Those of you who self-manage...

Which websites and / or newspapers etc do you list your available rental properties on?

Gumtree
Forsaleforlease
Local paper
Others?

 

When I self managed many years ago i used gumtree. Big no no as majority of applicants were deadbeats with no job. For some reason that website attracts scum.

 

I don't self manage, but I I were looking to rent myself, I'd go to realestate.com.au and that's about where I'd stop.

 

My current IP's came with long-term tenants and referrals from them so haven't had to advertise for awhile.

If I had to I'd probably place a sign on the front lawn, a neighbor may let someone they'd want in their street know about it, sus them out from there.

In the past with other IP's I used the local area community newspaper with ~90% success of reliable tenants, no major dramas though.
IMO with internet etc newspapers are dead, however whoever is genuinely looking for a local place will check out the local free rag, saves getting phone calls from OS etc.

I'd avoid Gumtree, too many unknowns.

 

Same here but i have an ice problem a history of defaults and two staffys i like to sneak in after a month so Gumtree is my go to site.

 

There's also Facebook with lots of rental groups. For example type in "Sydney rent" into the search bar in facebook. Btw I've never tenanted a place this way but it works as a pulse to see what is going on.

 

Local paper (in the past, no longer), re.com.au and Gumtree are the only ones I've tried (re.com.au is always through an agent who does searches etc and just charges an initial fee - I've never listed directly myself).

 

We've always relied on our own site and Gumtree. Keep in mind however that we do rent to a niche market, those looking for fully furnished properties for two months or longer. We've rarely had dramas, to be honest - had a bad experience recently, but one in eight years is pretty good. The worst thing our tenants usually do is leave the property dirty - nothing our cleaner and the bond doesn't (usually) cover.

 

rent.com.au - took up on their offer for free listing - got no responses, however gumtree had a few good responses.

On a side note - I found my current rental property via gumtree and I consider myself a good tenant.

Next time I'll list on re, reiwa and domain. Does anyone even use domain?

 

In the ACT it's all about allhomes.com

 

I'm from NSW and I've never (and only know one friend who has ever) used Domain

 

Use RE and Domain.

We have manged to use both gumtree and also "word of mouth" but also use an agent who takes first week rent plus costs.

 

In WA and hope to this week sign a tenant - enquiry from Domain. Have noticed in last year enquiries from Domain increased a little.

I self manage and use a combination of the standard sites RE.com/Domain etc (obviously through one of the third party advertisers) and Gumtree.

In my experience I would say I have had equal great results from Gumtree and the likes of RE.com. However, I would say if advertising on Gumtree, especially in lower price point rentals, you need to be prepared to do a lot of vetting.

Some time ago we had an old house pre demo cheap on gumtree, pets allowed. This was at a time when there was high demand for rentals and the phone did not stop for days. Slightly different story in WA at the mo (insert sound of crickets here).

Either way be confident in trusting your gut instinct.

 

Last vacancy I had, I advertised in local paper for 4 weeks and no bites, then gave to local agent for 1 weeks rent + costs and had a great tenant in a week. Further advantage was the agent was very experienced and scrapped applications she knew would cause problems, saving time. She also told me I had several fantastic applications who offered more rent but all 3 decided against my property on inspection as there were no ceiling fans, so I'll probably put in fans next vacancy... Agent uses realestate.com.au

 

As a newbie with 1IP I put my place on gumtree and had quite a few hits... Quality of tenants were hit and miss.. HEAPS contacted asking if pets were allowed.

I ended up with a lovely young couple who are super easy to deal with.

If I was looking to rent, I probably would not look anywhere other than re.com.au but that is just me.

Whilst I can find decent tenants on gumtree I am happy.

 

I use
http://www.forsalebyowner.com.au/landlords/ - $99
Gumtree - free

 

I have used gumtree about 5 times so far so good.

I make the applicants give me some references.

Last house I got a few unemployed chaps and one was a couple who both worked with a family who couldn't find a 4 bed home and was going to have to start living in a motel and put all her stuff in storage if in a couple weeks.

I asked why she had left it so late to find a house and she said she had been looking for 3 months but everything was out of their budget

She was actually crying when i showed her through the home. I wasn't sure if i was going to get ripped off but she gave me a local property agents name who personally vouched for her.

They have been in there since April with no problems at all and still send me messages saying how grateful and happy they are.