Feeling a little nervous about lack of qualified candidates
We've had our duplex since October 4th, and listed our list unit (2B/1BA) on November 7th at $1,000 and tenants split electricity and gas.
We've had lots of interest, but the problem seems to be that folks aren't meeting our qualifications. I just updated all of my postings saying we'll accept pets in hopes that maybe someone qualifies but they have a pet, but it's getting to be a crap time of year and I'm worried about our standards.
Has anyone else ran into this? Rent is actually a little below what others have posted around so it's not a price problem, it's a quality problem. What else can be done to help move things along? Posted in the following spots:
- Craigslist
- Trulia
- Zillow
- Apartments.com
- Cozy
- TenantCloud
- Nextdoor (in my own neighborhood though, apparently since I don't live in my rental I can't join that area's Nextdoor?)
- Hotpads
- My New Place
- MSN
- AOL Real Estate
- Doorsteps.com
- Realtor.com
For the extension list of what our qualifications are, you can find them on our website: https://www.conrad.rentals/rental-application
All ideas are welcome, thank you!!