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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                            Contact:                                                                                                                             Meredith Mobley                                                                                 
Marketing Communications Coordinator
meredith.mobley@forrent.com
Phone: 757-351-7366
Fax: 757-961-4827

ForRent.com’s “Ready2Move?” video contest awards $10,000 to Dallas apartment renter

NORFOLK, Va.-(July 1, 2009)-Justin Spence got the call of a lifetime on Friday from ForRent.com^®. He entered his video in the apartment listing service’s nationwide online video contest and after months of anticipation, found out he was the $10,000 grand prize winner.

Spence, who works for his family’s radiator manufacturing business, is also a part time videographer. Under the weather and in the process of moving, Friday’s call could not have come at a better time. When asked how he felt about winning the $10,000 grand prize, he yelled, “Holy Moly! I think I just got a better kick than any kind of medicine could give me!”

ForRent.com launched the “Ready2Move?” nationwide video contest on April 1. The contest asked apartment seekers to create a short video and tell ForRent.com why they were ready to move for a chance to win $10,000.

Spence did just that. He and his wife created and starred in the one-minute video “$1,200 a month and No Pool?” The video depicts a conversation between Spence and a buddy, who is living lavishly in a Dallas apartment community, while Spence is desperately searching the classified listings for an apartment. The friend recommends ForRent.com as an apartment searching resource. When speaking about the benefit of the site’s functionality he boasts, “…you’re not gonna find that from some dude’s Web site in San Francisco.”

“This year’s contest was even more popular than last year. With the number of submissions more than doubling, the judges had a challenging time selecting the winners,” said Terry Slattery, president of For Rent Media Solutions.

In addition to the grand prize winner, three finalists were selected to receive an iPod Touch^®:

• Neehar and Renee Gupta, Indianapolis, for “The Answer is Clear“

• Bart Baker, Winnetka, Ill., for “Ready 2 Move“

• Chandra Farnsworth, Olympia, Wash., for “See Brent“

ForRent.com even rewarded viewers just for voting. Patrick Freise, a rising senior at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, is $1,500 richer after being selected in a random drawing from 4,798 voters as the voting sweepstakes winner. With his earnings, Freise says he plans to buy his girlfriend a nice birthday gift.

Spence credits the popularity of his video to promoting it on social media Web sites like Facebook and Myspace, “I personally use Facebook and MySpace a lot. I’m a strong believer that social networking is the new media to advertise your products.”

ForRent.com worked with Vitrue, a social media company, to launch its second annual nationwide video contest. A panel of judges watched all 123 videos and selected the grand prize winner and the three finalists based on five criteria: creativity/originality, overall quality/appearance, relevance to the contest theme, promotion of the ForRent.com and or For Rent Magazine^® brand, as well as the total number of user generated Internet votes received. In total, more than 24,000 votes were received.

To see all videos submitted for the “Ready2Move?” video contest, visit http://contest.forrent.com/.

About For Rent Media Solutions^TM

Headquartered in Norfolk, Va., For Rent Media Solutions is a division of Dominion Enterprises. As the multi-family housing solution for apartment seekers, property/apartment managers and owners, For Rent Media Solutions provides superior products, outstanding customer service, and tangible results.  For Rent Media Solutions is a leading resource for choosing your next apartment for rent, townhouse, condo, duplex, efficiency, studio or loft and provides a free customizable apartment search from more than 50,000 apartment listings nationwide.  For Rent Media Solutions operates For Rent Magazine^®, as well as ForRent.com^TM-The Magazine, and publishes 98 magazines covering more than 190 markets nationwide, including After 55^TM Housing & Resource Guide, and Apartamentos Para Rentar^®. For Rent Media Solutions operates four additional Web sites: ForRent.com^®, SeniorOutlook.com^TM, CorporateHousing.com^®, and ParaRentar.com^TM.  For Rent Media Solutions is a company dedicated to the needs of the apartment industry, bringing prospective residents and apartment communities together.

About Dominion Enterprises

Dominion Enterprises is a leading marketing services company serving the automotive, enthusiast and commercial vehicle, real estate, apartment rental, and employment industries. The company’s businesses provide a comprehensive suite of technology-based marketing solutions including Internet advertising, lead generation, CRM, Web site design and hosting, and data management services. The company has more than 45 market-leading Web sites reaching more than 16.7 million unique visitors, and more than 450 magazines with a weekly circulation of 4.3 million. Headquartered in Norfolk, Va., the company has 5,400 employees in more than 200 offices nationwide. For more information, visit http://www.dominionenterprises.com/.

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Contact:
Wendy Froehlich
Marketing Director
  Wendy.Froehlich@forrent.com
 Phone: 757-961-4695
Fax: 757-282-6015

For Rent Media SolutionsTM Promotes Corrine Beauregard to District Manager of Texas Region

Former General Sales Manager promoted to District Manager of the company’s Texas Region.

Norfolk, VA-(December 27, 2006) - For Rent Media Solutions, a leading apartment resource for searching apartment communities nationwide and a division of Dominion Enterprises, is pleased to announce the promotion of Corrine Beauregard to district manager of the company’s Texas region.

“Corrine is the ideal candidate for the Texas district manager position,” says Judy Gogol, vice president of sales for the eastern region and ForRent.com^TM-The Magazine. “She is an inspirational leader and has the ability to see the big picture. She is driven to take the Texas markets to the next level.”

In 2003, Corrine joined For Rent as a Sales Manager; she brought with her over 13 years of experience in the multi-family housing industry.  She quickly moved up to the position of General Sales Manager, where she used her management skills to consistently lead the Detroit For Rent Magazine^® office, while overseeing the Toledo market as well. Prior to joining For Rent, she was a very successful publisher of a Detroit apartment publication.

“I am honored to be chosen for this new role,” says Beauregard. “As the district manager, I plan on using my management skills acquired during my previous roles to leave a strong impact on the Texas region.”

Beauregard transitioned into her new role on November 13^th and has relocated to the Dallas area.

About For Rent Media Solutions^TM

Headquartered in Norfolk, VA, For Rent Media Solutions^TM is a division of Dominion Enterprises. As the multi-family housing solution for apartment seekers, property/apartment managers and owners, For Rent Media Solutions provides superior products, outstanding customer service, and tangible results.  For Rent Media Solutions is a leading resource for choosing your next apartment for rent, townhouse, condo, duplex, efficiency, studio or loft and provides a free customizable search from over 50,000 apartment listings nationwide.  For Rent Media Solutions operates For Rent Magazine^®, as well as ForRent.com^TM-The Magazine, and publishes 85 magazines covering more than 190 markets nationwide, as well as Senior Outlook^®, Para Rentar^®, Florida Condominium Sales and Rental Guide and Atlanta Townhome and Condominium Sales and Rental Guide.  For Rent Media Solutions operates five additional websites: ForRent.com^®, SeniorOutlook.com^TM, CorporateHousing.com^® ParaRentar.com^TM and FLCondoGuide.com.  For Rent Media Solutions is a company dedicated to the needs of the apartment industry, bringing prospective residents and apartment communities together.

About Dominion Enterprises

Dominion Enterprises, headquartered in Norfolk, VA, is a leading media and information services company serving employment, real estate, recreation, and industrial markets in the United States.  The company has 503 paid and free magazine titles such as For Rent, Harmon Homes, The Employment Guide, Boat Trader, Cycle Trader and RV Trader with a combined weekly circulation of nearly 6 million; over 40 market-leading websites such as ForRent.com, Homes.com, and Traderonline.com reaching over 8 million monthly visitors; data capture and distribution businesses such as Dealer Specialties; and web services businesses across all the company’s industry categories.  The company has 6,600 employees nationwide and estimated 2006 annual revenue of $850 million.  For more information on Dominion Enterprises, visit http://www.dominionenterprises.com/.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact:
Wendy Froehlich
Marketing Director
  Wendy.Froehlich@forrent.com
Phone: 757-961-4695
Fax: 757-282-6015

For Rent Media SolutionsTM Partners with ESPRE Solutions and MDS, LLC., becoming the first apartment listing service to offer streaming video to clients

Norfolk, VA-(November 16, 2006) - For Rent Media Solutions^TM, a leading apartment resource for searching apartments for rent nationwide and a division of Dominion Enterprises, is excited to announce the launch of Community Theater^TM on their ForRent.com website.

ForRent.com, which lists over 50,000 apartments nationwide,  has been working closely with ESPRE solutions, a Dallas-based media solutions and technology company with a revolutionary and patented video compression technology, as well as MDS, a Dallas area video distribution company, to offer this new service to ForRent.com customers.

“At For Rent Media Solutions, we believe in marketing apartment communities through the combination of print and internet with cutting edge technology,” says Amanda Hiller, general manager of ForRent.com. “The ForRent.com website was recently chosen as a leading Internet Listing Service by readers of Multi-Housing News magazine. By offering Community Theater, a streaming video product, to ForRent.com customers, the site is creating the opportunity for property managers to generate more LEADS^TM for their apartment community, keeping them ahead of their competition.”

The initial launch of Community Theater was in the Seattle market with a national roll-out starting today. Community Theater is a streaming video package that offers ForRent.com clients: streaming custom video for their community; which can be shown on the For Rent website as well as the management company’s site, professional voice over, production and editing, and a video e-mail brochure to send to prospects for follow up. This package is delivered through the ESPRE playerless player, which requires no video downloading.

“We are extremely excited to be a part of this launch with our partner MDS,” states Pete Ianace, president and CEO of ESPRE. “ForRent.com is one of the premier Internet Listing Services (ILS) for apartment communities and we are delighted to provide the core technology behind MDS’ unique, turnkey video virtual tour solutions.”

About For Rent Media Solutions^TM

Headquartered in Norfolk, VA, For Rent Media Solutions^TM is a division of Dominion Enterprises. As the multi-family housing solution for apartment seekers, property/apartment managers and owners, For Rent Media Solutions provides superior products, outstanding customer service, and tangible results.  For Rent Media Solutions is a leading resource for choosing your next apartment for rent, townhouse, condo, duplex, efficiency, studio or loft and provides a free customizable search from over 50,000 apartment listings nationwide.  For Rent Media Solutions operates For Rent Magazine^®, as well as ForRent.com^TM- The Magazine, and publishes 85 magazines covering more than 190 markets nationwide, as well as Senior Outlook^®, Apartamentos Para Rentar^®, Florida Condominium Sales and Rental Guide and Atlanta Town home and Condominium Sales and Rental Guide.  For Rent Media Solutions operates five additional websites: ForRent.com^®, SeniorOutlook.com^TM, CorporateHousing.com^®, ParaRentar.com^TM and FLCondoGuide.com.  For Rent Media Solutions is a company dedicated to the needs of the apartment industry, bringing prospective residents and apartment communities together.

About Dominion Enterprises

Dominion Enterprises, headquartered in Norfolk, VA, is a leading media and information services company serving employment, real estate, recreation, and industrial markets in the United States.  The company has 503 paid and free magazine titles such as For Rent, Harmon Homes, The Employment Guide, Boat Trader, Cycle Trader and RV Trader with a combined weekly circulation of nearly 6 million; over 40 market-leading websites such as ForRent.com, Homes.com, and Traderonline.com reaching over 8 million monthly visitors; data capture and distribution businesses such as Dealer Specialties; and web services businesses across all the company’s industry categories.  The company has 6,600 employees nationwide and estimated 2006 annual revenue of $850 million.  For more information on Dominion Enterprises, visit http://www.dominionenterprises.com/.

About MDS

MDS’s primary focus is to provide the first practical approach to allow any web application to take full advantage of video — both live and on- demand. Using our one-click video publishing technologies, any website can provide their users the power of live and streaming video for applications like classified advertising, online yellowpages, online dating services, on- demand feature length movies, video blogging, corporate sales and training. The MDS solution lets any website provide their end-users with simple methods to produce digital video presentations to show and sell products. MDS uses a wavelet-based compression system that is compatible with PC’s, Macs and Linux computers, requires no software installation, and provides superior quality and bandwidth management. The MDS system has integrated Digital Rights Management to ensure that content can’t be copied or distributed without the owner’s permission. And MDS videos are significantly smaller then Quicktime, WMV, MPEG or Flash at the same quality levels. For more information, visit http://www.bettervideo.com/ .

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Contact:   
Meredith Mobley  
Marketing Communications Coordinator
Meredith.Mobley@forrent.com
Phone: 757-961-4735
Fax: 757-961-4827

10^th Annual For Rent Challenge Cup Offers Major Support to NAA Political Action Committee

Norfolk, VA-(May 2, 2006)- Spring is here, bringing with it the perfect weather to “tee off”. This year marks the 10^th annual celebration of the For Rent Challenge Cup, a golf tournament that raised $160,000 for the National Apartment Association’s Political Awareness Committee.

On April 27 and 28, 16 golfers from Houston teamed up against 16 golfers from Dallas to raise money for the NAA’s Political Awareness Committee (PAC). The Dallas Apartment Association hosted this year’s tournament, which was held at the White Bluff Resort on Lake Whitney.  For Rent Magazine^® is the title sponsor of the For Rent Challenge Cup; which is the major fundraising contributor for PAC. The tournament brings in $16,000 every year raised through player registration. Each player is required to donate $500.

In 1996, Dwaine Capodice, Vice President of Sales for For Rent Magazine^® in Dallas, Kirk Tate, CPM, Principal of Orion Real Estate and John Cullens, President of ApartmentCareers.com developed the fundraiser that has generated $144,000 in the past nine years and brought another $16,000 this April, bringing the total to $160,000. This year’s champions were the Dallas team, which lead Houston 10 ^½ to 5 ^½. Except for a little rain on Friday, the tournament was a success. Each year, either the Houston or Dallas Apartment Association hosts the event. Last year’s tournament, hosted by the Houston Apartment Association, was held at the Walden on Lake Conroe.

“NAA is grateful each year to For Rent for its continuing sponsorship of the For Rent Challenge Cup,” says Doug Culkin, the NAA PAC Treasurer.  “It is clearly the strongest ongoing fundraiser to benefit the NAA PAC.  The competition between Dallas and Houston has sparked other regional challenges throughout the country - but none have raised as much for such an extended time as the For Rent Challenge Cup.”

“Kirk Tate, John Cullens and I started the challenge cup over ten years ago at an apartment association meeting in Corpus Cristi Texas,” says Dwaine. “As usual For Rent stepped up to the plate and supported this idea as it has and always will do for the industry we believe in.”

ABOUT FOR RENT^®

Headquartered in Norfolk, VA, For Rent^® is a division of Trader Publishing Company. As the multi-family housing solution for apartment seekers, property/apartment managers and owners, For Rent provides superior products, outstanding customer service, and tangible results. For Rent is your apartment guide to help you find your next apartment for rent, townhouse, condo, duplex, efficiency, studio or loft and provides a free customizable search from over 50,000 apartment listings nationwide. For Rent operates For Rent Magazine, as well as ForRent.com^®-The Magazine^TM, and publishes 63 titles covering more than 190 markets nationwide, as well as Senior Outlook^TM and Para Rentar^TM. For Rent operates four additional websites: ForRent.com^TM, SeniorOutlook.com^TM, CorporateHousing.com^® and ParaRentar.com^TM. We are a company dedicated to the needs of the apartment industry, bringing prospective residents and apartment communities together.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION

Based in Alexandria, VA, the National Apartment Association (NAA) is the leading advocate for quality rental housing. This year, the NAA will become a federation of 191 state and local affiliated associations, representing more than 51,000 members; which are responsible for more than 6.4 million apartment homes nationwide. It is the largest broad-based organization dedicated solely to rental housing. NAA members include property managers, leasing consultants, maintenance personnel, suppliers and related business professionals throughout the United States and Canada.

ABOUT THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DALLAS

The Apartment Association of Greater Dallas is a professional trade association that provides a wide array of products and services to the multi housing industry in the Greater Dallas area. AAGD represents more than 1600 member companies including apartment owners, apartment management companies, apartment builders and developers and product and service businesses that serve the apartment industry. The AAGD area of service includes 11 North Texas counties.  Affiliated with the Texas Apartment Association and the National Apartment Association, AAGD is recognized as one of the largest and most influential apartment associations in the nation.

ABOUT THE HOUSTON APARTMENT ASSOCIATION

The Houston Apartment Association is a professional trade association that serves individuals and businesses involved in the ownership, construction, management, maintenance and operation of apartments and other rental dwellings in the Houston area. A nonprofit association, the HAA is the largest and most progressive apartment association in the country.

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