Another post by a guest writer, please let me know how you like this one. My girlfriend is a big fan of at least two of these TV shows, so she enjoyed reading this post. Hope you will too.
-Eric
Ah, New York. A city of glitz, glam, spacious apartments, well-coordinated wall art, and apparently no IKEA [...]
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5 New York City Apartments We All Know and Love
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Rental Insurance for Apartments – Do All Renters Really Need It?
The number one question renters must ask themselves: what are the chances your apartment will have a break-in? Flood? Explode? Chances aren’t likely, but when you’re looking into rental insurance, you’re betting that something terrible will happen to your home.
When you move into an apartment for rent, (found on PadMapper, naturally) every insurance [...]
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New Info Bubble! Keyboard Controls!
Dayum, you might say. Those are some sweet updates.
What updates, you ask?
Well, the info bubbles now have tabs, so it should be easier to discover the street view and walk score than when they were on the bottom bar of links on those windows (I still get suggestions to add street view, more than a [...]
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The Inspection, or How To Not Kick Yourself After Signing a Lease
So you’ve used PadMapper to find your dream rental: 1 bedroom, 1 bath, affordable, in a neighborhood you’ve always wanted to move to. Great! But before you go blindly signing the lease in a fit of joy, you will want to jump through that last hoop; The inspection.
It can’t be stressed enough how important it [...]
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PadMapper Widgets
There are a few people that have asked about PadMapper widgets, so I should probably write something up about them.
First up, there’s a really simple, small version that’s just a badge and can be dropped in almost anywhere. If you’d like to show that you list on PadMapper, this would be perfectly fine. Just copy [...]
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22 Futuristic Apartments You Need to See to Believe
This post is a bit different, and is by a guest author. Hope you like it!
The year is 3010. Due to a population explosion, apartments have shrunk to the size of capsules. Interiors have become outlandish and uncomfortable. Your window? Tiny. Your balcony? It’s now part of the window. But that’s ok because [...]
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One Million Apartment Hunters
PadMapper recently had it’s one millionth unique user come by and use the site.
That’s a pretty humbling thought, especially if you try to imagine a million PadMapperers standing in a field.
Many of you have come in the recent past, as the word seems to have spread pretty quickly. Others have been using the site for [...]
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How to Find Free Moving Boxes
There are lots of ways to find free boxes while you’re in the middle of apartment hunting. Don’t waste a bunch of money at UHaul or Save’n'Store, we’ll tell you how to find them free.
San Francisco Crime Map/Overlay
If you’re looking for a cheap place to rent, chances are that you’ll have quite a few options in the shadier parts of town. If you’re moving to a new city, you might have no clue what the nice parts of town are vs. the shady parts of town.
For example, I recently moved to [...]
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Ultimate Guide to Avoiding Moving Scams
No matter how much stuff you own, moving that stuff into a new apartment scores about a 9.5 out of 10 on the crap-I-never-want-to-do-ever-again scale. Finding a moving company is a big part of the hassle. Not only is it hard to trust other people with your prized collection of Ikea furniture, there are a [...]
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