Real Estate Listings - Listing Real Estate on Craigslist

http://www.REIClub.com - Are You Marketing Your Real Estate Properties Correctly? Here's How To List Your Real Estate Ads On Craigslist.

Hi, this is Frank Chen with REIClub.com, the only site you need as a real estate investor. Today I've got a quick video on the Do's and Dont's when you list real estate on Craigslist...

Craigslist Property Listing Process:
- Go to craigslist.org
- Choose the city/state you live in
- Under 'Housing' - Click the 'real estate for sale" or any category that fits your property type
- In the top right, Click 'post'.
- Select "I am offering housing"
- Select the category - real estate - by owner - or category that fits your property type
- Fill Out All Fields
- Description

Be sure to read the disclaimer before posting. Otherwise your posts may be pulled before anyone reads them.

How To List Real Estate Properties for Sale
- Pricing - Call agents and ask what they would list the house for and use comparables. Find a price that fits your homes current condition.

- Pictures
- 4 is Max - craigslist = window shoppers - There are services you can use that will autopost to Craigslist that get you more than 4 pics.
- Focus on key selling points: kitchen (with appliances), bathrooms, master bedroom, landscaping

- Description - see "How to Get Your Listing Noticed"

How To List Real Estate Properties for Rent

- Pricing
- call other rentals in your area
- online newspaper rental postings
- FMR Databases - updated yearly
- Offer A little less than market/competition

- Pictures - Same as "For Sale" only 4 - Same highlights as For Sale

Description - see "How to Get Your Property Listings Noticed"


How to Get Your Real Estate Listing Noticed
- Attention Grabbing Headlines
- Symbols - create in word - copy and paste to the ad title/subject
- Catchy Headlines - DO NOT - Do NOT use all caps (yelling) - Ok, if no one is doing it but you get less spaces - Do NOT use cliche terms such as beautiful, nice, pretty (overused) - Do NOT Discriminate - reword phrases to hide the truth - quiet couple = no kids - Do NOT Put your phone number (takes up to much title space)
- Do NOT leave out information - what you think is not important may be very important to someone else - Craigslist DO's - Do use keywords and variations of keywords in Headline - Do turn all features into benefits - Do use as much space as possible to list how great the property is - Do list benefits in terms of priority - schools, yard, neighborhood kids, etc.
- Example: "located across the street from the Metro Station" --versus-- "never drive through rush-hour traffic again!" or "Close to downtown is a feature" vs. "Being happy by participating in downtown cultural life" - Do use Pictures - stand out over ads without - Do use Keywords - make sure you use proper keywords prospects might search for - Do take your Time - Spend more than few minutes to create your ads. - Do competitive research - have you seen how other ads are being posted? How do you stand out? - Do Bullets not Paragraphs - quick read
- Do update your ad - every other day or as much as possible so that it doesn't get lost in a pile
- DO include Contact info - a lost contact is a loss sale
- HTML - if you have a coder or if you can - link to off-site bio pictures of yourself

Craigslist is an amazing resource that allows real estate investors to list real estate properties for free. With several million viewers a month, this is a great source to fill your vacancies or even sell your properties. Just because you aren't paying for the property listing doesn't mean you shouldn't take the time to do your research and create a powerful ad.

Again, this is Frank Chen with REIClub.com. Please take the time to leave your comments for this video below and please subscribe to our YouTube channel so you'll be automatically notified when we upload more quick video tips for you. Take care and good investing.

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[HandsomeDee92]

Do anybody have this guy's contact information?

[reiclub]

@HandsomeDee92 - Hi. You can contact me by filling out a contact form on our website at REIClub.com. I would give my personal email out but that spam will get'cha.

[Tampalocators]

Frank, I like to take a professional approach to my ads. One thing I do that helps a LOT is to use a free hit counter at the bottom of my ad. I can quickly see how many people viewed my ad and then (taking note of my starting view number on my youtube video) I can do the math to see how many people coverted to watch the video. ALWAYS link a video on Craigslist and see your product move much faster! Put something about VIDEO TOUR in all caps in the subject line to grab viewers attention.- Dave

[reiclub]

@Tampalocators - That is great advice Dave. Thanks for the input!

[bubbleam]

Very good Information, You have hope me a lot with my posting on Craigs list. I will put this information to good use.

Thanks

Charlie Mitchell

[derbyrun1]

Loved the video, it taught me a lot about listing on Craigslist that I didn't know. Thanks Frank.

J. Burdin

[PAPAPDAN]

How about some advice on posting RE flyers on Craigslist?

[DancingSpiderman]

@housesruswcash Jenny Jenny 8675-309

[KevinJBourke]

Excellent. I have a property I plan to put on Craigslist. Now I know how to make it look better.

Thank you.