Give me your input please...

[Max Guerrero]

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Hi guys. I have a house in West Seattle that I'm househacking.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/apa/5898642364.html

I live upstairs and am renting out downstairs. This is my first time owning a house and renting it out. I put it up for rent Thanksgiving day. A lot of people with rent vouchers contacted me, which I wasn't expecting... said no to all of them. One person has come to look at it so far. They said it was really nice and then never heard from them. I just dropped the price from $1600 to $1450. I think I am priced fairly via Rentometer and Craigslist. Are my time expectations too unrealistic? Does renting out a property take more time in a market like Seattle? Are the holidays something that should be considered? 

[Max Guerrero]

Wow. Thanks for all your input guys! As luck would have it not even 10 minutes after making this thread I had a pretty serious inquiry, they checked the place out and they requested the background and credit check application that I'm doing through mysmartmove.com. Hoping all goes well.