Houston Tenant Placement

[Benjamin Ford]

I am wondering if Houston investors have found an alternative to HAR/real estate agents for tenant placement. It just seems like a full month's rent as a fee for tenant placement is excessive. I have been posting on zillow and apartments.com with little success. I am not opposed to paying a reasonable fee. Just curious what others have done.

[Jerry Ta]

Prior to being an agent, with my own rental properties, I found using an agent provided better tenant applicants. There is a weed out process, agents do not want to show houses to prospective tenants unless they go through some kind of screening. 

Sure, you can use the free sources like craigslist and facebook, but the goal is not just getting a tenant, but a quality/qualified tenant.