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The following companies and/or services are great supporters of the apartment industry and are here to make your lives easier! Visit their websites for more information. Do you know of a great site? Please tell me about it! Send me an e-mail.

Quintessential Marketing – Amy Kosnikowski My friend, Amy Kosnikowski of Quintessential Marketing & Training, is another great speaker to consider for your association or corporate educational needs! She has infectious enthusiasm, great ideas and tons of energy! She has expertise in many areas of property management, from leasing and marketing to acquisitions and new construction. Contact Amy today!
Jumpstart Marketing – Tracey Hopkins Tracey Hopkins is one of the best speakers out there because she is fun and experienced, and more than happy to share the best ideas with everyone. New to the position of marketing director and need a coach to be sure you are on the right track? Looking for a consultant to get your marketing initiatives planned out? Her company can help with this too! Visit her great website for more information on how Tracey can help your company.
Keystone Resources – Julie Irvin Julie is a fantastic presenter who has an uncanny knack of breaking down difficult concepts and technology and getting people to learn at their own pace. She offers a range of great courses from marketing tune-ups to using Excel and PowerPoint, to sales and leasing. Her company also offers many more services, some detailed above.
The Lori Snider Company – Lori Snider, Creativity For Rent My friend Lori Snider is a dynamic speaker with loads of great information on marketing, advertising and product positioning. She is a sought-after presenter in addition to the creative design team she leads at her company, Creativity for Rent.
ApartmentExpert.com – Lisa Trosien Lisa has been a respected industry speaker and consultant for many years and provides a host of services and resources through her website, apartmentexpert.com. She also provides keynote speeches and customized seminars, and can be seen on the nationally-touring Apartment All Stars syndicate.

The following companies and/or services are great supporters of the apartment industry and are here to make your lives easier! Visit their websites for more information. Do you know of a great site? Please tell me about it! Send me an e-mail.

ApartmentFinder.com – Internet apartment listing service What a difference a couple of years can make! Apartment Finder, formerly known as Apartment Blue Book, has exploded across the country opening in larger markets and expanding in others. Perhaps best known for the prettiest photographs in the industry, their useful website is worth looking into. Apartment Finder is especially strong in secondary metro areas nationwide, with populations of 75,000 to 500,000. The site gets great buzz, too, because of its partnership with CitySearch and Match.com. Worth your time!
ApartmentGuide.com – Internet apartment listing service The Apartment Guide is getting great buzz from their newly revamped website, ApartmentGuide.com. They have all sorts of new functionalities and updated listings. They still dominate the print market in major metro areas across the U.S., but this is a great resource to consider if you are in a market not served by a print Apartment Guide. They have also been great supporters of the industry since the 1970s.
Apartments.com – internet apartment listing service This is the most graphically interesting and user-friendly of all of the major national apartment search sits. Apartments.com also has a unique position in that it is owned by a group of newspaper publishers – which means that the website is advertised and referenced in more than 160 major newspapers every day, drawing unique rental traffic. They have great photography, good customer service and a pretty simple name to remember. They also have a cheaper Bronze package available for owners of smaller properties or single-family homes from $65 for 2 weeks – it's a lot of exposure for not much money.
ForRent.com – Internet apartment listing service This site is so easy to use and find information, everyone should be using it! The companion site to the printed For Rent magazine available in most major cities, ForRent.com has all sorts of great features and a simple format. You can also advertise only on the website if you are located in a market not served by a print magazine. They are very generous in their support of apartment industry functions, trade shows and education as well. Every community should be on ForRent.com
My New Place – Internet apartment listing service My New Place is a new site launched in mid-2006. Users aren't distracted by banner ads like some others and spend more time viewing apartment listings. Advertisers build a database of prospect information with the renter tracking, and their no-hassle lease verification process makes it easy for you to track results and hold them accountable. There are no cancellation fees, annual contracts, or flat advertising fees. Why spend money without a guaranteed return? Contact them online or at 800.689.5388.
Rent.com – Internet apartment listing service Rent.com is the top site nationwide for one major reason – they reimburse consumers for reporting their lease. This site was also the first to be pay-for-performance rather than a monthly charge. This means there is no risk to you – no lease, no bill. Give it a shot! Rent.com is also owned by E-bay, which means they are experts at getting noticed. Every community in a major metro should be advertising with Rent.com.
HomeRentals.net – Internet rental home listing service I work with a lot of small property owners and landlords who think only to place classified newspaper lineage. Those days are over – homerentals.net was the first of the single-family home rental services, advertising homes and small rental buildings. They are especially strong in New England the east coast, Florida, and California. The site also has a great "wizard" to help you determine what advertisement would work best for you, or none at all! How's that for helpful?
RentalHouseHunter.com – Internet rental home listing service This newer site offers a free trial for landlords and has recently begun advertising with key words in major markets. Definitely recommended for single-family home or small unit rentals, you can advertise by the week or until the property is leased.
RentalHouses.com – Internet rental home listing service One of the more established of the single-family home rental and small property owner services, this site was designed by landlords for landlords to be user friendly and efficient and it has high visibility on Google and Yahoo search results. Terrific value!
RentClicks.com – Internet rental home listing service Have a four-family that needs to get leased up? What about a handful of rental homes spread around town? Many small property owners and managers think the classifieds are their only choice – but RentClicks has affordable online solutions for even the smallest property, with short term agreements that work for you! This site is owned by Primedia, who also own the Apartment Guide.
FreeRentalFinder.com – Internet rental home listing service Do you have rental properties in a small to mid-sized market? This company works with property managers and landlords that want to develop a local rental marketplace with resources and relocation information customized for your community. They have a lot of great marketing tools that include RentCheck to evaluate local market prices by area and property type. They also have an auto pay rent program that lets you accept credit cards and electronic checks to stabilize your rental income.

The following companies and/or services are great supporters of the apartment industry and are here to make your lives easier! Visit their websites for more information. Do you know of a great site? Please tell me about it! Send me an e-mail.

National Apartment Association – Industry association and publication This is the site for the National Apartment Association and also UNITS magazine, the nations' leading publication for multifamily housing professionals. You can find local NAA affiliate organizations, find out about professional designations like CAM, CAMT, NALP and CAPS and get information about the annual education conference.

Please note: None of the companies, services and products listed here have paid for placement or are offering services in exchange for being listed. They are companies I know and trust, use or have utilized and whom I regularly refer my clients. All information contained in the listings is the responsibility of The Apartment Guy.

Do you know of a great site? Please let me know about it! Send me an e-mail.