I'm looking for free or cheap first.
2007-10-14 13:31:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
Ron, while I appreciate your concern, I am not a sucker or an idiot who has no experience in business or real estate. I've been a business owner for 7 years (successful I might add) and I have been a landlady in the past. So this is not totally new to me. Secondly, if you think I shouldn't rent my house, what else do you propose I do? As an EXPERIENCED realtor, as you say, you must know that you can't sell anything in this current market. Are you suggesting I just walk away and pay a mortgage on a vacant property, walk away and kiss my equity goodbye and let it foreclose or cancel all my plans for my future and sit in a house I no longer want to live in on the CHANCE that my investigation on a tenant is incorrect?
2007-10-15 01:47:58 · update #1
Move.com, Rent.com, militaryrelocator.com (if you are near any military base) or militarybyowner.com. (the military ones normally list homes up to 30 miles away.
2007-10-14 13:45:46 · answer #1 · answered by butterflyfiredana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-19 21:00:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a sign on the property:
FOR RENT BY OWNER
Call Self-emplyed
AT . . . . . . . . . . . .
AND get ready to be bombarded with calls from every kind of potential tenant.
You'll get calls from pigs, slobs, no pays, slow pays, great tenants AND every kind of potential tenant in-between - AND more. People with pets? You bet!
You may even get calls from real estate agents and those
fee-paid agencies. This is when the folks looking for a residence pay a fee for a list and then those potential tenants call Y-O=-U - at ALL hours of the day and night.
"Sob stories?" Folks who are "hard on their luck"? ABSOLUTELY!
Why? Because those folks see you as an "easy mark" - "a cheapskate" - trying to save that commission and fee. "A sucker". Someone who will listen and feel sorry for those folks. AND, YES, will let those folks move-in.
Things may be good for a month or two or a few months. THEN THE TROUBLE starts. No rent. Promises? Yep! Money? Nope! Excuses? We accumulated over 130 of them!
BUT here's what we tell folks: AND its in the lease!
"Excuses do not pay the rent. ONLY molney pays the rent!"
So go ahead: Rent your place yourself. Without even knowing anything about you or where the property is located, I can almost assure you, you will put the wrong kind of tenant in your property. What kind is that? The kind you don't want.
Every Landlord AND every rental agent wants only 5 things:
1] The property properly cared for - according to the terms of the lease.
2] The rent - on-time OR ahead of time - without any excuses.
3] Don't bother the Landord or Agent for anything
4] The Landlord or Agent shouldn't bother the tenant.
5] When it comes time to move-out, vacate the property on-time or ahead of time and leave the place in the same condition - or better - as when it was first rented.
Thanks for asking your Q! I enjoyed taking the time to answer it!
VTY,
Ron Berue
Yes, that is my real last name!
2007-10-14 14:28:33 · answer #3 · answered by Ron Berue 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
www.craigslist.com if you are close to a bigger town this is a great FREE place to start and many people have found this to be successful. We put our open houses up here and other things too. Good luck for a good tenant!
2007-10-14 14:48:08 · answer #4 · answered by helprhome 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rent-To-Own Homes - http://RentToOwnHome.uzaev.com/?WKTH
2016-07-12 14:13:19 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make it www.craigslist.org
2007-10-14 13:41:59 · answer #6 · answered by Irish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
craigslist.com
2007-10-14 13:39:08 · answer #7 · answered by Panda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋