Rental Agents/Realtors in Davis

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know of any rental agency other than Veri Realty that I can check out for my landlord? He isn't getting many bites at all on his CraigsList ad and we're both getting worried about the 1st floor not being occupied on September 1. (I don't know why the lack of response when it's a pet-friendly, free garage/off-street parking, queer/poly friendly, free in-house laundry 3-bedroom for a great price. What more can he offer??) He can't pay the mortage without a tenant in there.

He used to use Veri to rent the place out, but Veri is on a different business model now and they charge the landlord $1000 to rent it. He definitely can't afford it. Are there any others that work with Davis properties that I could look into that might be more affordable?

PS- I'm showing the apartment this evening 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM if anyone's interested.

Comments

[eclecticavatar.livejournal.com]

I totally agree that there's a decline, now. When J and I were looking for a July rental, there were so many options and we rented a place very quickly. I have friends that have now been looking and striking out for months!

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Rents sure have come down. My landlord used to get $3000 for the same apartment he now only gets $1800 for. And it's looking like he can't get even that! Right now from the 3 apartments he's only getting rock bottom minimum to cover the mortgage and expenses. Any less and he'd be in the red. Not a good time to be a landlord. :-(

[turil.livejournal.com]

Well, that is sort of how the market works. People who buy a house thinking that they are going to make a ton of profit out of renting it are mostly going to find out that they are wrong. The real money is in buying low and selling high, and paying the mortgage by renting the place out in the meantime (or living there).

If the landlord was really interested in making money, maybe he should have sold the place a few years ago when the market was crazy.