YouGotListings Offers A Broker-Tested Rental Listing Management Software The software also includes tools for syndicate rental listings to general listing sites like Trulia, Hotpads, Craigslist and others. And brokers can use YouGotListings to power consumer-facing websites with available rental listings. Within the software, landlords and brokers can message each other about properties and the startup recently launched an Android app to allows brokers to view listings on the fly (an iPhone app will be released in the next few days). Another useful feature is the ability to create and print itineraries for clients with information about all the rental properties they are seeing in a given tour. While YouGotListings is currently focused on the Boston and Ch...

Rival links Craigslist to 12 deaths, 330 crimes in past year There was a recent rash of robberies in Oakland, California traced to a gang of men advertising luxury cars for sale on Craigslist and then robbing and in some cases assaulting buyers who responded. Police in Chicago have labeled Craigslist crimes "robbery by appointment," because criminals in the Windy City regularly use Craigslist to recruit victims and have the luxury of scheduling their crimes. The most notorious crime last year led to an entire family being taken hostage and the father shot dead in front of his wife and children, who were also assaulted. These also caught our eye: Sarah Weyrik was found stabbed to death in her burning car in June 2010 at...

EEOC jumps the gun over concerns of hiring managers rejecting unemployed When The Huffington Post reported on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recent public hearing on employer treatment of unemployed job seekers, the reporter used as an example a Craigslist job posting for a customer service position that ...

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