Do Your Research before Listing Your Property Privately

There are a variety of Property Listings available to those looking at posting an advert whether letting or selling privately. Offline property owners or those seeking property to rent can, for example, post adverts in local newspapers or list their details in shop windows. Online there are many different websites offering to list properties.

It is worthwhile investigating the various options available. Online there are some websites which may require a fair amount of detail if you have a property you are wanting to rent out. At the other end of the spectrum will be those that display teaser property adverts. The cost of listing will vary. Some will charge upfront fees, whilst others, like ourselves, will only charge for property enquiries. There are also websites that will offer a completely free service. However, it's extremely important that you do your research before you decide the right property listing service for you. Things to consider before listing your property are:

- Will your contact details be displayed on the website to would be tenants?
- What will the websites do to try and attract potential tenants to your property advert?
- Has the website been recommended?

There will different approaches from the online offerings. Just be prepared to do your homework!

Alternately if you have decided that it appears to be too much work you can always opt to use an Estate Agent, however remember that with this approach there will tend to be larger fees involved.

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In case you don't know we are not estate agents, but a property enquiry service putting landlords in touch with people who are looking to rent property and vice versa.

List your property advert for FREE; all you pay for is enquiries to your property advert. Currently we have a promotional offer where you only pay £1 for each property lead you choose to receive.

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