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Where's the London version? ;-P
Just started this project this morning, but the goal is soon! Once I get a decent product working for NYC it shouldn't be difficult to branch it off into other cities.
Beyond that, didn't like the fact that I provided data and got a "no data available" page. I understand your building up the dbase, but it didn't leave me with a great feeling (not a biggie). Perhaps you could show me some data for close by areas so at least as a user, I feel like I benefited somewhat.
On amenities, would add -- Doorman building
At some point, you could perhaps mash up data you get about buildings with a lot of the data NYC has opened up about the city as part of its gov2.0 efforts. This way, you can provide a sense for the "value" of an apartment alongside stats like average income of neighborhood, crime rates, etc.
But of course, building up your dbase is priority one. Good luck.
It would be nice to be able to put in neighborhoods instead of street + zip. E.g., "Upper West Side."
Like the idea. Think you need to figure out a way to get people who are happy to submit data. Like Glassdoor, I'd guess that the unhappy are more likely to provide data. Especially true for folks in the city who feel they have a great deal - why would I advertise that and tell others about that? Beyond that, didn't like the fact that I provided data and got a "no data available" page. I understand your building up th…
This is a good idea, but maybe there's a way for you to display some data before signing up? Right now, there's nothing on the site at all except for the form requesting my information. After I submit it, there's a message there's not enough data for my address, and a request for email. At this point, it would be helpful to see what exactly I'm signing up for. Maybe examples for different addresses, or average data p…
I live in Tucson, not NYC, but this definitely seems like a great idea: I'm going to put up a link in my next links post. And I hope it gets to Tucson too, although NYC, L.A., and SF are all obvious places where real estate is very, very important.
I haven't tried to use it but what I've read in the comments here you also ask for email address.
Confidential, maybe. Anonymous, unlikely.
Am I being a nitpicking nerd or does "(100% anonymous & confidential)" seem wrong when asking for my street address and probably logging IP and possibly other data? I haven't tried to use it but what I've read in the comments here you also ask for email address. Confidential, maybe. Anonymous, unlikely.
I don't log any data other than the date besides what you put in the fields. I also don't connect the email address to the listing, it just goes onto a mailing list.
For now it is confidential, though I'm not sure how to reconcile the idea of an API with confidentiality - even when anonymity is involved. Perhaps I should just change it to 100% anonymous?
1. opensource it (the code, so people can build their own website) 2. provide an api You'll soon face spam issues though. what's your spam strategy?