Listing rental and finding a tenant

[Henry Peñate]

Good evening all

We are in the process of closing on our 2nd property in 4 days . We still haven't found a tenant, maybe due to the fact that we haven't vacated our current home and had no showings. We've listed it on Zillow , nextdoor and Craigslist . We received a few applications that we've followed up in and got stuck there with those potential tenants. Our next step is doing the old school way and putting a sign on the yard. We've debated listing it with our agent on the MLS but just seems high priced to pay one months rent to list . We've listed it at $1800 with water payed by us and the average rent in our neighborhood is going for $1700. We ask for any advice on how to advertise our home as last thing we want on our hands is a vacant home and having 2 mortgages.

Thanks to all in advance