New to Real Estate · Fairfax VA · Member since 2024 · 5 posts · 2 votes
I have a place in Reston listed in Zillow & furnished finder for couple of weeks. Any thoughts of increase visibility for a rental property in Virginia?
Investor · Rochester, NY · Member since 2016 · 576 posts · 358 votes
2y
I recently paid Zillow $30 to keep my add nearer to the top of the search. An applicant told me that my photo's for one of my apartments looked worse than the apartment actually looks. So, I've got to pay more attention to taking better pictures, or hiring a photographer.
Realtor · Alexandria, VA · Member since 2023 · 11 posts · 7 votes
1y
When I advertise my rentals in NOVA I post on apartments.com, zillow, craigslist, and Facebook marketplace. Most of my tenants have been found off apartments.com actually (LTR properties in FFX county, Arlington and Alexandria. I would also recommend double checking your pricing.
Investor · Boise, ID · Member since 2014 · 3k+ posts · 3k+ votes
1y
Honestly- if you aren't getting inquiries, you are priced too high. The general rule of thumb is- no inquiries, you are at least 10% too high. Inquiries and showings but no follow up- +/- 5% too high.
I haven't seen your listing, but professional photos go a LONG way too.
Investor · Alexandria, VA · Member since 2020 · 95 posts · 45 votes
1y
My wife and I use Avail to find, screen, and manage applicants. It distributed our listing to a bunch of places with the exception of Zillow. So she manually placed our listing there.
We've listed in FurnishedFinder with no luck. We actually use Airbnb for our 2 furnished MTR units with great success.