padmapper

I believe a lot of no-fee apartment complexes in NYC offer a referral fee to the website that refers a lease signer, which is at least part of the reason that a lot of apartment sites deal exclusively in large apartment complexes. This isn't charged directly, but amortized in generally higher-than-average rents.

But did you expect that this startup wouldn't be planning on any money by playing the middle man?

Would you mind sharing where commercial real estate listings data is freely available? I've thought about expanding PadMapper to include it.

And for the printing side: http://www.makerbot.com/

They sell kits to make your own, for under $1000. I saw one in action at a tech showcase, it was pretty awesome.

As someone who has spent hours whois'ing for domain names coming up with a name for a new project, I couldn't agree more with the statement about squatters being a cancer. On the other hand, my guess is that squatters make up the lions share of registration fees...

Hard to bite the hand that feeds you. (ICANN does get a big chunk of the reg/maintenance fees, right?)

Link: http://www.padmapper.com

Yeah, that's basically what I want to do - save the view as well as the filters that have been applied.

That's actually something I've been wanting to do for a while, I just haven't gotten around to it - basically a full "save state".

A workaround is to save something in the neighborhood to your favorites list, and then save the favorites list. This'll shoot you an email with a link that can restore that list, and you can send/forward that link to your friend. Once the list is loaded up, they can click on the go to marker button/graphic in the saved favorites list.

Ah yeah, that might be an optimization worth making. Thanks for the feedback.

Good idea - it would slow it down a bit, but I'm pretty sure it would be useful. The subway commute-time filter is a bit limited in its use, but you can use it to try areas for their commute time to other areas.

Also, it's not as useful, but if you zoom in on the metro stations on any google map, it'll tell you what lines stop there.

Unfortunately, PadMapper has to ignore those - there's nothing that can really be done. This means that about 1/2-2/3 of listings end up getting ignored. The ones that are left are less likely to be a waste of your time, though.

Thanks!

What browser are you using? It basically doesn't support IE 6/7 because their anemic Javascript engines make it torturously slow. I'm very curious to hear about your experience, though... padmapper@gmail.com

Hey, thanks for the plug. If anyone has any questions or suggestions, please feel free to email me at padmapper@gmail.com (or use the feedback link on the site). It's still pretty new, and there's definitely room for improvement.