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Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
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Jonas Bordo
4 years 7 months ago #38293
by Jonas Bordo
Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there? was created by Jonas Bordo
Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there? Anyone still successfully using it to generate leads?
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Timmy Lane
4 years 7 months ago #38294
by Timmy Lane
Replied by Timmy Lane on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
All theeee timeee!
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Amy Kaser
4 years 7 months ago #38295
by Amy Kaser
Replied by Amy Kaser on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
I do. Everyday. All day. Every hour. On the hour. Lucky I’m ???? right now so it’s a nice break to not have to post so much
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Jonas Bordo
4 years 7 months ago #38296
by Jonas Bordo
Replied by Jonas Bordo on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
100%! Good for you.
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Ana Flavia Pizzolio
4 years 7 months ago #38297
by Ana Flavia Pizzolio
Replied by Ana Flavia Pizzolio on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Amy Kaser we do to, we use Rooof for that which makes posting 6x a day an easy breeze!
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Daron McKee
4 years 7 months ago #38298
by Daron McKee
Replied by Daron McKee on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Not for my demographic. Luxury rentals. I do list my storage units there with success.
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Eric Rivera
4 years 7 months ago #38299
by Eric Rivera
Replied by Eric Rivera on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
not me. Locators have it all clogged up with promises of working with felons and broken leases.
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Jonas Bordo
4 years 7 months ago #38300
by Jonas Bordo
Replied by Jonas Bordo on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
That's what I saw when last I tried to use it as well, Eric Rivera
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Farrah Foley
4 years 7 months ago #38301
by Farrah Foley
Replied by Farrah Foley on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
I never seem to get any good leads even though I’m still posting to craigslist three times a week. The few leads that I have had in the last six months have all been declined ???? it stinks, I used to get great traffic from craigslist!
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Jonas Bordo
4 years 7 months ago #38302
by Jonas Bordo
Replied by Jonas Bordo on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Same here, Farrah Foley. I saw CL leads drop off to fewer than 10% of what they used to be when I was at my last company.
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Nikki Kritner
4 years 7 months ago #38303
by Nikki Kritner
Replied by Nikki Kritner on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Not in my downtown city historic district. I have legit not gotten a single lead off it since I got to this property.
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Jonas Bordo
4 years 7 months ago #38304
by Jonas Bordo
Replied by Jonas Bordo on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Still posting, though? That's gotta be frustrating...
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Nikki Kritner
4 years 7 months ago #38305
by Nikki Kritner
Replied by Nikki Kritner on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Jonas Bordo Facebook marketplace is my go to. If I have extra time which I usually don’t but if I do, I post to Craigslist just out of curiosity. And honestly, I’m not the highest priced but think being $800 and up just gets filtered out of what people are looking for on there.
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Erin Ashley
4 years 7 months ago #38306
by Erin Ashley
Replied by Erin Ashley on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Craigslist brings unqualified leads but owners like to see it posted soooooo We still post
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Donje Putnam
4 years 7 months ago #38307
by Donje Putnam
Replied by Donje Putnam on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
We just went through a testing period with Rooof- I got the BEST customer service, BTW. We posted 3 x per day. Our lower priced rentals all secured leases. Our luxury communities got very few to 0 leads. We are in Hampton Roads, VA. I think it would be interesting to see a map on where it is still relevant. It's changed for us here in VA.
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Jonas Bordo
4 years 7 months ago #38308
by Jonas Bordo
Replied by Jonas Bordo on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Interesting...would be really fascinating to see where it worked and where it didn't across the country.
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Donje Putnam
4 years 7 months ago #38309
by Donje Putnam
Replied by Donje Putnam on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Jonas Bordo And factoring in price point. It used to work REALLY well for our luxury community in Williamsburg, VA, and we did not get any leads during our testing period.
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Tumi Nguyen
4 years 7 months ago #38310
by Tumi Nguyen
Replied by Tumi Nguyen on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Look at the “missed connections” I love seeing the hilarious encounters people have
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Nikki Carbine
4 years 7 months ago #38311
by Nikki Carbine
Replied by Nikki Carbine on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
I have more luck with Facebook Marketplace.
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John Jeff
4 years 7 months ago #38312
by John Jeff
Replied by John Jeff on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Craigslist is a joke. When I was leasing, we had to post 3 times a day, and could not copy and paste. PM made us come up with original, detailed ads. Took roughly 45-1 hour every time. 3 hours a day that we could have been so much more productive with. Think we got one unqualified lead the whole time. Side note, she was let go for inefficient decision making.
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Jonas Bordo
4 years 7 months ago #38313
by Jonas Bordo
Replied by Jonas Bordo on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Sounds about right! Hard to recommend it these days, but some folks find change away from what they know to be pretty hard...
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John Jeff
4 years 7 months ago #38314
by John Jeff
Replied by John Jeff on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Jonas Bordo a lot of owners/PM’s/RM’s have the mindset that it’s free, so why not use it. I will never make my staff use it because I’m the biggest believer in efficiency and productivity. Anything that doesn’t produce results is time well wasted.
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Brenda Andrews Sherrill
4 years 7 months ago #38315
by Brenda Andrews Sherrill
Replied by Brenda Andrews Sherrill on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
John Jeff as a manager, I totally agree with you. I am sure the manager was being directed by corporate though.
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Jonathan Weatherford
4 years 7 months ago #38316
by Jonathan Weatherford
Replied by Jonathan Weatherford on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
John Jeff at our property it is company policy to post 10 times a day for each leasing professional. At my current asset that means we post 30 craigslist a day and they always produce unqualified traffic. We also post on Facebook marketplace. I think time could be better spent elsewhere.
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Jonas Bordo
4 years 7 months ago #38317
by Jonas Bordo
Replied by Jonas Bordo on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
John Jeff Had the same debate at my last company - it is NOT free if it takes hours of staff time each day to post! Especially if it doesn't yield much return.
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Laura Renaldo
4 years 7 months ago #38318
by Laura Renaldo
Replied by Laura Renaldo on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Ever since they started charging I’ve discontinued. Was great for lower end properties but required tons of vetting. Not worth it anymore.
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Michael Murray
4 years 7 months ago #38319
by Michael Murray
Replied by Michael Murray on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Only time I see leads generated from Craigslist is when we advertise our commercial spaces. You do have to pay $5 to post.
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Kelly Jo Vars Soloway
4 years 7 months ago #38320
by Kelly Jo Vars Soloway
Replied by Kelly Jo Vars Soloway on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Craigslist itself doesn’t do much but the posts contribute to organic search engine optimization. The more times your property is somewhere on the net, the more you are pushed in the non-paid for search results.
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Jonas Bordo
4 years 7 months ago #38321
by Jonas Bordo
Replied by Jonas Bordo on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
That's really interesting, Kelly Jo Vars Soloway. Wouldn't have guessed that's the case. Good reason to keep posting, though!
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Destiny McMahon
4 years 7 months ago #38322
by Destiny McMahon
Replied by Destiny McMahon on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Kelly I would look at google posts and a robust Google my business. That will help SEO far more with less work. I'm in Portland and we do still use craigslist as it does work at our communities.
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Jesus Espinoza
4 years 7 months ago #38323
by Jesus Espinoza
Replied by Jesus Espinoza on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
I think craigslist generates a lot of false leads.
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Kim Comparetto Olivares
4 years 7 months ago #38324
by Kim Comparetto Olivares
Replied by Kim Comparetto Olivares on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
All the leads we received were unqualified!!
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Devin Campbell
4 years 7 months ago #38325
by Devin Campbell
Replied by Devin Campbell on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
It works for our lower end apartments in a small town, and our mid-range complex near a university, but our luxury offerings in urban areas, not so much.
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Lisa Bowman Starks
4 years 7 months ago #38326
by Lisa Bowman Starks
Replied by Lisa Bowman Starks on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Not at all! It is ???? a waste of time.
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Johnny Xayamath
4 years 7 months ago #38327
by Johnny Xayamath
Replied by Johnny Xayamath on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Has not been relevant in years since every other property took it over it became to flooded. I notice at my post leads like this come from Facebook and about half of them are solid
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Susan Tisone
4 years 7 months ago #38328
by Susan Tisone
Replied by Susan Tisone on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
In the 5 years I’ve been in this industry, I have had maybe only 3 qualified leads total from Craigslist (but a few leads weekly.) Although I did enjoy coming up with creative posts for it every day!
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Anonymous
4 years 7 months ago #38329
by Anonymous
Replied by Anonymous on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
My last community in downtown Nashville saw a decent amount of traffic from craigslist, now that I'm 15 miles south it's been minimal. I think it depends on your demographic.
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Amy L. Harris
4 years 7 months ago #38330
by Amy L. Harris
Replied by Amy L. Harris on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
We still use it when we have a property that is struggling, but we don’t see many leases from it. Facebook marketplace, though, gets a lot of leads and leases for us.
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Jeff Holmes
4 years 7 months ago #38331
by Jeff Holmes
Replied by Jeff Holmes on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
Depends on the market. In luxury buildings it would drive in concession cross shoppers. In most garden communities it's been effective at getting legit leads. I'm in the DC market.
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Kirsten Galloway
4 years 7 months ago #38336
by Kirsten Galloway
Replied by Kirsten Galloway on topic Is Craigslist still relevant for anyone out there?
I got way more leads before it got all mucked up with scam. The number of fake posts is ridiculous. I was literally having to post every hour just to be on the first page due to all of the repetitive scam posts. I even got to where I was reporting the posts but it made no difference. Facebook is my #1 lead source currently