Where To Post A Rental

[Mark McEwing]

Good Evening,

I just posted my first post about 5 minutes ago.  Exciting lol.  Here goes my second. Oh and I am a newbie.

So I am about to list my current home as rental. I will be moving into my second home upon completion of the build which will not be for a couple more months. To ensure my current home does sit not vacant I will be living else where between rental and build out. My friend is a realtor and I am playing with the idea of having friend list property on the MLS. This does require a 50% fee of the security deposit, around $800. Ouch. I really do not wish to spend this but I can justify it with my crazy busy schedule. Oh and 3 kids. And Wife. What is everyone else doing out there? I just discovered postlets, I have seen hot pads, and now cozy? Craigslist seems to get a bad rap. Do people have a lot of positive results finding quality tenants off of these sites? My realtor friend will also be handle a lot of the screening and background checks, as well as showing my property but I feel I may lose a lot of control going this route. First impressions are important and the interview starts the first time I hear them speak over the phone. Thanks ahead of time. Much appreciated.

[Gail K.]

Because of the number of scammers (folks who steal ads and repost them as theirs) on craigslist a fair number of applicants now avoid this site.  In addition, craigslist no longer appears to monitor repeat ads as before so annoyingly similar ads for the same apartment (for example) will appear 10 or 12 times each day.   Ones ad gets lost in all of this.

Postlets will automatically send your ad to Zillow, Trulia and HotPads.  The only issue I've had (and it's mainly with HotPads) is that a fair number of "lookyloos" will automatically hit the "I'd like more information" response reply and when you attempt to contact them they have no idea what you are talking about or are looking for something exactly the opposite of what you have.   But...that's the life of a landlord/property manager.

Gail