Listing on Facebook to get showing

[Jim S.]

Does anyone actually end up showing your apt/house from Facebook. I get a lot of "Is it available" I answer them but never get any response back and never end up showing it to anyone from facebook.

[Mike Dorneman]

@Jim S. We only list our appts on Facebook. You’ll get a lot of inquires that won’t turn into anything though. However, you can streamline this by putting a system in place. Our first step is income verification. Once some inquires, we respond with a very polite request for income verification. This will weed out the people who aren’t serious quickly for you. After that, we schedule a phone screening at a specific time. If they miss the appointment, we block hem on FB and move on. Next step is a walk through at a specific time. If they miss that, we block them... This screening process has worked out great and lead to great tenants. My thought is if they can’t treat this process like a job interview or some other important priority in their life, then paying rent on time won’t be a priority for them either.