Listing MTRs on Apartments.com

[Jarrod Patterson]

Hi everyone. My wife and I are new to the MTR game. We listed on Apartments.com for their management tools (saw it recommended in a thread on here). We do plan to also list with ALE and some other sites, but curious if anyone that has used Apartments.com or a similar site has run into issues with screening potential tenants, since it's a much broader user group than something like FurnishedFinder or TravelNurseHousing.com. I'm finding that some of our inquiries are from locals who are for one reason or another seeking month to month leases. I'm a little concerned that someone local may be more prone to having lots of guests in and out.

Do you advertise (in the listing or in screening conversations) that you're specifically looking for traveling professionals? Do you set specific screening criteria to help narrow the scope? At the end of the day if someone passes background check and has proof of income it doesn't really matter, but just curious thoughts here. 

Thanks for any advice!

[Stephanie Walker]

I manage MTRs and have never been overly concerned with our guests having guests. As long as they aren't staying every night and there are no parties or other concerning activities. We don't advertise that we're looking for a certain criteria guest - I think that opens up too much liability for discrimination. However, you can word your listing to cater to that audience if that's what you're looking for. For example, if you're looking for travel nurses, you'd note that your listing has blackout curtains, a white noise machine and near hospitals (those are important details for them).