Craigslist For Rent or Craigslist Housing provides an active bulletin board for a variety of housing ads. With the exception of brokered apartments in NYC (for which Craigslist charges the broker posting the ad), you can post your available housing solution on Craigslist Housing free of charge. As with all things Craigslist, the housing section is divided up by market or region/city such as the Washington DC area, which includes Northern Virginia and Maryland.http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/ Craigslist Housing has nine sections, ranging from the "apts / housing" to "real estate for sale."http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/

The full list of Craigslist Housing subsections is as follows.

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1. apts / housing
2. rooms / shared
3. sublets / temporary
4. housing wanted
5. housing swap
6. vacation rentals
7. parking / storage
8. office / commercial
9. real estate for sale

-end quote- http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/hhh/

There are thousands of Craigslist Housing listings daily divided among the nine sub-sections, seeking to rent or sell apartments, condos, single family homes, lots, etc. in a large market such as the Washington DC area.http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/hhh/

Craigslist reminds posters that it is illegal to post housing ads that appear discriminatory, with hefty fines (more than $10,000, plus court expenses, etc.) and a potential loss of license as a real estate professional, which could result from using the wrong wording.https://post.craigslist.org/wdc/H

When posting an ad offering housing, Craigslist asks you to choose the appropriate sub-category from a list:

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1. rooms and shares
2. apts/housing for rent (no shares, roommates, or sublets please!)
3. housing swap
4. office & commercial
5. parking & storage
6. real estate - by broker
7. real estate - by owner
8. sublets & temporary
9. vacation rentals

-end quote- https://post.craigslist.org/wdc/H?want=n

If you are seeking housing, Craigslist asks you to select from a similar list:

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1. apts wanted
2. real estate wanted
3. room/share wanted
4. sublet/temp wanted

-end quote- https://post.craigslist.org/wdc/H?want=y

Craigslist posts a warning against scammers who may be using the site to defraud or otherwise harm innocent Craigslist users.http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/about/scams

The Terms of Use place any and all responsibility or liability on the user for any outcome (good or bad) arising from your use of the site, absolving Craigslist from any responsibility they can legally avoid.http://www.craigslist.org/about/terms.of.use As a Craigslist user you are cautioned to be prudent in dealing with people you contact through Craigslist, and exercise due diligence for your safety as well as your financial health.http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/about/safety

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark started the service when he moved to San Francisco and sent out emails to a list of friends and colleagues about Bay Area happenings. Four years later, in 1999, he retired from being an IT consultant and started full time work on the Craigslist site(s). What started out as a humble email list has grown into one of the top 10 most visited internet sites in the English language, serving over 50 million users over 20 billion page views per month.http://www.craigslist.org/about/craig_newmark Craigslist annual sales are estimated at just under $1 million (2008).http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/129/129617.html

There is currently a legal battle unfolding between eBay, a minority shareholder, and Craigslist. eBay alleges Craigslist tried to illegally dilute eBay's ~25% stake, which they bought in 2004 from a former shareholder.http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet The text of eBay's complaint (somewhat redacted) is available online.http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ebay/226550478x0x192471/5a92c5ee-98c3-4a85-a507-0ecd8c81e41b/eBay_LetterwithPublicRedactedVerifiedComplaint.pdf Meanwhile, Craigslist's counter-suit alleges eBay stole confidential business information and used it to launch Kijiji, a competing online site.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/07/ebay-craigslist-battle-fo_n_382344.html

The Craigslist URL ends in the ".org" suffix, despite the fact that Craigslist is a for-profit company. This is because Craigslist maintains that it tries to be as non-commercial as possible, providing free access to information that helps its users find jobs, housing, dates, etc.http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet Craigslist has no third-party ads on its pages, and charges no fees for posting ads offering or seeking housing, except for brokered apartment ads in NYC. Besides those, Craigslist revenue is mainly from major market Help Wanted ads.http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet

Craigslist has over 100 forum topics, on topics from adoption to yoga.http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/forums/ These topics include an active housing forum on its regional sites (e.g. Washington DC area).http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/forums/?forumID=6

With about 50 million US users, visiting an estimated 20 billion pages per month, Craigslist is a very active site and provides useful services for its visitors and posters.http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet

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