\nBonus: You can receive a $200 award for using the search tool, telling your leasing agent where you found the listing and signing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. PadMapper\n\n\nPadMapper plots all available listings from Apartments.com, Rent.com, Craigslist and \"other\" listing sites. We know we said \"no Craigslist,\" but Padmapper offers so much more utility than is available through Craigslist's traditional list format.\nBonus: You can add keywords to your search to help locate roommates with shared interests, such as \"music,\" or specific amenities, such as \"washer and dryer.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. MyApartmentMap\n\n\nOriginally built as a Craigslist and Google Maps mashup, MyApartmentMap lets you browse by the specific information most important to you, such as pet friendly, college apartments, military housings and affordable housing. Once you've selected the type of housing you're looking for, you can narrow down listings by price, location and amenities.\nBonus: Mobile apps for iOS and Android have all the functionality of the desktop-optimized site.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. PeopleWithPets\n\n\nIt can be tough to find a place where you and your four-legged friends can live together. PeopleWithPets.com only lists apartments (and hotels) that welcome pets.\nBonus: The site posts relevant news, such as updates on traveling with pets and disaster preparedness.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. RentHop\n\n\nRentHop is the best source for New York City listings, mapping photos, descriptions and street views. You can browse by feature, such as doorman, elevator, fitness center, in-bulding laundry or roof deck.\nBonus: Each post connects you directly with the broker or landlord who posted the listing, so you can avoid tiring content forms and emails.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you've ever looked for an apartment to rent online, chances are you've had a go at Craigslist. \nThough it's possible to score a home run on the Internet's main hub for local offerings, you're likely to be bogged down by Craigslist's rampant spam and heavy traffic, which rapidly snatches up legitimate listings. \n\nSEE ALSO: 7 City Parking Apps to Save You Time, Money and Gas\nWhile it can get exhausting, there are obvious advantages to house hunting on the Internet, such as avoiding a fee. If you're interested in keeping your apartment hunt online, but don't know where to look aside from Craigslist, we've got the roundup for you. Here are 10 sites to help you find the perfect home in your neighborhood of choice and your price range. \nHave you ever found an apartment online? What is your go-to online real estate tool? \nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, querbeet"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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