Marketing my rental

[Darlena Jones]

Hey ya'll - I have a vacant unit (part of a duplex) that I can't seem to get any lookers on.  I put up signs at the close intersections and have about half dozen ads on Craigslist but I've only had 3 phone calls.  Two of those hung up on me after I told them the rent and the 3rd was "calling for a friend."

Is this just a "wait and they will come" situation or is there something else I can do?

[Sarnen Steinbarth]

Have you tried posting on social media as well?

Signs?  Flyers?  

Postlets hits a bunch of the online websites, but certainly not all.  

Like @Nicole A. mentioned you may want some better pics.

Here is my list of 7 P's for moving real estate, photos being one of them:

• Price - Is your price right
• Promotion - Are you doing a good job getting the word out
• Property - Is it in good shape
• Policies - Are your policies reasonable (e.g.- Are you asking for 10x the monthly rent 28 prior landlord references, and only 800+ credit scores)
• Photos - Are they nice
• Place - Is it in a good location
• People - Is the demand cyclical - are people looking

(I think I need to make this into a blog post, yes?)