{"id":6987,"date":"2022-03-07T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T18:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rentecdirect.com\/blog\/?p=6987"},"modified":"2022-06-09T14:48:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T21:48:18","slug":"lead-tracking-property-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentecdirect.com\/blog\/lead-tracking-property-management\/","title":{"rendered":"The Easiest Tenant Lead Tracking Solution (That Actually Works!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Update your Tenant Lead Management System and never lose a lead again. <\/span><\/p>\n

Too many rental applications coming in for your property? Sounds like a pretty good first-world problem for any landlord or property manager. While it would be easy to dismiss any rental applicants with a simple \u201cwe have nothing available\u201d or even just ignore the inquiry, a smart property manager will capture these leads to use them at a later date. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tenant Lead Management is an important part of running a successful rental business. If you have an efficient system to organize all your interested applicants, you make your job that much easier when a vacant property pops up in your portfolio. Rather than going through the process of posting a vacant property to all the <\/span>top rental listing sites<\/span><\/a> (there are dozens), you can simply access your applicant pool and send renter prospects an update saying a property they are interested in is going to be available soon. <\/span><\/p>\n

How to Start Managing Your Tenant Leads<\/span><\/h2>\n

You can start tracking your prospective tenants by hand or by using a software company. This article examines both options.<\/span><\/p>\n

Track Your Tenant Leads By Hand<\/span><\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s first examine how renter leads come to you. Ask yourself – How do renters in your town find your properties or your management business? <\/span><\/p>\n

Most <\/span>renters will find you online<\/span><\/a> via your website or social media page like Facebook. After looking at your website they will contact you by phone, email, online inquiry form or in person. Since the rental market has become highly competitive, chances are these prospective renters will contact you or your office even if you do not have any properties listed as available online.*<\/span><\/p>\n

When you track leads by hand, you can ask these prospects for some information and tell them you will notify them when a property does become available. You should ask your prospects questions like:<\/span><\/p>\n