Hey so I just closed on a property in Polk County FL my mortgage is $1535 average rent in the area is $1500–1800 I have a freshly renovated house with 3b 2 ba 966 sqft I listed it on the higher side since it’s remodeled for $2100 I only had one person reach out to me and they were telling me the price is to high and I have not had any applicants I just paid for advertising on Zillow today and I posted the property yesterday I cover water and the property comes with washer and dryer hooks, loose pet policy and there is a laundry mat directly behind it.

Do you still use an application?

What’s the application fee?

I house hacked before it was called house hacking:) Screened my roommates like any other applicants.

that’s a good point, so I guess that would only be applicable after the eviction notice has been sent and all of the legal stuff is out-of-the-way?

You can see how many contacts and applications they've had.

If the house is nice, it will attract applications. 

Professional tenants target mom and pop landlords with poor screening processes...rather than large class A and B properties with professional screening processes that disqualify most problem applicants...and lots of neighbors who actually pay their bills.  

If you are doing this for accounting purposes, maybe look into some kind of software like Quick Books.

I would have them get rid of the application fee.