Basically, the openness of Craigslist is destroying it. I'm not sure how to solve the problem, but I would really like a forum that is non-commercial.
craigslist's problems are not so glaringly functional. They have safety problems with anonymous posters and scamers. They have issues with locking out people in the development community. I've heard a lot of complains about their forums.
It's hard to figure out the best way to attack though problems in a way that draws people from craigslist to a new service.
Come check us out, and if you have rental property or are a property manager, please sign up for the beta.
Christopher Mancini Co-Founder, Property Stampede LLC
Our listing engine will not provide the same listings you see in forrent.com, rent.com and apartments.com, which is primarily apartment complexes. Our goal is to provide a wide variety of rental listings more similar to craigslist. Listings that normally would not find themselves on the above mentioned sites due to the magnitude of cost that is required to list there.
For this I get downmoded :(
Sincerely, Christopher Mancini