apts_dot_com

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Inspiration

I was trying to think of major concerns I might have when moving to a new apartment, and one of the first things that came to mind was making sure the area I was moving to was safe. I noticed apartments.com doesn't currently have anything on their "area guide" page about safety.

What it does

I added a "Safety" section to the "area guide" page.

How we built it

I stole HTML via Inspect > Copy > Copy Element, converted this into React, then added a "Safety" section.

Challenges we ran into

I've only had a limited exposure to React, and I'm very rusty. Also wasn't able to find a free API that worked to grab crime stats.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Getting a non-zero amount done.

What we learned

Research, and finding good resources (for example APIs), is more of a challenge than the coding itself.

What's next for apts_dot_com

Getting a functional API to grab crime stats. Apply these stats to the page.

Another idea I was thinking about was price trends for the area to see if prices were going up or down for apartments in that area. This would require another API.

If CoStar had these data stored already, and didn't have to worry about an external API, these would be relatively simple to implement.

Built With

• react