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In New Zealand, landlords must carefully navigate tenant selection to comply with the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 and the Human Rights Act 1993. Deciding who to accept or deny isn’t always easy, but making sure your decision is fair and within the law is important.

Setting the right rent is a key decision for any landlord, whether you’re an experienced investor or just starting out. Pricing your property just right can make all the difference between attracting great tenants quickly or having your property sit empty.

Looking for the ideal tenants for your rental? Getting your ad just right is more art than science, and while you might have a picture in your head of who you'd love to rent to, it's super important to keep things open and above board. Here’s how to create an ad that sings the right tunes without hitting any wrong notes.

Picking the right tenant can feel overwhelming. You want someone reliable and respectful, but where do you start? And how do you make sure you're playing fair? Here, we explain why it's so crucial to keep bias out of the mix, why a steady and systematic approach is your best bet, and what your insurance provider is likely to expect from you.

Finding the right tenant is more than just business, it's also an investment in peace of mind. But how can you be sure you're making the best choice? We wanted to share our top 4 tips to make finding the right tenants less stressful for self-managing landlords like yourself.

When a listing is removed on myRent it gets withdrawn as an active listing and marked as rented on our website. The listing is then moved from your dashboard to your listing archive which you can access it through your dashboard. Your listing will remain in your archive unless otherwise deleted.

As a landlord, you know that time is money. That's why no-shows at property viewings can be incredibly frustrating - they waste your time and can prevent you from finding the right tenant for your property. In this post, we'll explore some effective strategies for minimising no-shows and ensuring that your property viewings run smoothly.

When you remove a listing on myRent, it gets marked as rented, moved to your listing archive and displayed as a previously rented property on the myRent website. If you no longer want this previously rented listing to display it would require the listing to be permanently deleted from your listing archive.

There isn't a magic formula for creating a perfect listing, but here are some tips to consider to improve your listing.

When the property is marked as “under offer”, it means that the landlord has selected the tenants and verbally agreed with them to take their place.

myRent stores your previous tenancies, listings and tenant checks in archive folders that can be found from your dashboard. These will remain here in a read only format unless they have been deleted.

There are two types of property inspections - open homes and private viewings. Both options are great and offer benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

It sounds like you have a great place and looking for new tenants. You've come to the right place. We have everything you need to advertise your property, collect enquiries, applications, vet tenants, run checks and create tenancy paperwork. All while saving you money.

Potential tenants have the ability to apply through your listing or you can invite them to apply through their enquiry.

With open homes, these are open to anyone that wants to view the property. To better gauge how many people are going to attend you can include an option to RSVP.

You can schedule private viewings with selected applicants directly from the listing dashboard. Applicants can accept, reschedule or cancel. We remind prospective tenants the day before they have a viewing booked so they don't forget and don't leave you waiting.

You can create a QR poster for your viewing using the link below.

If you have noticed that your full description isn't showing on Trade me this will be because there is a limit of characters on Trade Me.

Every time a prospective tenant submits an application you will receive an email notification of this.

Every time a prospective tenant sends an enquiry/message you will receive an email notification of this message.

This is a very common situation. A landlord has a place that they want to fill for long-ish fixed-term but want to make sure the fixed-term tenancy doesn't become periodic upon expiry as they may want to use it themselves or as an Airbnb during a busy period. The question is always can this be done and how to go about it.

When you softly decline or archive an enquiry we understand it can be frustrating to receive a message from the same tenants again.

We know that every landlord has their own processes in place when advertising their rentals and looking for tenants but for those new to being a landlord, we've decided to put together a best practice guide to finding tenants. We hope our tips and suggestions will help with your experience.

If you're struggling to find tenants through your listing we recommend to focus on improving your listing.