[ig1]

I'd happily pay for this sort of service, but but don't want to deal with the overhead of having to post on odesk and pick someone suitable (plus the hassle if they're not very good at it). It would be good if there was a more specialist online marketplace for this sort of task which reduce those overheads.

[DenisM]

Well, you want a majordomo - someone who will hire and supervise staff. Alas, the problem is recursive - how do you hire and supervise a majordomo?

[saurik]

Maybe you can outsource that task to odesk. ;P

[jasonlbaptiste]

for apartment hunting or for other types of things.