Showing Agents for Rental Properties

[Michael Noto]

The topic of hiring a showing agent for rentals came up on one of the podcasts and it is something I do not hear talked about a lot in the forums.  

Some basic questions U have regarding this topic:

• As a rental property owner or property manager how much would you pay an agent per showing to show your rental and save you a lot of time in the process?
• Is their anyone who has hired a showing agent?  How much did you pay them?  How did it go?
• Anyone out there work as a showing agent?  How much did you get paid per showing? Was it a good experience.

I am not referring to rental agents, just someone who shows the unit after the potential tenant is pre-screened by the owner.  I look at this as a way for the rental property owner to save a bunch of time and this could work quite well for everyone involved in areas where rentals are in demand.

[James Wise]

1 months rent is the going rate in my area.