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

[kglue.livejournal.com]

Do you know what the rationale is behind Veri charging the landlord $1000? Is it so that they can offer the apartment for half fee to prospective tenants, or is it just an add on service fee and they still charge tenants a full month's fee?

Hopefully your landlord can rent it for 1800, but if he can't, then at some point he needs to determine if he can afford to lose 1800 a month or something like 200 a month by reducing the rent.

From my experience moving around Davis Sq (three apartments in the last 4 years), rents seem to have been fairly stable ... well, maybe it's gone down a bit because landlords seem to pick up half or full fees now.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

pheromone explained it to me. Since the agency needs to get paid, when the market is up the tenant pays that fee. When the market is bad, the landlords pay it. When it's in between, it gets split.

My landlord has been trying to avoid the fee altogether by finding tenants ourselves without an agent, but we having gotten many applications. Granted, it's a September rental and we're not even into August yet. But I think he should cover all bases and enlist some agency help.