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Kelly Conrad
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Minneapolis, MN
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Feeling a little nervous about lack of qualified candidates

Kelly Conrad
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Minneapolis, MN
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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!!

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