Lynne's Lines: Looking to Rent A Home?

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Looking to Rent A Home?

The number of rental inquiries seem to be on the rise. The good thing is our Mulitple Listing Service (MLS) provides the capability to set up an auto-notification of rental listings to help renters with their home search. The best part is we can customize the search.

Some of the items we can customize a search based upon include but not limited to the following:

Number of bedrooms
Number of bathrooms
Garage
School
List Price Range
Date Available
Pets or Pet Restrictions
City
Subdivision
Fireplace
Lease Type
Lease Term
Pool
Section 8 Allowed
Rent Includes (i.e. water, sewer, trash pickup, etc.)
View (street, water, bay, etc.)
Unit Level
Fenced
Flooring
Appliances
Year Built
# Stories
Approximate Square Footage

As a real estate professional I can customize the search for a rental pretty much the same way I customize a search when someone is looking to purchase a home. With the increase in the number of rentals I have been showing as of late I wanted to point out renters have options too.

Go with an agent who is technologically savvy enough to refine the search for your rental to the criteria most important to you for your next home. Whether you're looking to rent or buy I'm sure you want your home to be your comfort zone.

I have been furnishing Lead Based Paint Pamphlet when showing rentals because it is even specified on some rental listings to provide a Lead Based Paint Pamphlet upon showing the property.

There are some really nice rental properties available. I've noticed more real estate rental listings are now including virtual tours.

I post a rental hot sheet on my website and try to update it a few times a week. If you click on the address it usually takes you to a map of the location. This is one feature I plan to include in future auto-notification of rental listings to my clients.

Let me know if you are looking to rent a home in the Hampton Roads area and would like a customized search set up for you. You can send an email request to Lynne@LynneRuffin.com or Lynne.Ruffin@LongAndFoster.com.

If you see a rental you are interested in you can look up the property details by using my real estate search page. There is no registration required to use this feature.

Lynne Ruffin
REALTOR®