First Time Landlord: Rental Marketing

[Jackson Poscablo]

Hi all,

My first rental property is ready for tenants and I was wondering what you guys do to market your rentals?

Currently, I’m using Avail to syndicate the listings on multiple rental platforms (e.g. Apartments, Zillow, Zumper, etc.), Facebook ( marketplace and private groups), and craigslist. However, I’m still not seeing quality leads.

I get some inquiries but when I send a link to our prescreening form the potential tenants don’t “pass” the prescreening. If they do “pass”, the potential tenants don't respond well to follow-up calls. Meaning they don't answer, they hang up in the middle of the call, or they don't say whether we can call them or not.

Also, I want to take a hands-on approach for my first tenants to get a better understanding of the process rather than immediately outsourcing it.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks!