ULTIMATE LANDLORD GUIDE

Finding you the right tenant

Why it is crucial to ensure that your rental property is competitively priced

Be sure to price your rental property correctly. Pricing it too high will result in it not being rented timeously and therefore, not receiving rental income for the time it remains vacant. Tenants generally use their budget as their main search criteria. Our rental agents are equipped to provide a competitive, market-related rental price for your property.

How we ensure good quality, paying tenants with our stringent tenant screening process:

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Credit bureau and TPN checks

Our applications department complete a comprehensive credit bureau and criminal check using TPN (Tenant Profile Network), with access to the tenant's profile and rental payment patterns.

Confirm tenant's employment

Employment confirmation with the tenants employer via telephone to ensure we are speaking to a real company. Our applications team is trained in identifying fraudulent applications.

Verify tenant's salary

Verification of salary via the employer’s HR Dept to ensure that the information the tenant has provided in their application is correct, as well as to ensure their affordability.

Verify the tenant's bank account

Verify the bank account number provided with the banking institution. Our application specialist scrutinises the tenant's spending habits to ensure that the tenant will comfortably be able to afford the monthly rental, and that past rental payments have been paid in full from his bank account.

Obtain landlord references

Obtain tenant references from current or previous landlord, and inquire specifically about prompt rental payment and if the tenant looked after the property.

Why Etchells & Young

You are entrusting your entire property asset to the tenant. At Etchells & Young our dedicated applications department applies strict screening criteria to ensure we place a qualified, paying tenant in your property.

How will the ideal tenant find your rental property?
Put yourself in your ideal tenant's shoes – where would you start to search for a property? Most tenants use SA's top property portals to search for available rental properties. Etchells & Young advertise our listings on Private Property, Property 24, MyProperty (among others) and our own website, as well as on our social media pages.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Good quality assets/images are a great way to showcase the rental property to the right tenants. Ensure that the property is clean, neat and tidy when your agent comes to take the photos. Our agents have been trained by a professional photographer to ensure the best possible impression of your property is put forward.
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PLEASE NOTE: We only operate in Randburg, Sandton, Fourways and Roodepoort.
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