We are also these sites.

• are licensed in the states they serve.
• are governed by laws in the state they serve
• insulate both Tenant & Landlord from direct contact

Additionally, most (but not all) brokers/agents are also Realtors® identified by the Realtor® logo when they are also members of the National Association of Realtors® and abide by its strict Code of Ethics.

Our site strongly suggests that you work with a Realtor when and where possible!

This site makes no warranties or representaions of the advertised properties posted on this site. We do NOT own or represent any property or landlord or tenant. Though not a complete list, please:

• before signing a lease consult with an Attorney
• work with a broker/Realtor
• do not give out personal information ie. Social Security number, bank information, credit card ...
• inspect and verify the property you are renting
• avoid listings that are devoid of contact information and additional urls and links
• do not send checks or monies without verifying ownership
• make payments through a known, secure and reputable escrow service (ie. Broker Trust Account, PayPal.com, Escrow.com, ...)
• avoid 'sight unseen' rentals
• avoid listings that have strange upfront fees
• verify that the correct person(s) are the owners or are the owner's representative
• do not go to see the property alone

• before signing a lease consult with an Attorney
• work with a broker/Realtor
• do not give out personal information like bank numbers, Social Security numbers, ...
• avoid taking checks or monies greater than the expected amount with tenant paybacks
• avoid strange and 'out of the ordinary' request
• do not show the property alone

• Google Search: rental fraud
• Craigslist: Avoiding scams and fraud

Yes!

Most states require licensing of real estate brokers and agents. Additionally, most states allow you to check the status of a license. States where we've found license lookup are (Note! links open in new window):

• AK - Alaska Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• AL - Alabama Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• AR - Arkansas Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• AZ - Arizona Department of Real Estate (lookup)
• CA - California Department of Real Estate (lookup)
• CO - Colorado Division of Real Estate (lookup)
• CT - Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (lookup)
• DC - District of Colubia Board of Real Estate (lookup)
• DE - Delaware Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• FL - Florida Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• GA - Georgia Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• HI - Hawaii Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs (lookup)
• IA - Iowa Professional Licensing Division (lookup)
• ID - Idaho Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• IL - Illinois Division of Professional Regulation (lookup)
• IN - Indiana Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• KS - Kansas Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• KY - Kentucky Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• LA - Louisiana Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• MA - Massachusetts Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers & Sal (lookup)
• MD - Maryland Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• ME - Maine Office of Licensing and Registration (lookup)
• MI - Michigan State Board of Real Estate Brokers & Salespersons (lookup)
• MN - Minnesota Department of Commerce (lookup)
• MO - Missouri Division of Professional Registration (lookup)
• MS - Mississippi Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• MT - Montana Board of Realty Regulation (lookup)
• NC - North Carolina Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• ND - North Dakota Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• NH - New Hampshire Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• NJ - New Jersey Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• NV - Nevada Real Estate Division (lookup)
• NY - New York Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• PA - Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• RI - Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (lookup)
• SC - South Carolina Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• SD - South Dakota Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• TN - Tennessee Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• TX - Texas Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• UT - Utah Division of Real Estate (lookup)
• VA - Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (lookup)
• VT - Vermont Secretary of State (lookup)
• WA - Washington Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• WI - Wisconsin Department of Regulation & Licensing (lookup)
• WV - West Virginia Real Estate Commission (lookup)
• WY - Wyoming Real Estate Commission (lookup)

Notes!

• Rhode Island and Wyoming use a PDF file format.
• Utah uses an XLS (excel) file format.
• Nevada's lookup link is 'coming soon'.
• Please contact us if there are broken links, updated links or links not presently available on Tenant.com.
• Realtor.com® has a Realtor® lookup.

To get listed in the agent/broker's directory you need:

• to be a licensed agent/broker that represents rental properties.
• to be an agent/broker in 'My Profile'.
• to check the 'In Directory' option in 'My Profile'.
• a Company Name
• a Contact Name
• a Contact Phone number
• a Contact Email
• a Complete Contact Address
• a homepage link
• a geographic service area
• to login to your account bi-monthly (ie. at least once every 60 days)
• to allow Tenant.com to peridocially email you with notices of updates and changes to our site(s).

Additionally, we strongly encourage that you provide a link to the governing agency of your real estate license so that visitors can verify your license and its status.

Examples:

• James S. Ginn, NJ licensed broker
  
• Edward G. Ginn, PA licensed broker
  
• Edward G. Ginn, DE licensed broker

• First and most importantly, we have activity.
• Second, results via:
  • direct email.
  • direct links to your contact info and your property's web page. For example: http://100501.Tenant.com
• Third, it offers an easy to remember site: Tenant.com or YearlyRentals.com or OnTheSlopes.com for Brokers, Tenants and Landlords.
• Fourth, it offers multiple broker represented properties a site for clearing broker and owner rentals.
• Fifth, we advertise this site on:
  • TaxRecords.com
  • OnTheBeach.com
  • OnTheSlopes.com
  • Yahoo.com directory
  • Yahoo.com sponsor::
    • Tenant.com
    • OnTheSlopes.com
  • direct mail postcards
• Sixth, it gives your property more exposure!
• Seventh, it gives properties' with home pages better exposure in search engines.
• Eighth, we automatically submit each listing to Google's Base System
• Last and most importantly, your listing on Tenant.com should help with search engine indexing.

No Gimmicks! This site is presently FREE as we are building the web's largest inventory of yearly, seasonal and weekly rentals.

XML Customers: Free for three years (12/31/2009) for the first 20 approved XML customers (we're at 6 now).

Next Listing #: 1087032

The next 500 listings will get free subscriptions for one year!

Additionally, we are trying to expand 'out of our own backyard' of Cape May County, NJ where we have over 10,000 properties on-line in a single county. (see WeeklyRentals.com - opens in new window)

NO!

To add your listing(s), all you need to do is:

1. go to www.Tenant.com
2. sign up by clicking the Sign-Up Free! link on left
3. complete your infomation
4. login
5. List My Property for each listing.

Note! - When listing properties, you can 'attach' your properties to our affiliate sites ie. www.YearlyRentals.com, www.AtTheShore.com, ... You do NOT have to add the listing(s) to each site!

If you have many listings and have the ability to create an XML file of your listings, you can use our batch upload feature.

• OnTheSlopes.com
• YearlyRentals.com
• AtTheShore.com
• AtTheLake.com
• WeeklyRentals.com

• anyone (brokers, agents & owners) can post a property
• we allow multiple subcribers/owners/brokers management of multiple listed properties
• we offer exact weekly, yearly, daily, long and short term rates and availability
• we offer additional 'specialty sites' with segregated inventory by property offerings & locations (ie. YearlyRentals.com, OnTheSlopes.com, WeeklyRentals.com, AtTheShore.com, ...)
• we offer toll free technical support (888-546-4466)
• we offer toll free 24-7 voice information on your property (888-888-2202)

• Yearly
• Long Term
• Short Term
• Weekly
• Vacation

• rate
• display comment
• private comment

Yes!

Daily availability calendars are also available on our site. Your weekly and short term rates overlay on each calendar.

Example:

You can set contact person, phone numbers and email address in your contact information. Email addresses are not displayed to prevent spamming of your account.

Yes! - Each listing can have a separate contact phone number(s), fax, email and home page. Email addresses are not displayed to prevent spamming of your account.

Your email address is not displayed on your listing to prevent unsolicited email (ie. spam). A email dialog box is displayed on your listing and this program will send tenant request directly to you. We do NOT monitor your request.

1. logging in
2. Manage My Listings
3. View Hits

1. logging in
2. Manage My Listings
3. View Requests

NO, you do not have to display your listings address. However, to have a map displayed on your listing, you need to provide the address or an approximate address. Uncheck the display address option if you wish to hide your address on listing display and want a map option.

Yes, you can adjust your listing's map location by using our map interface

• Login
• Manage my Listings
• Click Add or Delete Images

You can change your voice comment under My Listings -> Edit. Make sure you spell out all words and use correct puncuation. Don't abbreviate!

• your contact info
• your property info page.

• well written and accurate property descriptions
• multiple pictures and links on your listing
• get your Tenant.com listing linked on other sites
• use your Tenant.com listing in conventional advertising

• all listings submitted each night.
• photos and links to each Tenant.com listing.

Each listing has a opt-out option for google submission!

It should. Our site gets documented indexing by search engines!

Some tips to help with search engines:

• have complete, thorough and accurate infomation.
• make sure your comments are detailed and accurate.
• don't abbreviate.
• use appropriate additional links. Examples:
  • if available, link to your property's home page
  • if available, link to your property's rate page
  • if available, link to your property's additional pictures, info, tours, ...
  • link to local events and sites

For subscribers with many listings, we offer a batch upload feature that allows you to add/update your listings using an XML file format.

A list of batch upload subscribers and their activity can be found here.

Requirements!

• XML feed listings
  • must have a contact email
  • must have a contact phone number
  • must have a contact home page
  • must have a direct link to the property's page on the subscriber's site
  • valid XML format
  Note! - The required contact info (above) can be set on the subscriber record or each listing.

• the id field must contain a unique alpha-numeric value for each of your listings. This is typically your listing/key number in your database that uniquely identifies your listing. New id's get added to our site and existing id's get updated on our site.
• field tags are all lowercase.
• reserved characters - these characters are represented as:
  • & = & amp;
  • < = & lt;
  • > = & gt;
  • / = & #47;
  • ] = & #93;
  • [ = & #91;
  • " = & #34;
  • ' = & #39;

• general & yearly
• weekly (plus all of general)
• short term (plus all of general)

• Weekly Rental

  Notes: - Most fields are self-explanatory. However:

  • type - residential or commercial
  • checkin is an offset for the checkin day (ie. 0=Saturday, 1=Sunday, -1=Friday, -2=Thursday, 2=Monday, 3=Wednesday)
  • rate## is weeks 1 through 53 rates and descript## is descriptions 1 through 53. Our program assumes the first Saturday of the year for first date
  • year - year for the rates. ie. 2006, 2007, ...
  • affiliates - comma separated list of Tenant.com affiliate sites:
    • at - AtTheShore.com
    • wr - WeeklyRentals.com
    • os - OnTheSlopes.com
  • leasetype - comma separated list of lease terms:
    • da - Daily
    • we - Weekly
    • wn - Weekends
    • mv - Monthly Vacation

• Short Term Rental (100505.Tenant.com)

  Notes: - Same fields like above are self-explanatory. However:

  • id tag is a number ie. 1 through #. In this case 6. The id tag uniquely identifies that item. On updates we check for changes using this id. On subsequent uploads if id (say '1') is not in the batch, it will be deleted. On subsequent uploads if there is a new id (say '7'), a new short term rate will be added. Same id's that are subsequently uploaded, are checked for changes and if any are merged ...
  • active - 1 is active, 0 is NOT active
  • displayoncalendar - 1 is display rates on a yearly calendar, 0 is DO NOT ..
  • priority is optional (0-9) for sorting. Sorts ascending order.

  Calendars - Daily Rental Calendars are also available for update via the availabilitychart tag and these tags:

  • period1 is a bitmap of the first 183 days of the year
  • period2 is a bitmap of the second 183 days of the year
  The bitmap should have a 1 for available and 0 for NOT available.

• Yearly Rental

  Notes: - Most fields are self-explanatory. However:

  • affiliates - comma separated list of Tenant.com affiliate sites:
    • at - AtTheShore.com
    • yr - YearlyRentals.com
    • os - OnTheSlopes.com
  • subtype - suggested list of property types:
    • Apartment, Low Rise
    • Apartment, Mid Rise
    • Apartment, High Rise
    • Brownstone
    • Condo
    • Co-op
    • Cottage
    • Duplex
    • Loft
    • Side-By-Side
    • Studio
    • Single Family
    • Open Space
    • Town Home
    • Villa
  • leasetype - comma separated list of lease terms:
    • mo - Monthly
    • yr - Yearly
    • st - Short Term
    • lt - Long Term
    • 1y - 1 Year
    • 2y - 2 Year
    • 3y - 3 Year
    • 5y - 5 Year

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