Apartment Hunters

What Apartment Hunters does

Apartment Hunters, operating under the legal entity Tuggle Services, Inc., is a privately-held apartment locator service headquartered at 1101 S. Bowman Rd. #A4, Little Rock, Arkansas. Founded in October 1999, the company matches renters with apartment communities across the Little Rock Metropolitan Area and Central Arkansas, including Little Rock, North Little Rock, Conway, and Benton. The service is offered free to renters, with revenue generated exclusively through referral fees paid by property owners, typically equal to approximately 50% of one month's rent per successfully placed renter. The company self-describes as the largest apartment hunting service in Arkansas and maintains a proprietary internet property database that aggregates community and unit-level listing data across the region.

The product surface has expanded beyond standard apartment placement to include a furnished-apartment sub-brand, Arkansas Suites, and a corporate relocation services segment targeted at employers and HR/relocation coordinators placing incoming employees. Underlying technology consists of a proprietary internet property database and standard web presence rather than any disclosed AI, automation, or matching algorithms. The go-to-market model is two-sided: renters are acquired through marketing and inbound demand generation, while property owners are contracted via referral pipelines that yield placement fees when leases are signed.

Apartment Hunters is family-owned and woman-owned (WBENC-certified), led by Cathy Tuggle as President/CEO, with Paul Tuggle in operational leadership after joining the firm full-time in 2005. The company operates with a staff of 5–10 employees from a single Arkansas location and has no disclosed outside investors, funding rounds, acquisitions, or M&A activity across its 24-plus-year operating history. Cathy Tuggle's prior industry leadership — including the chairmanship of the Little Rock Regional Chamber Board and past presidency of Apartments Across America — provides institutional and B2B relationship infrastructure supporting both renter acquisition and corporate relocation channel development.

Name

Apartment Hunters

Legal name

Tuggle Services, Inc.

Website

https://lrapartments.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Apartment Hunters, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, is a family-owned apartment locator serving renters across Central Arkansas. It matches tenants with apartment communities free of charge, earning revenue from property owner referral fees equal to roughly half of one month's rent per placement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Little Rock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Property Owner Referral Fees: Apartment Hunters provides free service to renters and is compensated by property owners/managers when qualified renters are referred. Fees are charged only after residents move in. The referral fee is typically 50% of one month's rent.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Apartment Hunters is a free rental property locator service operating in the Little Rock metropolitan area that matches prospective renters with apartments, duplexes, rental homes, and condominiums. The service is compensated by property owners when qualified renters are referred (typically 50% of one month's rent). The company also offers corporate relocation services with bundled preferred vendor partnerships and a furnished apartments locator service.

Product overview

Apartment Hunters operates as a rental property locator service offered by Tuggle Services, Inc. The core product is the Apartment Hunters locator service, which uses a proprietary Internet Property Database to match renters with available properties. The company also operates Arkansas Suites as a sub-brand. Additional offerings include Relocation Services for corporate clients and Furnished Apartments Service. All services are free to renters, with the company compensated by property owners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Apartment Hunters Locator Service Free rental property locator service operating in the Little Rock metropolitan area that matches prospective renters with apartments, duplexes, rental homes, and condominiums. The service is compensated by property owners when qualified renters are referred.
• Relocation Services Expanded relocation services for corporate clients and employees, including preferred employer benefits such as special rental packages, reduced application fees, and discounted moving and storage rates through partnered merchants.
• Furnished Apartments Service Apartment finding service specialized in locating furnished rental properties for clients in the Little Rock area.
• Arkansas Suites Companion brand to Apartment Hunters, also operated by Tuggle Services, Inc., focusing on suite-style rentals in Arkansas.

Quantifiable outcome

• Less than 2% skip-out rate on referred residents
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• WBENCcoreOthersWomen's Business Enterprise National Council certification program. Tuggle Services, Inc. is certified as a woman-owned business through WBENC, providing credibility and access to supplier diversity programs.
• Little Rock Regional ChambercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive membership with Executive Committee service. Cathy Tuggle served as Chairman of the Board in 2018. Partnership provides networking, referrals, and community engagement.
• North Little Rock ChamberminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChamber membership providing local business networking and referral opportunities in the North Little Rock area.
• Arkansas State ChamberminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-level chamber membership for broader Arkansas business community engagement.
• Apartments Across AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExclusive professional locator organization including apartment locators throughout the US. Cathy Tuggle served as past President. Network provides resources and referral connections nationwide.
• Arkansas SuitescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRelated company under Tuggle Services, Inc. brand providing additional rental locator services in Arkansas. Website: arkansassuites.net
• BBB (Better Business Bureau)minorOthersBBB accreditation providing business credibility and consumer trust verification for the Little Rock market.
• IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional organization membership for real estate management professionals, providing industry resources and networking.
• Apartment Communities (Unnamed Partners)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnerships with apartment communities throughout Little Rock who pay referral fees when the company refers qualified renters. Provides exclusive access to inventory and move-in specials.
• Furniture Rental CompaniesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPreferred vendor partnerships for corporate relocation clients needing temporary or furnished housing solutions.
• Utility CompaniesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPreferred vendor partnerships for utility setup services as part of corporate relocation packages.
• Moving CompaniesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPreferred vendor partnerships providing discounted moving services for corporate relocation clients.
• Storage CompaniesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPreferred vendor partnerships for storage solutions as part of relocation services.
• Local Merchants (Unnamed)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnerships with local merchants providing exclusive savings, discounts, and specials not available to the general public for relocation clients.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Trulia: Trulia, owned by Zillow Group, is a real estate search portal that includes rental listings alongside homes for sale. It is a broader incumbent that overlaps with Apartment Hunters on renter acquisition channels in Little Rock.
• Cartus: Cartus (formerly a subsidiary of Realogy/Anywhere) is a major corporate relocation management firm that bundles home-finding, mortgage, and moving services for employer clients. It overlaps directly with Apartment Hunters' corporate relocation offering but at multi-national, enterprise scale.
• SIRVA: SIRVA is a global corporate relocation and moving services company that supplies employer clients with end-to-end relocation support, including home-finding assistance. It is comparable to Apartment Hunters' corporate relocation practice but at enterprise scale with international reach.
• Zillow: Zillow's rentals vertical and Zillow Rental Manager allow property owners to list directly and renters to search without a locator. It is a broader incumbent whose self-serve tools threaten the value proposition of fee-based locators like Apartment Hunters.
• Apartments.com: Apartments.com, operated by CoStar Group, is the largest national rental listings marketplace and a direct substitute for the inventory-discovery portion of Apartment Hunters' service. It dwarfs Apartment Hunters in scale and reach but offers a self-serve, non-locator experience.
• Apartment Guide: Apartment Guide is a long-standing national rental listing platform under RentPath/Redfin. It competes for both renter attention and property-owner marketing dollars in the same category as Apartment Hunters.

Direct peers

• HotPads: HotPads, a Zillow Group brand, is a map-based apartment and rental home search platform that targets the same individual-renter segment as Apartment Hunters. It competes on inventory breadth and discovery experience while Apartment Hunters competes on concierge service.
• PadMapper: PadMapper aggregates rental listings from multiple sources onto a map-centric interface. It is comparable to Apartment Hunters in that it helps renters locate available units, but is self-serve rather than agent-led.
• Apartment List: Apartment List is an online apartment marketplace that connects renters with available units using a recommendation-based matching experience. Like Apartment Hunters, it positions itself as a renter-facing locator that helps users find the right apartment, although at national rather than local scale.
• Rentable: Rentable is an apartment search platform that combines verified listings with renter tools (renters insurance, application flows) similar in spirit to Apartment Hunters' full-service matching and pre-qualification. Both compete for the same renter mindshare and offer value beyond raw listings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/LRApartmentHunt/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/LRapartmenthunters
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/apartment-hunters-of-little-rock
• Pinterestpinterest.com/mcathyt/boards

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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