Andrew: Hey, everyone. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. These businesses are changing the way that people live their lives. But here’s one part of our lives that hasn’t changed much, not since Craigslist was introduced years ago — renting apartments.
I’ve got to be honest with you. For most of my life until my wife and I moved here to San Francisco, for most of my life, the apartments I lived in looked pretty much the same — brand new enough furniture, brand new kitchen, brand new bathroom, same layout almost. Different amenities. Almost all of them would have an office that you could go in and work from. Some would have gyms.
But outside of those small little differences, they were pretty much the freaking same, and the process for getting them was the same too. I’d have to go on Craigslist. I’d have to go and schedule an...