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Zillow Rental Manager (advertising and rent payment management)
Hi,
Has anyone used Zillow Rental Manager to manage rent payments and applications? We just listed a property on Zillow. From what I can tell, the first listing is free and subsequent listings are $9.99 per week. That might seem expensive, but if I were looking for a rental, that is where I would start. That seems like a reasonable fee to me for a rental listing that hopefully lasts no more than a couple of weeks. Others may disagree.
What about accepting applications through Zillow. We use Cozy and they charge the renter $40.00 which makes some potential worry that they are throwing money out the window when they apply to many apartments/homes for rent. Zillow appears to charge the renter $30.00 once then they can apply to unlimited rentals for the next $30 days. That seems better from the tenant perspective. Has anyone used this service?
What about managing rental payments on Zillow? I'm considering Buildium. That costs $47/month and is probably worth it. It appears that the Zillow service is free to the landlord and they make their money on non ach transactions with the tenant (credit/debit cards).
What does everyone use for advertising rentals? What does everyone use for managing tenant payments?
Thanks!
Robby