How to get contact number for potential tenant?

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I’ve had numerous people asking to view my property but none of them are replying to me after I ask them what day they are available to view. I think most of them are enquiring through Rightmove and I’m starting to wonder whether they are getting my messages. How can I get a contact a number for them so I can call them directly?

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I believe if you click on the profile of the tenant inquiring in your message board there is an option to request contact details of the tenant

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Are you using openrent, or are you just on rightmove?

As a rule, unless you have a property very hard to let for some reason, I would not start ringing potential tenants, let them chase you. It sorts the wheat from the chaff.

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I give out my LL number in autoresponses to enquiries and ask them to call me. That puts the ball in their court. If they don’t, I don’t consider them no matter what. Simples.

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I wouldn’t want to do that. I’d want to short list at least before giving my contact details out to all & sundry.

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That’s your prerogative, but it’s not to all and sundry. It’s to potential tenants and it is a very effective filter to weed out timewasters or those who simply can’t follow basic instructions. Besides, a LL number, so not personal, and this practice has served me well for nearly five years now with zero abuse from anyone.

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not had anyone pester you ,asking why you did not choose them?

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nope… never.

I think the reason for this is that if they do call, I ask them a bunch of standard screening questions. By the time we finish those, if I refuse them a viewing, it’s obvious why and that’s that. If they do attend a viewing and subsequently are refused, again, it’s either obvious at viewing stage or subsequently based on other factors that come up (e.g. on bank statements). I always explain my reasoning.

If it comes to it, it’s really not hard to block a number… or even get another number myself. For me, the benefit of screening timewasters out this way def outweighs any issues from five years of experience doing this.

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