Another Place to Advertise Rentals Online: RentShout
As more and more landlords and property managers turn to the web for advertising their vacant properties for lease, it’s helpful to know all your options. Here’s one you might not have seen yet: RentShout.com.
Rather than aggregating Craigslist.org,local online classifieds, and other For Rent site ads into a directory, RentShout turns the “funnel” around. When you advertise your rental on RentShout, it “shouts it out” to multiple rental websites and search directories, as well as video and social networking portals.
RentShout even creates optimized videos of your rental properties, using images you upload. The videos are then posted to your listing page, as well as popular video sites that your possible tenants may be on already, like YouTube, vimeo, and viddler.
Whether you own one single family rental house, or manage 25 apartment buildings, you can advertise on RentShout and see your listing on 60+ sites. Users also have access to detailed tracking reports, helping them capture leads and create more effective ads. Every listing has its own url, as well as a unique telephone number (that is forwarded to your designated phone)—so tracking is more effective. The urls also include buttons for one-click sharing to Twitter and Facebook.
For apartment communities, RentShout offers Community Web Pages, which offer complete information on an apartment community, amenities, location, and floor plans. It also allows property managers to advertise individual apartments that are available for rent. Contact forms make it easy to respond to interested potential tenants!
RentShout says every tenant searches the web differently, so having your listings across as many different types of websites and search engines as possible helps maximize your exposure. They may be right. You might want to check out RentShout for yourself!