We price it, photograph it, list it, show it, screen the applicants and sign the lease — and the process is the same whichever market your property sits in. What changes is the market itself: what rent it will carry, how long it takes to let, which months are fast, and what the law lets us ask an applicant. Pick your market below for those numbers, or read on for how the process works.
Two pages per office: the city itself, and the counties around it. Each carries the current rent levels, days market, seasonality and screening rules for the jurisdictions it covers.
The same eight steps in every market. Where a step takes longer in one city than another, it is almost always step four or step five, and the market pages say why.
Broadly, late spring through summer is busy and late November through February is slow — but the size of that gap differs by market, and it is the most useful thing to know when setting a lease end date.
Portfolio average is 23 days. In any one market that hides a wide spread: under a week for a correctly priced, rent-ready home with good access; six weeks or more for one working against its price, condition or the season.
Our criteria are consistent. What varies by jurisdiction is what may be considered, when in the process, and what must be disclosed before any of it happens. Two of our markets changed within the last year.
| Market | What applies | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | Fair Chance Housing Act, effective October 1, 2026 | Income, rental history and credit first; conditional offer; only then most of a criminal history check. Denials need an individualized assessment and a specific written reason. Listing language expressing a criminal history limitation, directly or indirectly, is prohibited. |
| Philadelphia | Renters' Access Act | Published criteria must match applied criteria, which makes the published criteria a compliance document rather than marketing copy. |
| All markets | Federal Fair Housing law | Applies everywhere, with local ordinances layered on top. Market pages set out what applies locally. |
No, and this is one of the most important things we do for owners. Applications are decided against published, consistently applied criteria, in the order local law requires. Picking between qualified applicants on any other basis is how Fair Housing claims start.
Yes, and two of our markets changed recently. Maryland’s Fair Chance Housing Act takes effect October 1, 2026. Philadelphia’s Renters’ Access Act requires published criteria to match applied criteria. The screening section above sets out both.
Send us the address and we will tell you what it should rent for, how long it is likely to take at that price, and what would need doing before it goes live. No charge and no obligation.