After potential tenant see the property they receive a link to the application automatically and are asked follow up questions. You get feedback on the property which is great in a slow market. Only the ones that are good fit for your property can see it. If for whatever reason they don’t like it, what do you think they do next? You guessed it, they will look at Rently for more properties because they are already screened and they can enter and see any home that’s available on So if your rental is listed there it will be found by hundreds of people.īefore someone can see the property the are asked pre-qualifying questions you can set up in the app. When a potential tenant looks to rent a home, at some point, they will have to sign up with Rently, register with their ID, credit card, email and cell phone number and go to look at the property they were interested in. These companies are spending a lot of money on marketing and are using Rently or Showmojo self-showing technology. I call them corporate but what I mean is they are owned by big corporations like Invitation Homes, Progress, American Homes for Rent. Why?Ĭorporate rentals in some areas of the country are 60% of the total properties on the market. This one was a surprise for and a bonus when we started using self showing. Piggyback on larger companies marketing budgets. Make it convenient to show and you will rent your property faster. They may be in town only for a day or two. If potential tenants and agents call while in the area showing properties and they see your sign, can you show them the rental immediately? If you can’t, it’s highly unlikely they will come back another day to look, so you lost them as potential tenants. Why Property Managers and Landlords should consider self-showing?Ĭonvenience for the tenant and property manager which leads to more showings. You can call the police to escort them out because they are trespassing. Someone can move in and I can’t get them out. Showmojo offers insurance in case anything like that happens. I have used Rently for years on hundreds of properties without a single incident. It exposes the owner to potential theft and damage. This is an interesting article on the topic from BBC.

Research has shown that we are only good judges of character when the people we judge are open and honest. I need to meet someone in person before deciding to rent to them. But this relationship can start after you approve a tenant, it’s not necessary to start at the first showing of the property. There is something to be said for having a good working relationship with your tenants. Managing a tenant I met personally is much easier in the long run.

It doesn’t matter if the tenants are alone or someone, an agent for example, is showing them the property, the possibility of someone getting hurt is there. I don’t want to expose myself to risk and liability. That being said I will go over some of the major fears that currently exist with self showing. I see self showing being embraced not only in the rental market but also in real estate showings. The simple answer is: most of us like familiar things and technology. Why Landlords and Property Managers are still reluctant to embrace this technology?

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