A “new media” that does not exist yet, but should is an app that links people with realty properties. Instead of searching all other the places for a rental or a home to buy you would go to the app. The people renting or selling and the people looking to rent or buy would be vetted, and background/ credit checks would be on file. You would not have to pay for a million background/credit checks just so you could apply for a place. Buy signing up and paying some kind of fee the people selling or renting the places you are interested could access all the info they need to know about you in order to approve or deny your application.
Nov
30
2016
AdanneO 
Interesting concept! It’s as if any burdensome or long type of task could eventually be made into a convenient app. I believe there is some applications that are similar to this, but perhaps not as thorough as you suggest.
It’s not that the task of finding a place is burdensome, but ridiculously expensive. Most places these days require a background check etc before you can even see the place. The cost of the check that you have to pay ranges from $35-$100, and that does not include an application fee that the agency might charge. The fees are all non refundable and there is no guarantee that you will get the apartment. I’ve had an agent say that a place was a sure thing only to be told that there are multiple agents shopping the place and a different one has already rented it. By the time you finally find a place you’ve wasted hundreds to thousands of dollars and then you still have to pay 1st & last month’s and possibly a broker fee.