Apartment List

Apartment List is a platform that connects renters with apartment listings through an online marketplace.[1] As of January 2018, Apartment List had over 4 million units on its platform.[2] Over 40 U.S. cities are represented on the site, with 5 million visitors per month.[3] Apartment List uses a business model that only charges properties for listings that have been rented.[4]

Apartment List
Privately held company
IndustryTechnology / Real Estate
Founded2011 in San Francisco, California
FoundersJohn Kobs
Chris Erickson
Headquarters
475 Brannan Street
San Francisco, California
Area served
United States
Key people
John Kobs (CEO)
Chris Erickson (COO)
Matthew Woods (CSO)
Sushma Nallapeta (VP of Engineering)
Number of employees
140
Websitewww.apartmentlist.com

Co-founders, CEO John Kobs and COO Chris Erickson, launched Apartment List in September 2011 at TechCrunch Disrupt.[5][6][7] After having negative experiences as both renters and landlords, Kobs and Erickson wanted to create a platform that would improve the rental experience.[8] Initially, Apartment List partnered with other online rental companies to provide a service where a user could search a number of sites simultaneously. In 2014, Apartment List decided to change to the current ‘pay-per-move-in’ model to focus the experience on the renter.

Apartment List has had three series of fundraising efforts.[9] In November 2013, Series A funding raised $23 million, with lead investor Matrix Partners.[10] Series B funding in November 2016 raised $30 million, with lead investor Canaan Partners,[11] and Series C funding raised $50 million with Passport Capital in November 2017.[12] The last round of funding is being used to increase the property listings in smaller buildings and single-family homes.[13] The funding has been used to make new hires, with the company appointing a new VP of Engineering- Paw Anderson, who previously worked for Uber.[14]

Apartment List's 4 million properties can be accessed either directly through the Apartment List site or on a mobile app.[15] In late 2017, Apartment List partnered with Facebook Marketplace,[16] Homes.com,[17] and Realtor.com.[18] The service is free for renters. Larger, professionally-managed properties are charged a variable fee.[19] By using a mixture of questions, manual filters, and photos and maps, the potential renter is provided customized search recommendations and is guided through the renting process.[20] The listings are based on these preferences and any changes in price are updated in real time.[21] Each listing that appears on Apartment List has been verified to ensure transparency and accuracy.[22] Landlords and building managers are connected to serious potential renters and they only pay a fee once a renter has moved into their new home.[23][24]

The Apartment List Rentonomics blog publishes rent data studies for the entire United States, as well as specific local markets.[25]

References
  1. Why This 'Ruthlessly Prioritizing' Entrepreneur Says You Should Write Down One Goal Each Day
  2. Home rental marketplace Apartment List raises $50 million
  3. Realtor.com picks Apartment List as exclusive provider of apartment community listings
  4. Apartment List raises $50 million for home rentals
  5. "Overview of Ext GWT and GWT", Developing with Ext GWT, Apress, 2009, pp. 1–7, doi:10.1007/978-1-4302-1941-5_1, ISBN 9781430219408
  6. TechCrunch Disrupt
  7. "Apartment List Secures $50 Million Series C Funding To Take Over U.S. Rental Market". BusinessWire. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  8. ApartmentList: $10M In Revenue After Only Four Years?
  9. Crunchbase
  10. Apartment List raises $30 million to find you a home
  11. Crunchbase
  12. Apartment List raises $50M in Series C round
  13. [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180118005377/en/Apartment-List-Secures-50-Million-Series-Funding Apartment List Secures $50 million Series C Funding To Take Over U.S. Rental Market.
  14. Roof, Katie (2019-01-18). "Apartment List raises $50 million for home rentals". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  15. ApartmentList
  16. Facebook expands its Marketplace section with housing rentals
  17. Homes.com now features rentals from Apartment List
  18. Cheddar
  19. Apartment List Takes the Pain out of Finding a New Place
  20. Apartment List Series B
  21. CoStar Competitor Raises $50M In Series C Funding
  22. List Seeks to Reinvent Property Rentals Nationwide
  23. Former Splash winner Apartment List raises $30M
  24. "Overview of Ext GWT and GWT", Developing with Ext GWT, Apress, 2009, pp. 1–7, doi:10.1007/978-1-4302-1941-5_1, ISBN 9781430219408
  25. Apartment Rental Data
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