Real Estate Renting Tips: Why Do Investors Fill Their Homes?

Our goal is to provide prospective tenants with as much information in as many ways as possible WITHOUT having to speak with them ourselves. Ideally, we want them to know the details about the home, the price, our terms, and what it looks like both inside and out before we speak with them. This will allows us to spend more time on income-producing activities and keeps us from burning out.

I've seen a lot of people who are just plain horrible at this business. It never ceases to amaze me that, with the plethora of information, seminars, gurus, websites, and all the other resources, so many people are completely ignorant of basic real estate skills.

Having vacant homes has to be one of biggest reasons why people create a huge financial strain on themselves and their businesses. Poor rental marketing practices can not only be rough on the business, but they can completely consume one's life. I wouldn't be surprised to find that if there was a place on divorce papers for "tenant stress" as opposed to "irreconcilable differences", many Americans would have checked the former.

I have felt this pain firsthand but I quickly realized that I needed to change up some things, and then proceeded to do so. Here are a few practices I've picked up that have significantly lessened the stress of my business.