Where to list and research rent prices :Maine

[Eldon Pixley]

I am trying to find what rent is in different areas. Most of the houses I look at to buy say they are currently renting at $500-1000 for a 2-3 bedroom. I figured that’s probably below market but I can’t seem to find more than 5 or so rentals on Facebook or Craig’s list. So here in Utah we have a different website. We use KSL.com that locally is used more than Craig’s list and fairly close to Facebook.

Does Maine use a different source like that or is the market that competitive that there are so few rentals in the market?

[Bethany Turon]

@Eldon Pixley Most rentals in the area are listed and rented out on Facebook Marketplace. Some people do use apartments.com, realtor.com, Zillow Rentals, and Craigslist, but that is maybe 5-10% of the traffic you will get via Marketplace. To answer your bigger question, the reality up here is that yes, the market is extremely tight for rentals right now. Most units will be rented within a week if not less. That definitely makes it hard to determine comps, I keep a search going and save whatever pops up so that I can have something to go from.