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Lease Your Property Faster: Staging and Touring Tips

East Rockaway Property Manager Staging a RentalAs an East Rockaway rental property owner, leasing your property takes more than just advertising and screening tenants. A vital element of quickly finding new tenants is utilizing excellent strategies for staging and showing your rental. While the odd vacancy and property showing may be part of owning a rental house, that doesn’t suggest these operations must be lengthy or take up a great deal of your time. Alternatively, implement these staging and touring tips to get your property leased promptly.

Give Proper Notice

First, if you currently have a tenant, it’s important to prepare them for the distraction of showing the property. Some tenants don’t want to have people walking through their home, even if their lease requires them to abide. You can encourage your tenants to be willing participants in the procedure by utilizing clear, positive communication and expressing care for their privacy and time. They may even be ready to guarantee that the house is clean through outstanding tenant relationships before you bring prospective tenants over for a tour.

Choose Your Moment

Even if you have a tenant in residence or not, it is an excellent idea to put some thought and effort into how the property seems before permitting prospective tenants to visit. If your current tenant appears to be messy or is in the process of moving, it may not be the right time to set up showings. It’s helpful to know your tenant well enough to decide whether to wait until they move out to show the place to others.

Staging for Maximum Appeal

There is no doubt that an empty rental house doesn’t show as well as one that is furnished. It may be challenging for people to achieve an accurate impression of the size of rooms and how well their own belongings will fit when standing in a plain space. As a result, you need to stage the rental house with at least a few furnishings to give the interior some dimension.

Utilizing a current tenant’s furniture may be the easiest method to stage a rental house. But too much stuff, usually personal belongings, can impede an effective showing. Including a small table and chairs in the dining area is a pretty easy way to achieve this. That way, the furniture can help prospective tenants get an accurate feel for the size of each room.

You may want to explore renting or borrowing some stuff to include in the rental just for show. There’s no need to go too big or include too much when you stage a rental home. Some furnishings and perhaps a decorative touch or two to bring visual beauty and color can help prospective tenants better visualize themselves living in the space. In response, that may allow you to lease the property faster and avoid wasting time and lost rental income.

Ensure Security

While you are staging and showing property, keep in mind taking steps to ensure the security of both your property and your current tenant’s belongings if any. It would be best to accompany anyone touring the rental property. You should also make an effort to ensure that doors and windows are all locked before you leave, primarily if your tenant is not at home at the time of the showing. And lastly, it’s critical to reassure a current tenant of the activities you will take to prevent theft and safeguard their security and privacy.

 

Obviously, staging and showing a rental house takes both time and effort. However, there is no need for you to do it yourself. To free up your time and give yourself peace of mind, consider contacting Real Property Management Innovation. Our East Rockaway property management professionals offer the full range of quality services you and your rental property need. You can call us at 516-570-9275 or contact us online.

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