This post goes out to all the landlords and property managers out there. Anyone who has a property for rent. Hopefully you already know this… You’ve gotta put your ad on Craigslist.
I don’t know the percentages but I’m guessing that 80%+ of prospective renters will use Craigslist exclusively in there search for a new home. How do I know this? Well, I’ve been renting out my condo in West Seattle each year for the past 4 years and every time I post the ad on Craigslist, I get a flood of emails from interested applicants. I’ve never had to advertise my condo anywhere else.
Looking Good On Craigslist is Essential
The bad news is that most other landlords & property managers also know about Craigslist. In fact, it’s not uncommon for me to post my condo to Craigslist and within 20 minutes, it will already be on page 2 of the results in Seattle! That’s crazy, I know. So, your posting needs to look professional if it’s going to stand out. This also goes for your photos — they’ve gotta look great. Craigslist even has a search filter to skip ads that don’t include photos and I’m sure that many searchers use this — I mean, what good is an ad for an apartment or house if it doesn’t show any pictures?
You say: “So how come my awesome looking photos are all blurry once I upload them to Craigslist?”
I respond: “Because Craigslist shrinks your photos to fit their template and to load very fast. This reduces their quality significantly and can often times result in blurry, messy looking photos.”
Check out this example from one of TourVista’s clients:
| Original Photo Looks Great | Craigslist Photo Looks Blurry |
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There are the actual photos, no Photoshopping or anything like that. Craigslist really nukes your original pix.
The good news is that you can still get your photos looking AMAZING on Craigslist!
Just use TourVista’s Craigslist templates to create your ad and your photos will look so much better. The trick is that when you use our Craigslist templates, you upload the photos to TourVista.com, not Craigslist.org, and we don’t reduce the quality. Your ads pull the photos from your account at TourVista.com and that’s how your photos maintain their original high quality.
‘Nuff said! Give TourVista a spin and try out our Craigslist templates. They will save you time, make your ads look so much better, and give prospective tenants a great first impression of your property. Click the image below to get started.
