A comprehensive list of national rental websites to aid your next apartment hunt Long gone are the days when apartment hunters had to carefully scan the newspaper classifieds to find a place to live. Today, any renter can easily access millions of apartment listings through hundreds of digital databases and rental search engines. Frankly, the options can be overwhelming.
To help ease your next apartment search, we spent some time researching and using dozens of rental websites. Many share the same basic functionality, allowing you to search for a price range, size, and location, but each tries to stand out with specialized features: Zillow lets you draw the area you want to search, while Homes.com targets students with sections for off-campus housing. Below, you?ll find an alphabetical list of 20 national rental listing websites, highlighting the most useful functions for each site. Most have mobile apps, and we?ve included the ratings so you know if an app is actually useful.
Apartment Guide
If you are looking for a website that provides a plethora of photos and floorplans, look no further. Apartment Guide provides 360-degree tours, videos, and photos for most listings. Listings?most of which are from large management companies?feature intuitive icons to indicate amenities, like if there?s a dishwasher or if dogs are allowed.

Search tip: There are a lot of filters, including ones that allow you to search the neighborhood and find nearby activities, like hiking.
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