It doesn’t matter which side of the conversation you are on – anyone interviewing a prospective housemate would be wise to ask these 10 questions… always! Whether a friend or stranger, a sublet or a long-term arrangement, there are just some things to put on the table before you sign a lease together, accept a [...]
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The 2010 New York rental market is expected to start off slow according to a 2009 year-end report from TDG/TREGNY. The Manhattan / New York Rental Market report shows that rental rates for both units in buildings with and without doormen have decreased from 2008 to 2009. Seasonal rental trends were less noticeable in 2009 [...]
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In December 2008, HomeTownRent’s first intern, Claire Berg, was hired as Account Associate for Online Sales and Operations at Google, where she will help clients optimize their online advertising using Google AdWords campaigns. Claire interned with HomeTownRent from May to September 2008 while earning a degree in Business Administration: Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a HomeTownRent intern, Claire developed many successful HomeTownRent websites and helped the company manage its own Google AdWords campaigns. HomeTownRent Marketing Director Lauren Haley recently spoke with Claire about her internship with HomeTownRent and how that internship prepared her to work for Google. Read more to discover where a position with HomeTownRent can take you and learn how you can use Google AdWords to improve your online advertising!
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These websites and many more are spammers, scammers and full of fraudulent business practices. In October 2009, we noticed people signing up on HomeTownRent websites with strange email addresses and poorly-written rental listings which were actually ads with links back to one of these sites. A [...]
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At least two renters who responded to a Spanish-language flyer advertising houses for rent have been swindled out of the money they gave to persons posing as landlords of properties they did not own, police said on Thursday, July 23, 2009. Two persons believed to be responsible for the scam have been arrested but officials [...]
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So many renters wonder what rights they really have, we wish everyone was given a free copy of NOLO’s Renters’ Rights: the Basics book. But until that day, this extremely helpful guide is $24.99 retail, and if you order through HomeTownRent’s affiliate program you save $4.00. Order for just $20.99 for the book or $16.99 for [...]
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