Open Houses For Rentals

[Vicki Gleitz]

Okay,my son has already decided to have a couple open houses for his rental. Would it be alright to offer refreshments?  We figured that would keep people there looking at the house for a longer time period, which would make it feel more like their own, and I do LOVE to bake.  All floors are hardwood, so there would be no worries about food spilt on carpeting. So, what do you think?

[Mitch Dowler]

I see the Open House as tool dependent on online marketing. I was receiving a huge response on my high quality in-demand rental unit. Rather than drive back and forth showing several prospective tenants I placed the open house date and 4 hour window in my on-line advertisements.

Then prospects show up and those with interest can ask me questions. If they are true prospects and likely qualified I give them my one page flier for the property the includes the Cozy link and the QR code. The prospect can scan the the QR and it takes them directly to the Cozy tenant application on their smart phone where they can apply, be credit and criminal background screened, and set up ACH payment for the security deposit and first month's rent if they qualify.

I prefer getting my units leased out in a few hours using this method than by driving back and forth for one showing at a time.

My time is money!