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:
Ep. #61 5 Questions to Ask Before Purchasing an Investment Property
Wavering on the sidelines, trying to decide whether to move forward with buying a rental property? Ask yourself these five questions to help you decide whether to purchase or not.Video Broadcast VersionAudio Podcast Version Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, and...
Ep. #60 Should Investors Pay a Realtor or FSBO
In today's world of online property listings visible to the public, do real estate investors still need to pay a Realtor to list and sell their properties? Deni and Brian talk through the pros and cons of hiring a real estate agent, in the modern era of flat-fee FSBO...
New Laws Criminalizing Landlords: Is Orange the New Landlord Uniform?
Image Credit: Officer Bimblebury under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International licenseWhen did we as a society start criminalizing landlords? Like so many other creeping, insidious changes in our society, it didn’t happen overnight. An early...
Ep. #59 How to Reach Financial Independence by Being Frugal
Can you reach financial independence through frugality alone? Yes, with some caveats. A higher income certainly helps, but it doesn't matter how much you earn if you don't save and invest any of it. Deni brings on Jen Smith from Modern Frugality to talk about creative...
Ep. #58 Worst Cities & States for Landlord Regulation
Some cities and states just don't like landlords. And they make life for investors far harder. So? Don't invest in these markets. Put your money in investor-friendly markets instead for higher returns and fewer headaches. Deni and Brian explain typical state...
Ep. #57 How to Deal with Bad Contractors
Hiring and managing contractors is one of the hardest parts of investing in real estate. Deni and Brian walk through what you need to know about screening out bad contractors, managing repair jobs to avoid problems, and how to handle contractors if they go bad on...
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