What online site to use for finding tenants?

Question

I am debating whether to hire a property management to find me a tenant or doing it myself thru turbo tenant or other online platforms.

anyone here working with turbo tenant or any other online platform that you would recommend ?

Thank you all in advance.

Charles Carillo · Answer

@Michael Valdez

We have rented most of our apartments just on Craigslist (Free) and Zillow ($10 a week). Finding potential tenants is not a problem; verifying and evaluating them is where the work is. Find a good background check program and make sure they 100% meet the qualifications you have set.

Patricia Steiner · Answer

Finding tenants is not a problem.  Put a sign in the yard and watch your phone blow up.  Depending on who your target tenant might be, you might want to post it on a military housing site, zillow, or even a section 8 one.  Again, finding a tenant is not the issue...it's targeting to who you want and having the screening vehicle in place to get that done quickly and painlessly for all.

You got this...

Jennifer Williams · Answer

If you post listings on websites where tenants go to find rentals (apartments.com, realtor.com, zillow, craigslist) you shouldn't have a problem finding interested renters. For some people just putting a sign out in the front yard is all they need to do! Like @Charles Carillo said, what happens after you get those interested prospective tenants is what's really important. A solid plan for screening is crucial. You can do this on your own (i.e. with online tools) pretty easily as long as you have a clear rubric of what is or is not a deal breaker for you in a potential tenant and sticking to that.

Brian Garlington · Answer

Post an ad on GoSection8. You can do it for free. My greatest success has been when I pay for 1 month though. You can "renew the ad" each day for free to take it to the top  of their search engine in your area. Put these things in your ad and you will still get lots of responses.

No smoking of any kind aloud on or around the property, period. It does not matter if you have a "card" with a prescription...you're not smoking that stuff here, period.

No animals or pets.

No felonies or evictions, ever.

Personal experience tells me that you will waste time posting on Zillow. 95% of the people do not even read the ad. Stay away from Zillow.

Craigslist can be pretty good. Make the headline of the ad say "Section 8 Welcome"

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