Vacancy Advertising & Tenant Screening
Want higher ROI on your rentals? Fill your vacant rental unit with the best possible renters, ASAP.
Have a vacant rental unit on your hands?
Vacancies are expensive, and they’re time-consuming to fill. Lucky you! But unless you want to be right back in this position in six months, an eviction later, get it right the first time.
Advertise on multiple rental listing websites. Give every person who expresses interest a rental application (ours is free, emailable and e-signable – hint hint).
Then run tenant screening reports on all applicants. Get a full credit report, nationwide criminal background check, and nationwide eviction report. Have the applicant pay the fee for these (our screening reports can be charged directly to the applicant).
Then it’s calls, calls calls. Supervisors. HR departments. Personal references. Current landlords. Prior landlords. If that sounds like a lot of work, it’s nothing compared to unpaid rent, serving eviction notices, filing in rent court, appearing in front of a judge, meeting the sheriff at the property, and then spending thousands of dollars to get the property back in rental shape.
Here are a few fundamental articles to get you started, and from there, you can explore our other articles in the Advertising & Tenant Screening category to make sure you get the perfect long-term tenant, every vacancy!
“Required Reading” – Start Here First!
Still hungry after eating those up? Well, we won’t let you down. There’s plenty of rental advertising and resident screening articles to sink your teeth into!
Full Library of Advertising & Tenant Screening Articles:
How to Talk to Your Partner About Money Without It Turning Into a Fight
The Short Version: Why couples who agree on almost everything else still fight constantly about money and the specific dynamic driving it The mistake most financially-minded partners make that quietly builds resentment instead of alignment What Brian and his wife...
What Millionaires Actually Do With Their Money (It’s Probably Not What You Think)
The Short Version: What the peer network for investors with $100M+ in net worth is doing with their money in 2026... and why it's surprisingly boring The behavioral trait that separates people who stay wealthy from people who earn a lot but never quite get there Why...
Why “The 2% Investing Rule” Failed Me
The Short Version: The rental property that ticked every box on a popular checklist and still bled cash... and why that's more common than people admit The category of costs that never appears on a proforma but consistently destroys real estate returns Why simple...
“The Lifestyle Looper” – America’s Fastest Growing Financial Trap
The Short Version: The name financial planners use for the pattern that traps professionals earning $150K-$500K... and why it's almost impossible to spot from the inside Why your last raise almost certainly didn't improve your financial position at all The...
Why Doesn’t 6-Figures Feel Like You “Made It” Anymore?
The Short Version: Why Yale University now considers a $200,000 household income 'low income'... and what that signals about wealth in America The Goldman Sachs finding that shocked financial planners: the income bracket most likely to live paycheck to paycheck The...
Billions in Deferred Capital Gains Become Taxable This Year. Here’s Where That Capital Lands Next.
The Short Version: Current Qualified Opportunity Zone designations expire at the end of 2026, meaning investors who deferred capital gains face a taxable event regardless of whether they've exited their fund position Congress made the QOZ program permanent but with...
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