3 No Shows in One Day

[Kyle Meyers]

I had my rental open house today, I had set up two appointments to show the units, and had 4 other people who were going to call today to let me know when they would be able to come. One of the people who was going to call called and told me they would be coming to the open house. No one showed up at any of their scheduled times. I tried calling them back, but only got answering machines. Has anyone else had anything like this happen? Does this mean I should change how I am doing something? Lower rent, advertise differently, schedule differently?

[J Scott]

If you're going to do this yourself, require the person to call you on their way to the property (within 15 minutes of the appointment time) just to confirm that they are still coming.

Let them know that if they don't confirm within 15 minutes of the appointment, you won't be there.

Or, try to schedule multiple appointments within a short period of time. Worst case, you have more than one potential tenant show up at the same time, which will create a sense of urgency in their minds.