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. #64 How to Deal with A Professional Tenant
Professional tenants move into your unit, then squat as long as possible without paying rent. Using every trick in the book, they delay the eviction process. Often it takes many months or even years to finally remove them. So how can you avoid professional tenants as...
Ep. #63 How a Marine Veteran Is Retiring Early with Rentals
From Marine to 9-5 employee to entrepreneur and now a semi-retired real estate investor, Kevin Christensen has done it all. Brian interviews Kevin about his experiences as an entrepreneur and later a real estate investor, and finally how he retired young on rental...
Ep. #62 Should Real Estate Investors Do Their Own Repairs?
How does it impact your returns as a real estate investor or landlord, if you do (or don't) make your own repairs and renovations? Deni and Brian walk through the pros and cons of outsourcing repair work to contractors, and debunk the myth that you can only profitably...
Rent Stabilization in NYC: What Landlords Need to Know
New Yorkers love to complain about rents. Which is precisely why New York City has more rent-controlled and rent-stabilized units than any other city in the country. With rising home prices and rental rates rising again after falling in the Covid-19 pandemic, here’s...
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...
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