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Bulls, Bears, Fans of Ferris Bueller<\/a>,
\nWe’d like to announce that RentHop is officially launching in Chicago<\/a>\u00a0today!<\/p>\n
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Nice to meet you, Windy City Hoppers. We already know what makes Chicago great (Wieners Circle, the Art Institute, ChicAGoGo), but here’s a little bit about what makes us special. RentHop doesn’t just sort your searches by price or posting date. We sort by quality.<\/em><\/p>\n
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We rank apartment listings using the HopScore, which is powered by set of sophisticated algorithms that our geeky founders cooked up. What goes into the HopScore, you ask? Here’s a quick look:<\/p>\n
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(Publicly available) Info that helps us gauge the quality, timeliness and completeness of the listing (you wouldn’t want to look at a listing without photos, right?).
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The internal track record of the listing within RentHop (price drops, how many inquiries an apartment has received, etc.).<\/div>\n
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The previous behavior of the broker or landlord offering the apartment (how quickly they respond to your inquiries, for example!).<\/div>\n
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MIT wizardry<\/a><\/p>\n

= HopScore<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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For our Chicago launch, we’ve taken the 3 years of data we’ve gleaned from NYC and partnered with fellow Y Combinator backed company YouGotListings<\/a>\u00a0to help seed and calibrate the initial scoring. But over time, the site will train and adapt based on usage patterns specific to Chicago searches.<\/div>\n

Oh, and as always, RentHop is free for apartment hunters, and for a limited time, managers joining in Chicago and Boston will earn a free lifetime basic membership.<\/p>\n

Comment here if you have questions, or tell us how we can best help you find the most awesome apartments in the Windy City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Happy Hopping<\/a>,<\/div>\n
The RentHop Team<\/div>\n
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