I pretended I was going to the school (or your kid is) and start calling and asking for tours and questions.

The PM emailed me at the end of each week updating me on thenumber of phone calls, tours of the property, and applications.The PM handled all of the marketing and leasing.

if that is the case then you may not have any other options, If so then you may want to do a virtual tour and send local neighborhood specifics and distance locations to where they are planning to work etc.. jut to take all the variables out of the equation

.#4 I told her to call me an hour before we were planning to meet to tour the house but she didn't call.

Conventional wisdom tells me to fit as many bedrooms into a certain square footage as possible; but when touring some of these houses where the bedrooms seem just big enough to fit a bed and not much else, my knee-jerk reaction is to think that nobody in their right mind would want to live in something that small. 

I'm thinking of offering a 3% increase with a one-year lease renewal or 5% month to month.We also give our prospects our criteria in writing when touring units.

For example, I once had a tenant move into a newly rehabbed property that was pretty much like new and in exactly the same condition when they first toured the property and when they signed the lease. 

I would want to tour their current place.

They have not seen the property in person other than about 20 photos, and I did a video tour for them of the property and they want to move forward with renting it, and cannot make it down to see it in person before they're relocation.Other than the sight unseen concern, his income is only 2.1x monthly rent, and she will be looking for a job.  

By setting expectations upfront and only showing properties to people who are at least somewhat qualified, you can be more efficient with your time—and for a busy landlord, time is money.Once you have a pool of applicants you can begin scheduling property tours, which is the perfect time to ask your applicants more questions about themselves.