Do you think it's worth the $10 weekly fee to post your rental on Zillow? If you hire a real estate agent do you expect them to post your listing on Zillow? Do you think this is a market-specific question?
Investor · Shelton, WA · Member since 2017 · 6k+ posts · 6k+ votes
4y
Zillow and Apartments.com is what we use. But our primary resource is posts at the local hospital and city HR office. We post at the school board too. Zillow is volume but not quality.
Investor · Shelton, WA · Member since 2017 · 6k+ posts · 6k+ votes
4y
Zillow and Apartments.com is what we use. But our primary resource is posts at the local hospital and city HR office. We post at the school board too. Zillow is volume but not quality.
Rental Property Investor · Member since 2020 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
4y
For me Zillow is the best and while I don’t like that they started charging I’d be loosing a lot of money if I didn’t pay. In my area we can also pay 10/week or 20 for a month which is more time than I need but I feel it is good value. A $2000/ month rental is about 67/ day of occupancy so I really can’t afford not using it. I also post to Facebook but it is really a waste of time where hardly anyone gets back to me or qualifies.
Investor · Greer, SC · Member since 2014 · 13k+ posts · 17k+ votes
4y
Absolutely. It usually only takes me 1 week and the tenants can apply right on Zillow. You can also advertise on FB marketplace and tell them to go to zillow to apply. That is what I do.
I'll have 3 to 5 applications to pick from in just a few days.
Real Estate Investor · Williamson County, TX · Member since 2011 · 1k+ posts · 961 votes
4y
@Bishoy Said Yes. Saw a neighboring house sell, get fixed up and a sign placed out front. Never saw it on zillow and it took a while to rent in a super hot market. It was priced high but I think it languished because the listing broker checked the box to disallow the mls from allowing other websites like zillow to display the listing. Cost the owner about a months rent.
Rental Property Investor · Huntsville, AL · Member since 2013 · 419 posts · 323 votes
4y
Zillow is the best option in my area and I get fewer unqualified inquiries than any other platform. In this market, I usually place a renter in about a week.
Realtor · PInellas County Largo, FL · Member since 2016 · 902 posts · 810 votes
4y
I think it's worth it -- all my tenants have come through Zillow group websites. They are much better than the craigslist calls I get!
If you're paying a realtor a lease-up fee to put it on the MLS, it should auto feed to Zillow. They use IDX like every other Realtor website now, so it "should" be automatic. I haven't listed a rental since Zillow became a brokerage, so I'm not positive, though.
Rental Property Investor · Sioux Falls, SD · Member since 2015 · 9k+ posts · 18k+ votes
4y
That fee is market dependent. They changed it from $10 down to $5 in my market and now changed it to FREE listing as long as you accept Zillow applications. I liked it better when they changed $10 because there were less listings. It is definitely worth listing on Zillow. That is where we find the highest quality leads and usually where we end up renting our houses.
Stop looking at cost in business and consider value. Business is about return on investment. If a house rents for $1500 a month, that is $50 per day. If listing on Zillow costs you $10-20 and you get the property rented even one day faster, you come out ahead financially.
Rental Property Investor · Erie, PA · Member since 2015 · 1k+ posts · 2k+ votes
4y
I post on Facebook Marketplace and in local Facebook property rental groups.
In my main market Facebook Marketplace/local FB groups are by far the best places to post rental ads as the vast majority of potential renters simply use Facebook to find a place.
Yes! $10 per week is better than the alternative - paying a property management company half of the first month's rent to market and get your place under contract.
Rental Property Investor · NJ · Member since 2022 · 7 posts · 2 votes
4y
@Bishoy Said I highly recommend you look into using Facebook Market Place. It's 100% free and takes seconds to post your advertisement. I was overwhelmed with the amount of people that reached out, but yet still super excited with the outcome.