Using the best rental listing website can make a big difference in the time you spend showing your rental properties and finding your next tenant. But the number of property management software platforms continues to grow, so it can feel overwhelming to determine which site is best for your rental listings.
To help make things easier, we reviewed 20 of the best rental websites for advertising rental properties. Here are the basics of each offer so you can find the right site for your marketing strategy.
1. Avail
Getting eyes on your listings is where Avail (part of Realtor.com®) stands out. Avail rental listings automatically publish your listing on Zumper, Apartments.com, PadMapper, Apartment List, Doorsteps, Walk Score, Realtor.com®, and more — all with one click. You can also manage tenant leads on the platform, schedule in-person or virtual showings, and request rental applications to keep everything in one place.
Our system auto-generates a listing description for you and an eye-catching title when you answer a few simple questions about your property. Avail also offers online tenant screening, lawyer-reviewed and state-specific lease agreements, free rental property accounting tools, online rent collection, and additional features that can help you manage your rental.
2. PadMapper
Think of PadMapper as the apartment hunting equivalent of one of those super-maps on CSI where investigators can endlessly drill down on a grainy photo of a suspect by hitting “enhance.” It starts with a map dotted with listings, then lets users zoom in to focus on a smaller area, adding filters to weed out any rentals that don’t meet all the search criteria.
It’s free to add listings (through the company’s mobile app for single units or Zumper Pro for bulk uploads), and any listings that appear on PadMapper also get added to its parent…
