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Annual Apartment Issue
"Kiss your broker good-bye"
by Lisa Goff
April 24th, 2003 |
"Times are tough, but the current economic downturn brings with it one perk: We can finally tell brokers to take a hike... On line service Rent-Direct.com offers an extensive list of brokerage-free housing; you have to pay $195 for full access to the database, but you can run a free search to test the waters (we found more than 90 Manhattan studios on the site, all going for $1,200 or less)." |
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 SPECIAL REPORT SMALL BUSINESS:
"Apartment site draws renters, skips brokers"
by Lisa Goff
April 9-15, 2001 |
"For a slim $169, registered users can search a database of up-to-the-minute rental listings from 900 landlords and 2,700 properties in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and parts of northern New Jersey - often before they hit the newspapers."
"Rent-Direct.com ...saved 1,700 New Yorkers about $6.5 million in brokers' fees last year."
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Real Estate Rental Supplement"Moving In"
August 2, 2000 |
"Rent Direct.com provides 24 hour, 7 day customer support and ..."
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Annual Real Estate Edition
April 10, 2000 |
"[Rent Direct had] nice apartments in a luxury building that were being shown by full-service brokers on the same day" |
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Sunday - LifeLine
"Rent This Now! - Affordable apartments in hot new "hoods"
by Gallagher Polyn
August 13, 2000 |
"The arrival of full-scale services like this (Rent-Direct.com) have shifted the advantage away from traditional brokers." "...owners are beginning to prefer renting to clients directly because tenants are financially qualified to rent when they don't have to set aside several thousand dollars for broker's fees." |
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News and Views | BizNews |
Monday, October 09, 2000
Netting the Perfect Apartment
Forget pounding the pavement
Brokers put real estate at your fingertips...
By ERIC HERMAN
Daily News Business Writer |
"Like countless other businesses - from trading stocks to buying flowers - real estate has found a home on the Internet, and more and more apartment-hunters are getting online to find a home.
Dot-com real estate can help Manhattanites, but if you're looking in Brooklyn or Queens, the online pickings are slim.
Another site was more promising: Rent-Direct.com. It produced 29 listings in Brooklyn and Queens renting for $1,700 or less, and the listings were fresh: Each of the landlords contacted said the apartments were still available.
Rent-Direct.com - For $169, sends E-mails with listings that meet your profile. The site has an abundance of no-fee apartments in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan." |
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COVER STORY: The State Of Real E-state
07/13/2001
By Cara S. Trager. Cara S. Trager is a freelance writer. |
"For instance, computer systems analyst Michael Broggy found his rental apartment via Rent-Direct.com in February. The service allows users to see rental listings, including apartment photographs, for free, but they must pay a registration fee of $189 to access building addresses and landlord phone numbers. Users set up their own appointments and meet with building rental agents on their own.
Broggy was logging onto Rent-Direct.com for three weeks before he paid the registration fee to see the first apartment that interested him - a $1,150-a-month, one-bedroom unit in Woodside, Queens, which he wound up renting.
"I got my money's worth," Broggy said." |
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Technology Update
April 4, 2001
"Rent-Direct.com Announces Partnership with Websites" |
"Rent-Direct.com announced partnerships with six well-known apartment listings Web sites."
"NewYork.com, Moving.com,RentandMove.com, AptsUSA.com, Places4Rent.com, and Apartments-In-New-York-City.net have all be added to Rent-Direct.com's impressive roster of online partners." |
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March 21, 2001
Internet Transforms the Way Landlords Do Business |
"...Most of the 900 landlords that we deal with say they receive qualified inquiries within hours of giving us the listing."
"Landlords in outer boroughs are now also being exposed to a larger array of Manhattan renters looking for a good value." |
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"Rent-Direct.com prides itself on offering the most current and comprehensive rental information, floor plans and photographs of apartments..." |
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