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Updated over 6 years ago, 04/21/2018

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Dalia D.
  • Real Estate Broker
  • Bellingham, WA
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Reside in Back and Rent-Out Front - Strategy to Attract Renters?

Dalia D.
  • Real Estate Broker
  • Bellingham, WA
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Elated to be a part of the BP community...! 

Purchased a 3 bedroom 2 bath (showers only) beach property home in Birch Bay WA (unincorporated town near Blaine). It is a destination for Canadians, Alaskans, Washingtonians as well as other Pacific Northwesters. The house has an attached mother-in-law in the back  end.  The prior owner (of 12 years) lived in Seattle and managed the front as a vacation rental and at times rented the back 1 bedroom unit as a month-to-month rental.

Currently, I am attempting to rent out the front using Craigslist. The rent is competitive with the local (neighborhood) rentals and the location is convenient to Bellingham where the jobs are...  I have not been getting any responses through Craigslist, especially because the contact phone number is "encryted" (wrriten-out) to eliminate SPAM and SCAMS.

So,  my questions are:

Should I be using a different rental approach? Vacation Rental?

Is there any other platform where can go to to solicit renters?

I have spent the time researching through Biggerpockets how to market rentals and screen for tenants. The house and forms are all ready to go...  Thank you, dalia

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