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Here’s an easy way to earn some extra cash when you’re looking for a new apartment. Get paid by the broker.

I’m sure you already know how to search apartment listings online on sites like Yahoo or Craigslist. However, there’s another site you should keep in mind, and that’s Rent.com. This site will give you a $100 visa gift card if you tell the landlord that they referred you. In order to get the gift card from Rent.com, the apartment has to be listed on their site. Since Rent.com has numerous listings in every city across the country, there’s a good chance that it is.

I’m not telling you to limit your search to apartments that are listed on Rent.com. If you can find better deals, by all means, go for it. The $100 gift card is a one-time thing and you will lose more if you have to pay inflated rent just to get it. On the other hand, if you happen to find a great apartment and you are satisfied with its location, rent, deposit, etc., then the $100 gift card is a great bonus on top of everything else.

Another way of getting paid is to check whether the apartment offers a referral bonus to its tenants. For example, I used to live in an Archstone apartment complex that offered a $500 bonus for referring new tenants. Since Archstone apartments can be found nationwide, I imagine this kind of deal is available elsewhere as well. At this point, you might be asking yourself how you can get the bonus if it’s the existing tenant who’s getting paid. Well, if you don’t think it’s too awkward, you can just approach a tenant and offer to be referred. In exchange, you will simply split the bonus. This is more common than you might think. I have seen Archstone tenants posting ads on Craigslist offering to do this.

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