Very aggressive applicants

[William W.]

Anybody else ever have aggressive or creepy applicants? I currently have a house listed on Zillow for rent and I have had several applicants who don’t meet the criteria, yet still are insistent I should rent to them. What really upset me, is last night when I took my dog outside, I found a note on my back porch from someone asking me to call them about my house for rent.  My house is fairly isolated from the street, so this person came up into my yard and onto my porch to leave that note. I have no idea how they found out where I live, other than maybe looking up tax records or using something like Spokeo. I had already emailed this person and told them I had another application pending. This is totally unacceptable to me.

Take my advice, if you list anything in Zillow, DO NOT show your name. Create a fake name if you have to.

[Marcus Auerbach]

That is way beyond acceptable and certainly upsetting! Fortunatley I have not had that happen to me; my last name is not very common around here. But it shows how important it is to run a professional business from day one: have a buisness name, a business address (I have a UPS PO box with a real street address) and handle yourself like a company would. Since I have ordered some professional folders, signes, pens and coffee mugs with my logo from vistaprint people have stopped asking me if I own the property.

You don't go to the house of your banker and leave a note on the porch that you really should get that loan. Normally you should call the police, but it may not be worth it and will inflate an issue that most likly is going to go away by itself once you have rented your property.