Help me Rent my Home!

[Nick Ferrari]

Hey everyone,

We've been using a few of the same listing services such as Zillow, Craigslist, Apartments.com, and Cozy.co for getting the word out about renting our home.  We have had some nibbles but no bites any other services I am missing that you guys have had success with?

Just curious what service works best for you.

[Kevin S.]

@Nick Ferrari when I listed my property back in March, I got the most "hits" off of facebook and from a sign in the yard. If you use facebook though, be prepared to get a lot of messages saying "Is this available?" Facebook has a button or something that prompts potential renters to use that as their first response to your ad, I know some people get annoyed with it. Also, although I had a ton of response on FB, about 80% weren't interested once they found out the details of the property even though those details were already listed in the FB ad. So if I were you I'd have a pre-written first response ready to copy-paste as a reply, something along the lines of:

"Hi XYZ, yes the property is currently available. As the ad states, it is a 3 bed, 2 bath, 1800 sq ft single family house in Allentown listed at $900/month. The property is non-smoking and we do allow dogs (limit 2) depending on breed. We are looking for applicants with 650+ credit scores, no prior evictions, no criminal record, and with monthly income equal to 3 x monthly rent. Would you like to schedule a tour?"

The response to this will often be "oh I didn't realize that" or "oh I can't afford that", so this will keep you from wasting much time on the 80% who aren't serious or wouldn't qualify and didn't bother to read your original ad. Good luck!