One resource for apartment searches is adding Facebook profiles to its list of references and resources that can be used to help locate an apartment[1]. When you search for an apartment using Apartment Guide, you can now have the software factor in your stated Facebook profile preferences and criteria in your results.
The president of Apartment Guide notes that most of the service’s users are between the ages of 18 and 35, “aligning nicely with Facebook’s demographics.” The tool is designed not only to make the search process easier and more personal, but also so that a user can keep friends and family up to date with the apartment search process. In fact, users can share their favorite potential rentals and “like” properties that match their criteria or appeal to them for some other reason.
Would you use this tool in your apartment search? Do you think this is putting too much personal information out there online? Do you think that your rental properties could benefit from this type of listing?
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[1] http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apartment-guide-launches-apartment-search-tab-on-apartmentguidecom-facebookr-page-2010-07-30?reflink=MW_news_stmp