All Forum Posts by: Jamieson Brady

Thanks everybody for the responses.

I wound up listing the townhouse myself on Avail.co and Zillow.  Got a ton of responses and showed the place twice, rented to a qualified candidate. 

Used Avail for application and lease.  Worked out really well.

We recently bought a SFH to live in and decided to rent our townhome instead of selling it. I hired my realtor we used to buy the house to rent the place, his fee is first months rent plus $300.

Fast forward 3 months and he has only brought me 2 applications, both of which were tenants without a stable job and horrible credit.  I think he priced the place too high.

Originally he was asking $2250/mo, the price has now gone down to $2100 and still not getting alot of bites.  There are not a ton of rental properties in the area but the price seems decently competitive based on the few other townhomes I see on realtor.com 

The photos in his listing are not great.  I am considering just trying to rent the place myself- take better photos, post some "FOR RENT" signs around the neighborhood.   I might drop the price significantly- my main priority is to find a good tenant who pays on time and does not trash the place.

Does anybody have an opinion on how I should proceed to get this place rented to a good tenant?  Should I stick with the realtor or try to do it myself?

Amazing thread! Inspired to replicate your success