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	Adam Pash's Apartment Hunting 101 - Lifehacker

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5-12-2007 5:05 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/baeecf52-6c92-4e51-b85b-f5b58072c3a7/59B8902D-B1A2-4A9E-B041-378254FBCAF8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://lifehacker.com/software/apartments/hack-attack-apartment-hunting-101-176670.php" href="http://lifehacker.com/software/apartments/hack-attack-apartment-hunting-101-176670.php" style="font-size: 11px;">lifehacker.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/apartments/hack-attack-apartment-hunting-101-176670.php"><H4>Craigslist is your best friend</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/apartments/hack-attack-apartment-hunting-101-176670.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/8E9B742E-6DDA-4C33-85CF-D89BAB52B516" alt="bloglines%20apartment%20search.png" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/apartments/hack-attack-apartment-hunting-101-176670.php"><P>Since Craigslist allows you to subscribe to search-based RSS feeds, you can very easily and quickly set up a number of searches that you can track via your favorite RSS reader (I used Bloglines).</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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In Los Angeles, for example, you can get a 60-day subscription to an apartment listing web site called <A href="http://www.westsiderentals.com/default.cfm">Westside Rentals</A> for $60.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/59B8902D-B1A2-4A9E-B041-378254FBCAF8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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