Since Craigslist has become a waste land, how do you market your rentals?

[Jon Klaus]

CL has so much spam, and is difficult to search, that it has become less effective for marketing rentals. What are you doing to find tenants?

[James Wise]

Postlets. I love it. Its free & they send out your ad to other sites including Zillow & Trulia.

[Sam Leon]

I stopped using CL also.

Never got much traffic from it anyways.

I use Postlets but I limit the syndication. I prefer to post my own on Trulia and Hotpads because I can get a "FULL" ad on there instead of a truncated one that Postlets do.

[Elizabeth Colegrove]

I use postlets, ahrn (military), and militarybyowner (military). I personally like craigslist. I have had alot of good luck in the past. I don't respond to span through craiglist.

[Dawn Anastasi]

I also like Craigslist and have had success there.

[Rolanda Eldridge]

@Jon Klaus ...CL still works for me, however I screen carefully. I will not respond to any email without contact name/phone #...If the contact only communicates via email, I delete and move on..

[Account Closed]

@Rolanda Eldridge,

I know you said you will not respond with no phone number or name. Do you put your name and phone number in your ad?

Joe Gore

[Tom Keith]

Here is an idea that was started in East Texas buy a REI friend. Started a group in FB called "Dwellings for Rent or Lease in 'your area" we use a tri-county area. Have REI postings and people looking for rental property.

[John Chapman]

@Jon Klaus Why do you say Craigslist has become a wasteland for rentals? I haven't noticed anything different but then I'm not on it every day. CL is pretty much the only way I market my SFRs. (I don't even use a sign.)

[Ray Orellano]

Combination of CL/Postlets will always do the trick!

Like others have said knowing how to scan your CL inquiries is key.

Cheers,

[Rolanda Eldridge]

@Account Closed ...No, I don't put my contact phone # until I get a name/phone #..Also require a drive by of the property(give address) before pre qualify...It really weeds out those who are not interested..Most in my market familiar with CL so about 5 good tenants in the last year....About 2 years ago, not many using CL...

[Jon Klaus]

I just did a CL rental search using the unique name of a local town as my term. Only about 1 in 50 of the ads the search returned were in the town. The others must be using many hidden search terms in their content to show up as much as possible, no matter if they are completely irrelevant. I expect this will make my ad difficult to find.

[Shawn Thom]

postlets, CL, and bandit signs. Bandit signs will get your phone ringing for rentals too. I was really surprised.

[Rick Baggenstoss]

I use Zillow. It also posts over to CL.

[Justin Fraser]

I have to agree about using Postlets and Craigslist. It's really easy to set up and in my market- Trenton, it worked really well. I posted my rental on both as well as put a sign up out front and my phone rang off the hook for 5 days until I accepted a tenant and took everything down.

[Kimberly T.]

I use CL and Postlets and also put a sign up on the front of the building. I haven't had any problems with CL, have had lots of inquiries from it every time. I don't allow emails or online contact from my ads on CL and Postlets, I put our phone number in the ad and make them call me. I also post the property address in my online ads so people can drive the area to check it out first, and I think that having the "for rent" sign up front lets them know that the online ad they saw is legit.