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:
New Mexico Rental Laws Guide
New Mexico, where Microsoft was founded in 1975 (back then it was “Micro-soft”). While it is more of a landlord-friendly state, that doesn’t mean there are no laws, or that landlords aren’t regulated. It is equally important as a landlord to understand your...
New York Rental Laws Guide
New York, with its cities that never sleep, is the third most populated state in the good ol’ U.S. of A. It’s also home to the beautiful Niagara Falls State Park, which was the first state park in the United States. Unfortunately, also an extremely...
Legal Lowdown: What Makes a Lease Agreement State-Specific?
“I’ll just use this free template I stumbled across online as my lease agreement.” – Attributed to the Common Newbie Landlord, scientific name Stultus novitius. If the idea above has ever occurred to you, you’re probably lucky enough to have never been to rent...
New Jersey Rental Laws Guide
New Jersey may be a beautiful state with gorgeous shorelines and rolling farms, however the laws heavily favor tenants over landlords. More the reason to learn, read and know all that you possibly can. Many owners of buy-and-hold real estate do not even realize...
Tales from the Tavern: Financing Mixed-Use Properties
Once upon a time, there was a young girl with big aspirations! That little girl is much older now and has had the time of her life learning, growing, failing and learning some more. Real estate, construction, leasing, investing, selling; it’s been her life...
Income Suites: House Hacking for Single-Family Homes?
You’ve probably heard of house hacking – buying a duplex or small multi-unit property, so that you can move into one unit and have your neighboring renters pay the mortgage. But what if you’re buying (or own) a single-family home? One option is bringing on a...
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