Feeling a little nervous about lack of qualified candidates

[Kelly Conrad]

We've had our duplex since October 4th, and listed our list unit (2B/1BA) on November 7th at $1,000 and tenants split electricity and gas.

We've had lots of interest, but the problem seems to be that folks aren't meeting our qualifications. I just updated all of my postings saying we'll accept pets in hopes that maybe someone qualifies but they have a pet, but it's getting to be a crap time of year and I'm worried about our standards.

Has anyone else ran into this? Rent is actually a little below what others have posted around so it's not a price problem, it's a quality problem. What else can be done to help move things along? Posted in the following spots:

• Craigslist
• Trulia
• Zillow
• Apartments.com
• Cozy
• TenantCloud
• Nextdoor (in my own neighborhood though, apparently since I don't live in my rental I can't join that area's Nextdoor?)
• Hotpads
• My New Place
• MSN
• AOL Real Estate
• Doorsteps.com
• Realtor.com

For the extension list of what our qualifications are, you can find them on our website: https://www.conrad.rentals/rental-application

All ideas are welcome, thank you!!

[Miller Josh]

I think it's the list of qualifications that is scaring people off. In the ad it's self I would just simply say that "we do an in-depth criminal and reference check (must have good references!)." And state whatever your requirements are for income..... for example "your household take-home pay must be two and a half times the monthly rent". I personally like to meet the applicant when they turn their application in because I feel like I can get a good feeling of what type of person they are... versus just what they put on paper. But I've been wrong plenty of times also! Hope that helps!