Any good responses for the Is this available Facebook messages?

[TJ McDonald]

I just recently posted for a vacancy in one of my units. The most contacts I got was from Facebook but I don't think I got one tour from there. 90%+ would send the message and never reply back to me. Sometimes I had the phone in my hand and replied immediately but it didn't seem to matter. I tried switching up my responses from detailed replies to just Yes, it is still available but it didn't seem to matter. Does anyone have a good response for when they get these messages?

[Joe Splitrock]

I have wasted too many hours of my life dealing with people on Facebook marketplace. Our last listing, we didn't even use Facebook because the quality of responses is so low.

The "Is this available." response is one of the one-tap response options. People either accidentally tap it or do it quickly without thinking. Sometimes they can't easily see your response in their messenger app, so they may not even know you responded. 

My response is, "Yes this is still available. Did you have questions or did you want to schedule a showing?" If you are trying to engage a conversation, always answer a question with a question. If they want to schedule a showing, I send them pre-screening questions. If they don't respond, I just move on and don't worry about it. 

In my experience and my market, Zillow offers the most qualified leads.