Is anyone listing rentals on Craigslist in 2024?

[Leo R.]

Hey folks,

Craigslist used to be my go-to spot to list long term rentals.  Craigslist wasn't pretty, but it was easy to use, and it worked (I found lots of great tenants via Craigslist) ...unfortunately, over the years, Craigslist produced fewer and fewer tenants, and more and more spam.  :( 

These days, nearly all my new tenants come from Facebook Marketplace.  

Ironically, platforms designed for real estate (Zillow, Apartments.com, Rentler, etc.) produce very few tenants for me, compared to FB Marketplace (and I also find a lot of their functionality to be user un-friendly, from the landlord side). ...you'd think that platforms custom-made for real estate would make the process a snap for landlords, but it takes me a lot longer to post and manage rental listings on Zillow or Rentler than it did on Craigslist. Plus, Zillow, Rentler and the other real estate platforms tend to have all sorts of unnecessary hoops to jump through for landlords, and I find a lot of their design very un-intuitive (I remember spending waaayyy too much time just trying to figure out simple things in Rentler).  ...why can't they make it easier?

Does anyone still list rentals on Craigslist anymore?  ...if so, how is it performing?

Which platform do most of your tenants come from? 

Has anyone seen data/reports on which platforms prospective tenants gravitate to the most?

Am I the only one frustrated with the cumbersome functionality of real estate platforms (Zillow, Rentler, etc.) for listing rentals?

Any suggestions on how to get more tenants from the real estate-focused platforms (Zillow, Rentler, etc.)?

Hope everyone's having a good weekend!

[Colleen F.]

@Leo R. I may be an outlier here but I hate FB marketplace. It lacks good standards for entry and results in a lot of noise from potential renters and messenger I not something I normally look at. AlL that said there is a real falloff in craigslist traffic where it used to Be a good source of tenants. I like you can see stats on zillòw but many people are non responsive after you send the first communication.