Does anyone point out in your advertising that you are looking for long term stable residents? with tenants turning into lifetime tenants and not just for a fw years till they buy a house i am wondering if i should start pushing the idea that this is owned by a professional landlord who intends to keep the place long term as a rental to appeal to a stable tenant who wants a place long term as opposed to having to move every couple years because they keep moving into places that keep getting sold. --98.98.xx.xx

I've not. Why not try it? One of our tenants in her 60's has rented her entire life. --216.131.xx.xxx

Not sure id state that in my ad. As life can throw a few curve balls. And they might hold your feet to the fire. Im sure AI could wrote you a nice way of saying this. --172.59.xxx.xxx

No. --76.35.xxx.xx

The good side of this is they have seemed to be stellar tenants while they were here. --47.227.xx.xxx

I have not. I usually rent to college students. --73.19.xxx.xx

I used to put we were looking for "Responsible Rent-Paying Residents" as I like alliteration. I don't know why I stopped that, think I'll put it back in. Can't hurt. --173.18.xx.xxx

When I have tried stuff like that, I get every knucklehead stating they are glad I asked for that because that is them (whether it is or not). It might work if you put that you want a long-term tenant which will be evaluated based on the length of their last residence. In essence, make a criterion that measures it when evaluating their app. --99.64.xx.xx

WMH, that verbiage can land you in Fair Housing jail here in NY! --72.0.xxx.xx

No. Even though I overwhelmingly prefer long term tenants (5+ years), advertising to suggest that is risky. Too many "testers" try to sniff out things like that. I get info from tenants and could make a good guess on whether they would stay long term in my rentals. Generally people over 40 yo move less often than the younger ones. --99.128.xxx.xxx