Find a House Rental in a Tough Market
Are you scanning the rental market and wondering how long it might take to find the right rental house for you and your family?
The single-family homes market remains the toughest residential segment for renters, and landlords can be very choosey about who they rent to. You’ll want to read our posts on what landlords are looking for and how to be an awesome tenant.
Boost your reach to available, and often hidden rental house listings with the resources below. And read up on the best sites for apartment rental listings too.
Big Portals and Smaller Niche Websites
Single house rental specialized sites lean toward a house rental demographic audience and not to multifamily apartment renters. Many wealthy people also rent houses rather than buy.
Be forewarned that some websites suggest they have houses for rent, but actually have few or none. And there are some sites that will list properties that are actually not available anymore. They want to lure you to their site and perhaps rent another home or apartment. I’ve found this to be most frustrating in my own searches for a house rental.
Drill down in Your Searches
Whether searching via Google, Realtor.com, Zillow, Redfin or local real estate websites, add other keywords to your search such as 2 bedroom, 3 bedroom, lease, or the name of a street or neighborhood, to draw out the listings you really want. Create a list of local real estate brokerages to keep in touch with, because Realtors are taking over the house rental market to capture potential sales leads. You’ll need to contend with that problem as Realtors will favor those with high credit ratings, large incomes and a need to buy a home.
Let’s begin with the major national rental property sites.
The Best House Rental Websites
American Homes For Rent
First Key Homes For Rent
Invitation Homes
VineBrook Homes
Zumper Houses for Rent
Realtor.com Houses for Rent
Zillow Houses for Rent
Trulia Houses for Rent
Homes.com Houses for Rent
Point2homes.com Houses for Rent Near Me
Apartments.com Houses for Rent near Me
Houses for Rent in Australia
The detached housing market is very hot in Australia.
Realestate.com.au (Australia)
Property.com.au 2 Bedroom Houses for Rent (Australia)
Domain.com.au Houses for Rent (Australia)
Realestateview.com.au (Australia)
Long Term Lettings (Australia)
Houses for Rent in the UK
Zoopla.com
Rightmove.co.uk
onthemarket.co.uk
Thehouseshop.com
williamhbrown.co.uk
Houses for Rent in Canada
Point2Homes Houses for Rent in Toronto
Zumper Houses for Rent in Toronto
Zoo Casa Toronto House Rentals
Zillow Houses for Rent in Calgary
Zumper House Rentals in Edmonton
Homes.com Vancouver House Rentals
Montreal Houses for Rent
Short Term House Rentals
For vacationers or short stay visitors looking for vacation-length rentals.
VRBO Vacation House Rentals
Beachhouse Vacation Rentals
Airbnb houses for rent
Flipkey
Villaway Luxury Villas California
State by State House Rental Sources
The national focused house rental sites may not offer granular enough coverage of the local rental housing market.
California
Owner Direct houses for rent
Sothebys houses for rent in Los Angeles
Florida
Florida Long Term Rentals
Coldwell Banker Florida Listings
Choose Gulf Coast Listings
Jennette Properties
Realty Group Florida
Texas
Austin Vacation Rentals
For Lease by Owner Dallas
Houston Association of Realtors Dallas Houses
Hotpads Houston
Colorado
Doorsteps Denver
Colorado Springs Property Management
Sabbatical Homes Colorado
Doorsteps Boulder
Hawaii
HI Central Houses for Rent
Cornerstone Hawaii Oahu Houses for Rent
Doorsteps Maui Houses for Rent
Maui Connections
Illinois
Sotheybys Chicago House for Rent
Coldwell Banker Illinois House Rentals
Good luck with your search for houses for rent in your city. If it doesn’t work out, check out these other rental listing sites for condo rental and larger apartments and multifamily units.
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