Claim: Hotpads are a type of commercial apartments launched in 2005 by Matt Corgan, Douglas Pope and John Fitzpatrick then in 2011 they moved the worksite to Florida and joined the Zillow family in 2012.
Evidence: HotPads is a map-based rentals and real estate marketplace. 
In 2011, HotPads relocated to San Francisco where it currently operates from the Zillow San Francisco office.