Basics of Property Management: Screening Potential Tenants

Basics of Property Management: Screening Potential Tenants

Keys To Using Real Estate Listings As A Seller

Jesse Obrien

If you're looking to sell your home, you need to market it as best you can so that buyers become aware of it being up for sale. One tactic that helps with this is using real estate listings. As long as you use them in the following ways, selling real estate will be much simpler. 

Focus on High-Quality SEO

You may include a compelling description and high-quality pictures on your home's listing, but you still need to make sure this listing is easy to find when buyers search for homes for sale in a particular area. High-quality SEO practices can help with this.

For instance, if you include popular keywords in descriptions that are put on real estate listing sites, your home is more likely to show up in the results. Thus, there is a greater chance certain buyers click on your listing and look further into what it offers.

Hire a Talented Realty Photographer

An important aspect of getting your property noticed on real estate listing platforms is capturing high-quality photos. They set the first impression and you want them to be positive so that buyers get excited about the prospect of visiting your home for sale in person.

Capturing high-quality photos of your home is a lot easier to do today thanks to realty photographers. You just need to find one who's talented and knows how to capture the best shots and edit them later. Then your real estate listings are going to pop visually, making it easier to capture the attention of buyers looking to move to your area.

Use Social Media as Another Marketing Channel

You can create a compelling real estate listing on a platform when selling a home, but for it to have the most success, you need it to gain as much exposure as possible. That's where social media comes in handy.

You can use multiple social media platforms to share your home's real estate listing and thus draw traffic to it. As long as you're creative with the way you share these listings on social media platforms — such as using captivating headlines and pictures — you can garner more attention and potentially sell your home a lot faster.

If you're looking to sell your home quickly and at a good price, you need to utilize real estate listings. As long as you create them carefully and share them consistently, you can have more success as a seller. For more information on real estate, contact a professional near you.


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Basics of Property Management: Screening Potential Tenants

For the last several years, I've used a property management firm to help with my rental properties. One of the tasks that they handle for me is screening applicants who would like to move into one of my vacant units. Their expertise has helped me lower my tenant turnover and find people who want to stay with me for years. Part of the process is a tenant screening credit check. Before any further contact takes place, my manager orders credit reports from at least two agencies. That is enough to tell us if an applicant is a good financial risk. Assuming the references work out, I meet the candidate and make the final decision. If you own rental properties, let me tell you more about the benefits of having a property manager. I'm betting you'll find this type of arrangement will work for you too.

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