‘Contacts’ meaning on Zillow for a rental

[Bret Habura]

Hi there,

My property has an upcoming vacancy and was just listed for rent by my property managers. It’s only been on the market for 2 days and I already see 17 contacts according to Zillow.

Should I be taking anything from this number? To me, 17 contacts in 2 days seems like pretty high demand for a unit but not sure if this number can be relied upon

[Peter M.]

@Bret Habura Don't put any value in that number. Most are tire kickers. One nice feature for potential tenants is that they can fill out one application and pay one credit check fee to be sent to landlords for one month. So they do that and just shotgun blast to see what they can get