Looking for tenants in December, here's my ideas

[Chris Purcell]

I'm making an offer on a duplex that is currently vacant. I'm worried about getting it occupied quickly during a winter renting season. The property is in Baltimore. In order to get it occupied as quickly as possible, if the market rent doesn't get a lease, I'm thinking about lowering the asking price to get tenants in asap. I'm also thinking about asking the tenant to do a 7 or 19 month lease so that it would end in the summer peak renting season. 

What do you think about these ideas?