Trouble Finding Suitable Tenants (using realtor to find tenants)

[Patrick Q.]

Hello All,

I just got the 2nd unit of my first house hack duplex ready for tenants and am using a realtor to lease the unit.

I am using a realtor to fill the unit as I have limited time and also wanted to learn from somebody else doing it.

There has been interest in the unit but only a couple of people have filled out the application.

We dropped/discounted the rent to be inline with whatever other similar apartments are available in my immediate area.

And I believe that my unit is the best one available due to its location and the quality of the rehab/upgrades.

The realtor has listed the unit on all of the usual sites and has held an open house.

It looks like there are not a lot of people looking to rent apartments in my immediate area at the moment.

Question:

Does anybody have any advice as to what else we could do to get the unit filled with a quality tenant?

Thanking you all in advance for suggestions.