Prospective Tenants vs "Rental Crisis"

We have advertised for one of our Properties and may I say the quality of the responses is appalling.

There were more than 50 enquiries, and over 20 Applications.  Not all Applicants send an Enquiry, and not all Enquirer send Applications….We emailed to them all and about 4 responded. Then sent an SMS, another 2 responded.

A week later we advertise for another Property in the same Suburb, but totally different type.  Have some same people sending enquiries.Repeat the process above and have similar results.

Needless to say we now have a "Black List".
Really wonder if the "Rental Crisis" is a hype.

So thought we'd just share with the OzB Community who are looking to rent:

1. If you are interested in a Property, send an enquiry with details of your situation. Not a blank enquiry and expect the Agent to get back to you
2. If you receive a response, do reply altho you might have found elsewhere or no longer interested.
3. If you attend the Open, do speak to the Agent and make an impression to him/her
4. Only submit an Application if you are genuinely interested.

Peace!