Apartment ListReviews of apartmentlist.com

I think it’s a great concept but I REALLY don't like that they sent viewing requests through to apartment buildings that I liked. I had ZERO knowledge that that is what they do. Now all these places are emailing and messaging me non-stop and I never gave knowing consent to share my personal info with these people. Absolute nonsense and a complete nuisance.

Pros: found legitimate rentals that met my criteria Cons: Relentlessly spammed me with emails suggesting apartments which have obvious dealbreakers: way above my budget, or banning pets. Criteria should be respected, & if I reject a listing, I don't want to have it shoved in my face every day. (edit) Thanks Melissa, I appreciate it.

I did the little questionnaire thing on the Apartment List website about what I was looking for and the website gave me some listings to review. I clicked "maybe" on some of the listings and got a pop-up asking me if I wanted Apartment List to share my info with the property manager. I clicked "no thanks" for each one but my email is getting absolutely flooded with emails from apartment managers. I have not interacted with any other apartment websites so Apartment List is the only way all these apartment managers could have gotten my info. Obviously Apartment List shared my email with them in some way. So I'm feeling rather misled by that stupid pop-up.. why ask me if I want my info shared if they are just going to disregard my answer?

I created a profile on ApartmentList which includes entering the criteria as to what I need in a rental, and I specifically requested listings with a 3 month term, and that we have dogs. In the first search I did, I picked a promising listing, and scheduled a tour. I get to the complex, sit down with the saleswoman who ultimately tells me that I probably won't be able to bring one of my dogs there because it's too big (it's mid to larger size, around 60 lbs), unless I generate a letter saying it's a support dog. Also we have 3 dogs total and there's nothing in the search results from ApartmentList that puts a limit on the number of dogs. But worse than that is the saleswoman told me that the leases are a minimum length of 6 months. So why did this complex come up in my search results and result in a wasted tour, since I specifically wrote 3 month lease terms required in my profile and the search results are based on that (supposedly). Although the site is fairly well laid out, easy to navigate and provides somewhat relevant search results, the blatant errors make the whole operation questionable. This website has one job- match a potential renter with an appropriate apartment based on their stated preferences and requirements. That didn't happen.

Has a lot of options, but I swear they don’t even list what you’re filtering for. For example every time I filter for a 2bed/2bath every apartment they recommend is only a 2 bed 1 bath and it’s always over my filtered budget. Very frustrating

Lots of great properties, but you will be massively spammed. Use other sites.

Well you asked people to tell you what they need but you just give them anything. This is my problem with the site.

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