Am I advertising my rental incorrectly? #frustrated

[Andrew K.]

My rental has been listed since December and I have received only a few leads that could be construed as serious. I've listed on Zillow and Cozy both of which spread the listing to their affiliated sites. I have received only a few leads up until last week. I responded to most of the leads saying I could show them the listing on X,Y,Z dates if they were still interested. Several times I responded within an hour of getting the lead from whichever website they found it on it. Most of the time I never hear back. One person wanted to know if he and his 5 to 6 school buddies could look at the 2/1 SFH. I basically told him that just wasn't going to work and was probably not legal. I digress.

This will be my first time going through the process of finding a renter.  Is this experience typical?  I realize we're in the winter months and I expected the market to be slow as I assumed people don't buy/rent as much in the winter.  This last week I seem to have bene receiving a larger quantity of leads.  One had set up an appointment and then backed out saying their plans had changed and weren't looking anymore.  The others have yet to respond.

Am I doing something wrong?  Are renters just clicking 'I'm interested' on every listing they come across?

[Kyle Mccaw]

Few pointers:

1) Have a google number for all leads to call. This way you know when a call is a potential tentant.

2) Move fast. Answer every call. It is unrealistic but answer as much as you can.

3) Have your voicemail explain the property, price, qualifications, etc.

4) I do lots of pics and a video tour. Be ready to send them a link to the pics and video. Use Dropbox, Box, YouTube or similar.

5) Be ready to show the property ASAP at the time the tenant wants. Tenants are less likely to show up for an appointment if they have to sleep between their call and the showing.

6) Look into Rently. Once you have multiple properties, this will be a game changer and can solve SOOO many issues. http://use.rently.com/

7) Lastly you can ask a property manager if they will lease it up for you.