Owners: Worth it to list rentals on StreetEasy?

Yes, I rented my unit on SE.

i look at SE for rentals as do friends.

of course people look for rentals here, look at all the boards/discussions. we personally use this site religiously (and in fact this year have already been looking for weeks for July move in) - only from your comment i now realize there are probably scores of listings we don't see bc they are on CL... great

CL is a cesspool for looking for rentals. Personally I think nyt is the best.

CL is fine if you look at owner listings, not broker listings. I found my last and current place this way.

Even under broker ones, I have seen real apartments. You just have to know how to filter them. There are MANY apts listed by owner that are [no fee and free month on CL] that are [owner pays fee to broker instead of you getting a free month] on nyt.com. THere are many more that are just on CL and not on NYT.

NYbits takes landlord listings for free or really cheap - and they are all no fee.

So in other words, my current apartment, had I found it on the times, would have been no fee (paid by landlord) but no free month because it was advertised by a broker. The lasing office advertised directly on CL, so I got it no fee no broker AND a free month. you are kind of stupid if you just use nyt in other words.

broker here: last apartment I rented (co-op sublet in FiDi) the customer came in through the Times, with her broker. She was financially qualified and ready to go. CL didn't pull, and neither did SE..

ali r.
{downtown broker}

Of course you should check all of the above, which I do. My point is that so many Rockrose, Glenwood, Avalon etc bldgs are advertised as no fee on Nyt by brokers now that those firms will pay fees OR a free month (but never both)...a simple glance at the pictures or floorplan will however alert an avid streeteasy, cl and nybits checker that these bldgs are in fact available with a free month rent without a broker.

Even in the case of condos and coops, I have found listing directly by owner on CL that were also advertised by a broker (which is why so many ads by owner on Cl say specifically "no brokers".)

I am not harping on brokers. Some people don't have time to crazily check all websites.

60% of my rental business(clients) comes through SE v.about 20% through CL. I find the NYT's to be a total waste of money unless I am advertising a open house for an apartment renting above $8000.

SE provides me with educated "real" clients and provides a great interface for quick uploads, changes etc..
My exclusives are listed in OLR and do very well there. 5 rentals closed so far this month, all StreetEasy.

www.theburkhardtgroup.com

I've found Streeteasy excellent for rentals!

I use all three sources: SE, NYT, and CL. We have seen nice apartments from all sites.

Thanks all, I listed a one bedroom I have for rent on SE and have received a decent number of inquiries from what appears to be quality renters...

Craigslist is useless. I got two months free rent and no broker's fee by going to a management company directly. They were not advertising beyond their own website, although there were a couple of brokers trying to rent it as well, independently.