With our bad economy where mortgages are soaring, many homeowners are looking for some renters just so they could pay off their bills. Plus, with many people losing their jobs, they can not pay off their mortgages and bills any longer which is why they seek for renters to occupy a portion of their house.
In Craigslist alone, the roommate posting has already increased nationally to about 70% making it at 476045 this January compared to just 279389 for January of last year.
It’s a win-win situation both for the renters and the homeowners. Those who can’t afford to rent their own house can just occupy a room and they pay less than what they would pay for an entire apartment or house. Homeowners would get a breather too and they can pay off their debts or at least go by during this very dark time.
Mortgages, electricity bills, water bills and many other monthly bills can definitely take its toll on anyone right now especially those who is one of the millions of Americans who already lost their jobs. At this time of trial, people are trying to make do with what they can afford. In Craigslist, many ads are posted for homeowners seeking for roommates and this will continue until everything stables down again.
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark was asked during an interview about what is in store for Craigslist in the future. Craig Newmark also talked about Craigslist and how he handles the huge site. He is the founder but he doesn’t manage it as he confessed to suck at managing. His CEO Jim Buckmaster is the one who manages and runs the site. Craig Newmark, on the other hand, is so concerned about his customer service that he reads every email sent to him and tries to send a reply to as many of them as possible. He also iterated that although the flagging system of Craigslist is flawed but it will stay that way because it uses the voting system which allows fellow users to flag it if they see it to be inappropriate. If an ad has been flagged several times, it is automatically deleted.
Craig Newmark answered questions about what is in store for Craigslist. To sum it all up, he said that there is no point in using client-side javascripts for Craigslist because people want it to be simple and fast. It doesn’t need to be fancy as it actually turns people off. Also, he has no plans about a mobile version as Craigslist already works well on smartphones.
So, pretty much Craigslist will stay as it is in the future. Of course we can’t say for certain but Craigslist is great just the way it is and people love it. Data shows that over 50 million unique visitors check Craigslist every month with over 13 billion page views!
With the recession and mass laying off of employees, there are many people who ended up asking for help from other people even if it means asking for a few dollars from them just so they could keep their house or feed their families.
This is what’s going on to several websites such as eBay and Craigslist where many people post their ads asking for some money from fellow posters. In Craigslist you can find an ad with messages asking for help because they’ve just recently been laid off from their jobs. Susan MacTavish, a Craigslist spokeswoman, said that there had been a significant increase on ads posted in the last 6 months with this message.
Although these ads are most likely sincere, there are still some ads that are posted by scammers so before you offer some form of help, make sure you are not dealing with a scammer. Deal locally so you could meet personally before you give the money.
It comes as no surprise now to see these kinds of ads, people are becoming more desperate since the world is suffering from a great crisis.
If you are addicted to browsing ads on Craigslist and you own an iPhone or iPod Touch then you’d love this new
application called Craigsphone. Craigsphone just makes it easier for you to browse through the Craigslist ads and is much more convenient than browsing Craigslist through mobile Safari. Sure it’s still Craigslist but having the Craigsphone application just makes it easier and save you time.
When you open the Craigsphone application, you’d see a list of ad categories and just by tapping the row would let you view the listings on that category and when you tap the blue arrow button, you would immediately find the subcategories under that category. For example, if you tap on the row for housing then you’ll find the list of ads under housing but when you tap the blue arrow button that is just beside the name housing then you’ll find the subcategories such as rentals, for sale, apartments, condo, etc. so you can narrow down your search.
Not only can you browse ads on Craigslist through your iPhone but you can post your ads there too. You can even upload photos to your ads as well, just like how you can do it if you are using your personal computer.
In Fort Myers, Obama will be having his historical visit for a town hall meeting at Harborside Event Center. These tickets were distributed to the locals for free but you can see several of these tickets are being sold and for a hefty amount. On Craigslist, you’ll find several ads where people sell their tickets even for as high as $1500!
Maybe it’s because people need the money or maybe it’s because Obama is considered a hero and has a messianic acceptance, or maybe it’s both. Whatever the reason, the fact still remains that there are free tickets being sold and people actually do buy them!
Two sisters from Cape Coral also posted an ad but they are seeking for any kind-hearted person with the tickets to spare them free tickets. They couldn’t walk because of muscular dystrophy which is why they weren’t able to wait in line for a ticket. They were hoping to get a positive response from their ad but they did receive a response but a man wants them to pay $400 for the ticket he has. Maybe asking for something FREE nowadays is not popular.
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