All Forum Posts by: Bridget Hallmark

This morning, Apartments.com says my listing, which is exactly 2 days old, has 472 views. Not a single inquiry originating from that site. Is it somehow aggregating across multiple sites? Even then I'm not sure the math could possibly add up. And they certainly didn't ask me if I wanted to link the listing in any way, the way Zillow let me post their listing to Craigslist.

Anyone else have experience w/ Apartments.com? I will definitely email them but just curious about this group's usage. It seems insane that that many people would click on the listing without a single resulting inquiry. I've been regularly checking my spam folder, too.

Jennifer T, very interesting! And frustrating. 

Are you also seeing a high number of clicks with comparatively few inquiries?

Thanks Keith! I actually don't have my criteria in my listing so I think something else is driving the "click and move on" activity. I suspect people are looking and then concluding the rent is too high for the space. Maybe I'll get lucky and one of the three currently lined up will pan out and I won't really have to worry about this.

I have tough criteria so I should probably include it. I usually email an "info" packet the day before the appointment and it includes 2 sheets with my criteria, the application and leasing process, how parking works, etc. But that is a bit late in the game, why bother seeing a place if you know you won't qualify, right?

So you have just given me very valuable advice. Thank you.

Thanks Russell! I would think a slow month would result in an equally low number of views. My question is specifically whether anyone has experienced a ton of views on a listing (well over 100) with a very low number of responses.

Rental is smack between AU and Georgetown, in Glover Park, for what it's worth.

I do appreciate the response, thank you.

Hi, new member here and apologies upfront if question has already been explored elsewhere. I poked around a bit but did not see it:

Have you ever listed a property that is getting a ton of views online but not nearly the associated/expected number of inquiries/appointments?

Background: I've been self-managing my downtown DC 1-BR condo since 2012 and never increased the rent. It's always been $1800 w/o parking, $1950 w/ parking, which is a smidge higher than average for the 'hood (and why I've always left it alone). It's never been vacant more than 10 days.

My current tenant gave notice on Saturday. I decided I would try to up the rent for the first time to $1825/$1975. The listing has gotten 140 views on Zillow since late Saturday night, and over 100 views in 1 day on Apartments.com, but I'm not getting nearly the email traffic I normally would. I have two appointments set up for Saturday and one woman who wants to see it when she gets to town on August 11. Last time I turned this unit over (Oct 2016) I had 6 appointments within 24-48 hours and was flooded with daily email inquiries.

Anyway, I'm not specifically asking folks to tell me if the rent is too high, just if you've seen this situation with a huge number of views without the associated traffic? In the end, I will certainly drop the rent back down if needed, but I'm curious to see what others have experienced.

Many thanks,
Bridget