Americans are finding that renting an apartment is an increasingly attractive option especially considering its affordability when compared to the housing market. But it really depends on where you live. Business Week worked with the research firm Reis and came up with a list of large metropolitan areas with the most affordable rents. You’ll be amazed at some of the average rents these large metros have!
Being from Hampton Roads, VA, I am amazed that some of these larger city areas have the same, if not lower, average rents as where I live! How about you, do you find this shocking at all?
“These results are based on metro areas with populations of at least 1 million are ranked based on average asking rent as a share of income. The highest-ranked metros have the lowest share of income used for rent. Fourth-quarter 2008 average asking rent is a blended average for all sizes of apartments and does not include landlord discounts or other incentives. The populations, incomes and rents are for the metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Click here for full descriptions of the individual metro areas.”
What are we exposing about these selected Apartment Communities? That’s simple; we’re exposing the property’s attractive features. We show the apartment communities’ amenities such as bedrooms, baths, layouts, fitness centers, pools, community center as well as the surrounding area. This really gives prospective renters the opportunity to gage a property before going to physically see it.
Why on sites like YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo, Dailymotion, AptsVideo.com and others? Again, that’s simple! In order to make the apartment search process easier for you, we need to be where YOU are. And that would include sites like YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo, Dailymotion, AptsVideo.com. If you’re on these sites and want to look at an apartment community that is in your area, then what better way than to search then while you’re on MySpace or YouTube, etc. Without leaving the website you can still have an in-depth view of an apartment community of your choice.
Why should renters care?? As a prospective or current renter, you should care because we’re simplifying the apartment search process for you. You should care because we are trying to make a process that can be extremely difficult, easier; saving you time, energy and giving you peace of mind. And in today’s economy those are all desirable things.
So what new videos do you have in store for us this week? Well, take a look…..
ForRent.com wants to make sure that we are reaching apartment renters and prospective apartment renters in as many places as possible so that it makes the apartment search easier. So we post our apartment videos on various social networking and video sharing sites! We upload videos to our video syndication network which consists of a variety of sites such as: YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo, Dailymotion, AptsVideo.com and many others. These videos really provide a rich cinematic view of both the apartment community and the surrounding area.
Continuing our weekly trend, we have syndication our NEWEST apartment community videos to our network which includes sites such as: YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo, Dailymotion, AptsVideo.com and others to make them more accessible for current and perspective renters to view!
If you’re in the market for a new apartment, check out our latest uploads! You should also consider entering our ‘Ready2Move?’ video contest at Contest.ForRent.com
According to comScore Video Metrix, 75.5% of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed online videos. With that, 98.8 million viewers watched 5.3 billion videos on YouTube.com (53.8 videos per viewer) and 41.2 million viewers watched 384 million videos on MySpace.com (8.5 videos per viewer).
And that is why we upload our apartment community videos to a syndication network which consists of sites such as: YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo, Dailymotion and AptsVideo.com. To make sure we are providing you with information about apartment communities in your area & making those videos more accessible for you on sites you visit frequently!
ForRent.com is here to help you find an apartment any time, any place!
We’re providing more great information about apartment communities in your area. And check out the most recent uploaded videos…… We upload them to our video syndication network which consists of a variety of sites such as: YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo, Dailymotion and others to make them more accessible for your viewing pleasure!
