With Nomad, if you are priced competitively and have a professional listing, you will have renters inquire and want to tour your home in no time!
DIY Owner-led showings
- Pros
- You’re getting into a long-term relationship with the renter, it’s good to meet them and get comfortable. Especially if you have to choose between multiple applicants
- Most Owners know their home best and are best able to show and sell what makes your rental home unique
- Having an earlier relationship with the future renter can help you start things off on the right foot
- Owner often gets to meet the inquiry and that helps in deciding who to send the lease to
- It’s free!
- Owner responsibilities:
- Owner has to do some work to set up and complete the showing
- Who
- All sorts of Owners use this option - some do the showing themselves, some use a friend, some have an agent friend use the DIY tool, some provide the access info themselves to the inquiry
- How does it work?
- Interested renters find your listing online and inquire
- Owner receives that inquiry via email and also get the name and contact info in your Portal
- Owner sets up and completes the showing themselves as they best see fit
- That inquiry applies and Nomad does the screening
- Cost: $0 (Free!)
Resident-led showings with smart lockbox
- Pros
- Availability: wide showing availability (mornings, nights, weekends) that’s not constrained by your schedule or that of an agent
- Security: identity verification and pre-screening step before renter can enter the property
- Access not given if self-reported credit score is too low or move-in date is too far away
- Admin help: Nomad offers a first line of defense to answer basic access and administrative questions
- Cons
- It’s an unchaperoned tour which means there can be risk. While issues are very rare, they are possible.
- Owner responsibilities
- We recommend still making sure that your property is secure on a routine basis
- Nomad always recommends following up with showings to see if you can help get them to apply
- Who
- Owners use this option because they don’t want to have to schedule and perform showings - sometimes they are busy, sometimes they want those extra nudges and assistance from Nomad
- How does it work?
- When an Owner signs up with Nomad they are mailed a Self-guided lockbox for the Owner to enter a key and hang on the door of the rental property
- Interested renters find the listing online and inquire
- These inquiries’ name and contact info will always be available in your Portal
- That inquiry verifies their identity and goes through pre-screening and selects a showing time that’s best for them
- Nomad texts the inquiries to urges them to schedule a showing
- That inquiry goes to the property at their selected time, receives their one-time code, gets the key from the lockbox, and completes their tour.
- Inquiry receives a text to make sure that they locked up correctly
- That inquiry applies and Nomad does the screening
- Cost: $499 (taken out of first month’s payment to Owner)
Agent-led showings (only available in select markets)
- Pros
- Professionalism: a trained real estate professional shows your home
- Save time: Owner does not have to set up or complete showing
- Peace of mind: that property is secure
- Cons
- Hiring professional agents is more expensive
- Tighter availability for showings based on agent availability
- Owner Responsibilities
- As always, we recommend that Owners reach out to inquiries and showings to help with details and clarifications on the property and lease terms
- Who
- All kinds of Owners utilize this option, often it’s people who are busy and value the personal touch during the showing
- How does it work?
- Interested renters find your listing online and inquire
- These inquiries’ names and contact info will always be available in your Portal
- These inquiries will book a time slot through the listing where a local leasing agent will meet them at the property
- Inquiry meets the agent at the property at a selected time, and the agent chaperones the tour.
- That inquiry applies and Nomad does the screening
- Interested renters find your listing online and inquire
- Cost: $899 (taken out of the first month’s payment to the Owner)
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