For a long time landlords had but a few options for advertising a rental property. You could take out a classified ad in the newspaper, put up flyers around town, and stick a “For Rent” sign out front. These days, though, landlords have the Internet — an invaluable tool for finding qualified tenants and getting the word out about your property and/or your property management business.
While many landlords now use the Web to find tenant applicants, they typically use just a couple websites to do so, unaware that there are several quality websites out there that are either dedicated to rental properties or include rental properties as part of their listings. After you list your property on Craigslist and the local newspaper’s online classifieds, you should cover all your bases by making sure your listing is being cross-referenced and picked up on other reputable websites dedicated to rental properties. A few to check out are: Rent.com, HotPads.com, and Cazoodle.com.
The next time you’re in the market for a pool of qualified tenants who are searching for a property to rent just like the one you have, try one (or all!) of these services in addition to your tried-and-true internet outlets. (But don’t disregard the power of that age-old “For Rent” sign.)
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