Optimize your Rentals Property Listings for more VIEWS

Is your listing Optimized? As search engines index your listing(s) they are looking for certain keywords in your text. Example: if you are offering an apartment in Cleveland you many want to place in the description or listing title, "Apartment in Cleveland". By having your keywords or key phrases grouped together you will increase your chances of your listing ranking well and getting VIEWS. For a better idea on what keywords work best, visit Google Suggest and begin entering some words. The more text you have in your listings the more content the search engines will spider.

Do you have a photo in your listing? Photos can be just as important as the listing description. We highly recommend uploading photos of your rentals with your listing

Homes for Rent , Super Bowl 2008 Houses?

Today you can find just about anything on Ebay and with the Super Bowl only months away its no shock that its loaded with NFL items already. In fact, not only can you get Super Bowl tickets months in advance, you can also bid on a reservation for a rental HOUSE near the stadium.

Already popping up on various auctions are homes for rent in Glendale Arizona near Super Bowl Stadium. Some of these homes are auctioning at $15000 for 1 WEEK !! (for a 2000 sq ft home) So for you landlord or property managers in Glendale with vacancies coming up you may want to hold off a bit before you turn the property over for a long term lease.

... We'll keep an eye on this to see what these properties are really renting for.

How much Rent should I charge?

With a soft real estate market, more and more people are looking to convert their homes into rental properties. The big question is "How much rent Can I get?"

The guys at iiproperty have put together a handy tool for showing rental comps in various areas throughout the country.

Visit www.Rentometer.com for more information.

Send mail to your tenants using Postful.com | email to mail service

In this electronic world its difficult to find time to do things that do not involve a computer. So when it comes time to mailing out leases, tenant applications, late notices we find ourselves 'getting to it later'. Often times when we do get the time we're missing stamps or the toner in your printer ran out of black ink.

The guys over at Postful.com have come up with a way to convert E-mail into Snail mail.

1. Easily set up an acct
2. Send an email with the address you are sending to in the subject line
3. in the body of the email type in the information to be placed in the letter, or send an attachment.
   
4. Send it, accept the proof, and your done!

They will then print it, stuff the envelope, put a stamp on it and send away.

Cost: $.99 per letter. When you factor in time, stamps, envelopes, toner and paper.. you'll find its cheaper to use this method instead of doing the labor yourself.

Take a look at their site for more information.
http://www.postful.com/

Great Phone and Fax service for Managing Rentals

If you are a Do-it-yourself Landlord or Property Manager a Virtual office is the way to go. A Virtual Office or Virtual PBX, as it is sometimes called, is a Phone system and fax service wrapped into one. For roughly $10/mon (less than an dedicated phone line) you can get a professional fax and phone service including extensions.

How it can be useful to the average landlord or manager?

• Various Phone extensions which can forward to any phone or multiple phones if needed. So you can have an emergency maintenance line forward to your mobile phone or home phone without the user ever knowing that happened.
  
• Use the included screening service to see who is calling before you answer. You can then send to voicemail or accept the call all while the user listens to music of your choice.
  
• Have your prospect calls for vacancies go to voice mail for retrieval later while you are on the go.
  
• Have a dedicated extension for various departments or people. Ie: maintenance call go to Maintenance man.
  
• Receive faxes in your email inbox or access them online anywhere
• Fax service great for sending/receiving applications and leases.
  
• Great for hiding your home phone or mobile phone yet getting your work done.
  

Take a look at GotVmail for an excellent video demo of some ways to use your Virtual office.