How This Startup Is Taking The Hassle out of Finding a Place to Live

All too often we see yet another startup appearing on the scene concentrating on a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. Before you can mutter the digital mantra "technology for technology's sake," it disappears, never to be seen again. Frontdoor doesn't seem to be one of those startups. Co-founder Alain Kapatashungu and his team of city dwellers had grown frustrated with how tedious the old way of searching for an apartment had become. Their research taught them that renters take on average 5,040 minutes to find an apartment, 45 percent of inquiries never receive a reply and a disturbing 50 percent of listings were either fake or scams.