Where to Post Rentals

[Jessica Vollendorf]

I'm pretty new to the game. I recently acquired two rental properties. I have the first rented. But, am currently trying to find a tenant for the second property. I am in Portland, OR. Supposedly tenants are lining up to rent places. I have not had that experience with either place. Does someone have advice on the best place to post the rentals? Or other helpful tactics? 

I am currently posting on Hotpads which kicks it out to Zillow and Trulia. And I just posted on the NextDoor app. The last rental I posted to Craigslist and it turned into a lot of non-qualified people reaching out and expecting to barter a deal. I listed the qualifications in the post and they didn't seem to notice/care. Ultimately, it also turned into a scam situation where someone else changed my Criagslist post and was requesting people to wire them money to hold.

Please help. Would love any advice I can get.

Thanks,

Jessica

[Mindy Jensen]

@Jessica Vollendorf, it is very easy for scam artists to take your ad and make it their own when you post the address. Don't post the actual address or photos of the exterior of the home. Post nearby cross streets in the ad, and when people contact you for more information, you can go through a series of questions to vet them before you give out the address.