Zillow No Longer Free to List Rentals

[John Mano]

Just found out that Zillow/Trulia now charges $9.99/wk to list rentals.  Evidently this started back in June.  I have had great success listing all my rentals through Zillow but going from free to $9.99/wk is a bit of a shocker.  I posted my current rental on Apartments.com and Craigslists for free but the response rate definitely not as good as Zillow.  May have to bite the bullet and chalk it up as another cost of doing business.  What do you use to list or any suggestions?

[Joe P.]

No one is judging you. I just told you what to do, and what I thought about your financial situation if you can't afford a $10 per week listing fee.

Fact is that for a service as powerful as Zillow, and the fact that most people seem to get their places via Zillow, it's now become one of the top services for finding tenants and for tenants to find places. Frankly I think $10 a week is a bargain, if you want to have a discussion.

The other option, again for discussion sake, is Facebook Marketplace. I listed my open rental approximately 10 months ago on it and had no less than 100 people inquire. The problem is, all 100 -- not exaggerating -- never got to the point of even seeing the rental. I believe they just type in the standard message to every open spot and either do something else or go see only a select few? I'm not sure.