HotPads Rent Apartments

It's a good app, I prefer it to most others, but a big flaw is the "allows pets" option needs to be more strictly monitored as it'll show you places that "allow pets" in the description just for you to go to the property's website and find out they actually don't, & this isn't just a hotpads issue either, most rental apps have this same flaw.

I just downloaded this today. Within 30 minutes, I had two appointments set up. Super easy and someone messages you right away when you inquire about a rental property. i will say, however, i for some reason could only search city by city. i wish there was a way i could search the whole county at once for a place... could just be me that couldn't figure it out though, who knows. Other than that, this app made finding a place a lot easier than expected!!

During my search for a place, Hotpods was superb in sending me different places for rent as soon as they were listed. I was able to customize the search to fit my budget, The app is easy to use, they would let you know when a listing was no longer on the market, even encouraged me not to be dismayed and check to see if you heard back from the ones that were contacted. I love this app. Thank you Hotpods, you are a cut above the rest.

makes it very easy to get in contact with properties. one flaw though is when you look at properties on their map, it could be off by about 8 blocks.. needs to be fixed. only noticed this with a couple places. Update: rental recommendations could be improved if they relate it to what you search for i.e. as a pet owner I don't need numerous places that don't allow pets.. pretty useless.

I like this app and would give it 5 stars except for one thing: their notifications. I keep getting notifications for "recommended" properties, which meet none of my search criteria. This wouldn't be so bad if the option to turn them off actually worked, but unfortunately that setting never, ever, ever sticks. I turn it off several times a week, only to suddenly begin getting bombarded with notifications I don't want again, and of course they are are magically turned on...again. Why?