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Finding tenants for SFH

Juan Carlos CR
Member since 2025 · 27 posts · 6 votes

What is your best strategy for finding tenants for single family homes?

I am in Pittsburgh, PA and although I have a management company dealing with my property, I want to know best practices about this point in order to apply it right on time for this property. 

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Drew SygitBusiness Member
Property Manager · Royal Oak, MI · Member since 2012 · 13k+ posts · 9k+ votes
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@Juan Carlos CR how well do you know & understand what you PMC is doing?

Recommend you start there, THEN start asking more specific questions here on BP:)

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  • Caleb Brown
    Real Estate Agent · Kansas City · Member since 2018 · 5k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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    I would ask your property manager what they do. If you have a PM they should be handling it and getting it rented. Some areas rentals are moving fast, others are sitting for longer. Don't try to overstep or get antsy but on the other token make sure they are doing what you hired them for

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  • Max FeinbergPro Member
    Real Estate Agent · Pittsburgh, PA · Member since 2017 · 151 posts · 70 votes
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    Is your property management company coming up short? Are you renting it out yourself and they are just doing the management afterwards? If you are paying a property management company (presumably one month’s rent to actually get it rented), this should be a conversation with them about their best practices. If you are unhappy with their work, I recommend discussing with them sooner rather than later as you are spending a lot of money for their services I’m sure.

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  • Drew SygitBusiness Member
    Property Manager · Royal Oak, MI · Member since 2012 · 13k+ posts · 9k+ votes
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    @Juan Carlos CR how well do you know & understand what you PMC is doing?

    Recommend you start there, THEN start asking more specific questions here on BP:)

    [email protected]248-209-6824
    Logical Property Management4.9464 Reviews
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  • Jason H.Pro Member
    Rental Property Investor · Pittsburgh | Chicago · Member since 2016 · 115 posts · 54 votes
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    @Juan Carlos CR If you're able to, self manage!  Yes, it's a loaded response and easier said, but you will be much better off.

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  • Eric Gerakos
    Investor · Costa Mesa, CA · Member since 2016 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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    The best strategy for finding quality tenants is to buy the quality properties that will attract them.

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  • Anthony Angotti
    Real Estate Agent · Pittsburgh, PA · Member since 2015 · 1k+ posts · 846 votes
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    Quote from @Juan Carlos CR:

    What is your best strategy for finding tenants for single family homes?

    I am in Pittsburgh, PA and although I have a management company dealing with my property, I want to know best practices about this point in order to apply it right on time for this property. 


     We tend to find the best applicants from Zillow usually. For my own properties we have professional pictures taken, virtually stage them, and then post on all of the sites where tenants are looking. 

    We do not post signs in the yard because it results in too many nuisance calls with nonserious prospects. 

    If you want to do photos and virtual staging in Pittsburgh where the leasing fee is usually under $1500 then you should expect to pay for that yourself and not the PM since that's a good chunk of the leasing fee if they pay for it themselves. 


    Single family homes are generally pretty easy to find tenants for if they are clean, reasonably renovated, and priced appropriately. With most owners that we manage for I find that the biggest issues are either that they did not turnover the space entirely or they want to price ahead of the median rent too far. If you have a reason to price high you can do that, but be ready to extend your vacancy a good bit usually.  

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  • Adam BartomeoBusiness Member
    Real Estate Broker · Cape Coral, FL · Member since 2015 · 2k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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    We use FB market place a lot. It is in the top 3 of our lead generators. 1 our website, 2 Zillow, 3 FB

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  • Juan Carlos CR
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    Member since 2025 · 27 posts · 6 votes
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    Thank you eveyone for all your comments. I was able to successfully rent out my property. Huge lesson learned, Facebook groups are absolutely great. 

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