Best Rental Months

[Dana R.]

What are the best months to list my place for rent? Are there certain months I want to avoid listing my place for rent?

I might have some flexibility with the length of the lease, and I was wondering when it should end so that it would be easiest/best to rent to the next renter?

Obviously, November and December are the absolutely worst because of the holidays. So, I'd probably want to avoid October too because if you can't rent it right away then you'll hit the dreaded November and December months.

Since my place is near the beach, I was thinking I'd want to avoid September since that's when all those beach vacation summer rentals come back on the market as winter 9 month rentals.

Its usually young professionals who rent the place. Although, I don't really rent to recent college graduates.

The kitchen is kind of dated so it doesn't really appeal to women and their families where the wife makes the decision so I don't know if the whole school thing would be a factor. But, it might just dovetail anyways since families usually move in the summer, right?

I'm thinking the summer months should be the best time to list a beach place, right? Or, should I list it in May, a month before summer, so people will rent it and move into it when summer begins?

Any particular summer month? Would August be too late to list it since summer is almost over? Or, would July be a bad choice because you'll lose a weekend to July 4th holiday weekend?

If I have the choice, is something like May or June the best months to list a beach place for rent?