UNC - Chapel Hill: finding student tenants for off-campus housing

[Kia E.]

Trying to reach out to landlords and rental property investors in Chapel Hill / Carrboro area active in renting to student tenants. Where do you all advertise your rentals and what are the most productive channels to attract potential tenants? We recently purchased a duplex near UNC campus, half occupied. But having a very hard time to find tenants for the other half; even to get an inquiry. We've exhausted all the usual channels: cragslist, postulates, MLS, rent.com, uloop, and of course being syndicated to all the zillows and trulias out there – even some of the more local listings like chapelhillrent.com and Daily Tar Heel (UNC publication), but nothing is coming through other than the regular spam through craigslist. We have rental properties in other markets and haven't had any problem generating a steady flow of inquiries. We started advertising ~4 weeks ago so I don't think we were too late to the summer housing hunting game but now getting too close to semester start... what do you guys do to reach out prospective tenants in this area? Any particular listings or local resources to get a better exposure? Any advice would be appreciated.