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Real estate rentals · 15 min

Finding a good tenant

An empty home earns nothing, and the wrong tenant can cost more than an empty home. Here's how owners fill a rental fairly: the listing, the same rules for everyone, the lease and the deposit.

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How do owners find tenants?

Of all the rental properties in the US that are one home (a house, a condo, a mobile home), what share did their owners say were advertised as a rental?

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  • Rental Housing Finance Survey 2024, RHFS Table Creator: properties by property size (1 unit; 2-4 units), tables Ownership and Management, Income and Subsidies, Expenses, and Finances and Mortgage. Data collected June to November 2024, released February 19, 2026 · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Census Bureau, 2024

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  • 55.6%census.gov ·2024 · Share of all one-unit rental properties whose owners said the home was advertised as a rental, 2024 survey (worked out from the survey's counts of properties).
  • 36.5%census.gov ·2024 · Share of all one-unit rental properties whose owners said the home was not advertised, 2024 survey; the rest didn't answer.
  • 33.1%census.gov ·2024 · Share of all rental properties with two to four homes whose owners said the home was advertised as a rental, 2024 survey (worked out from the survey's counts of properties).
  • 54.7%census.gov ·2024 · Share of all rental properties with two to four homes whose owners said it was not advertised, 2024 survey; the rest didn't answer.
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Real estate rentals · 15 min

Finding a good tenant

An empty home earns nothing, and the wrong tenant can cost more than an empty home. Here's how owners fill a rental fairly: the listing, the same rules for everyone, the lease and the deposit.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How do owners find tenants?

Of all the rental properties in the US that are one home (a house, a condo, a mobile home), what share did their owners say were advertised as a rental?

85%
0%100%
Words to know

Spot something wrong?

Tell us what looks off. No name or email needed.

What kind of problem?

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  • Rental Housing Finance Survey 2024, RHFS Table Creator: properties by property size (1 unit; 2-4 units), tables Ownership and Management, Income and Subsidies, Expenses, and Finances and Mortgage. Data collected June to November 2024, released February 19, 2026 · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Census Bureau, 2024

Every number

  • 55.6%census.gov ·2024 · Share of all one-unit rental properties whose owners said the home was advertised as a rental, 2024 survey (worked out from the survey's counts of properties).
  • 36.5%census.gov ·2024 · Share of all one-unit rental properties whose owners said the home was not advertised, 2024 survey; the rest didn't answer.
  • 33.1%census.gov ·2024 · Share of all rental properties with two to four homes whose owners said the home was advertised as a rental, 2024 survey (worked out from the survey's counts of properties).
  • 54.7%census.gov ·2024 · Share of all rental properties with two to four homes whose owners said it was not advertised, 2024 survey; the rest didn't answer.
  1. Lessons›
  2. Industries›
  3. Real estate rentals
  • ·Before this: Buying your first rental
  • ·Next: Repairs and reserves
  • ·Free guide: How landlords make money