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Hubbuzz, the neighborhood apartment finder

Hubbuzz, the neighborhood apartment finder

Finding a neighborhood to live in which suits your individual taste is sometimes a huge challenge. After all is said and done, you must be happy with the place you call home. Hubbuzz helps find an ideal apartment for you, with the amenities you're looking for, in an area which you'll enjoy living.

Other websites like apartments.com and rent.com provide the same type of apartment searching with many more listings, but are much more complex to navigate than Hubbuzz. Further, those traditional sites don't offer an in depth look at what neighborhoods are truly about.

Current cities to choose from in the Hubbuzz neighborhood database include Los Angeles, Denver, San Diego, Colorado Springs, Northern Colorado and Dallas-FortWorth. When selected areas are chosen, an event calendar, featured neighborhoods, and area facilities like parks, shopping and restaurants are pinpointed to get a better idea and feel for the area in question so you can make a more informed decision about your new abode.

It's great having all of this information in one single location. Previously, it's been a pain to search multiple sources to grab all details on an area in which you want to live. Plus, when you use Hubbuzz to find an apartment, they'll give you $100 bucks back when you sign a lease at a complex listed in their database.

Filed under: Internet, Web services

Rentometer lets you know if you're paying too much for rent

Rentometer
Every time you look in your neighbor's window and notice their marble countertops and high ceilings, it's hard not to get jealous. But you console yourself with the knowledge that they must be paying way more in rent than you are.

Thanks to a rather unscientific Google Maps mashup, you can now cry yourself to sleep in the knowledge that they just got a much better deal than you. Rentometer compares your apartment with others in your area and lets you know if you're paying more or less for rent than your neighbors.

The site works by using iiProperty data and a Google Map showing the locations of comparable apartments. Click on a bubble with a plus sign to see who's paying more than you, a minus sign to see a lower rent, and an equal sign to see a place where the rent is identical to your own.

The site doesn't account for parking, proximity to public transportation, or the age of buildings.

[via Webware]

Filed under: Business, Utilities, Web services

Got space? Rent it out with StoreAtMyHouse

storeatmyhouse rent space outMaybe you are quite the organized individual and have managed to clean up some valuable space in your closet, basement or garage. Now you can either jam it up with stuff over time, or rent that space out now.

StoreAtMyHouse connects people willing to rent out the extra space they have at their apartment, house or condo, matching them up with people who require some extra storage areas.

Whether you have space for rent, or are looking for available space the site is clean and easy to search through. StoreAtMyHouse is mashed together with Google Maps so users can easily check out where the storage location is. One question that I'm sure is on many minds, Will my stuff be safe? StoreAtMyHouse does provide a legal Agreement that states that the custodian shall bear all risks of loss or damage. And of course StoreAtMyHouse is not responsible for any harm against its members.

There are not a whole lot of rental areas at the time of this post, however, if you have space to rent, listing is free.

[Thanks PHills]

Featured Time Waster

Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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