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title: "Leasing: How do you decide when to lower the rent?"
description: "- Listings are reviewed once a week according to the following policies:  - After the initial listing period (2 weeks for vacant homes, 4 weeks for occupied homes), we lower rent once a week if there have been no more…"
url: "https://smarteggmgmt.com/faq/leasing-how-do-you-decide-when-to-lower-the-rent/"
updated: "2024-11-23"
category: Property Owner FAQ
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# Leasing: How do you decide when to lower the rent?

- Listings are reviewed once a week according to the following policies: 
- After the initial listing period (2 weeks for vacant homes, 4 weeks for occupied homes), we lower rent once a week if there have been no more than 5 inquiries, 0–1 showings and no applications received.
- Once we find the sweet spot of 2+ showings per week we won’t further lower the rent unless activity drops off again. 
- We also drop the rent amount according to specific formulas depending on price (e.g., higher priced homes have bigger rent drops than lower priced homes).