If you are a landlord registered at RateMyStudentRental.com you may wonder where these “credits” came from, how you got them, and what do you do with them! I would like to take this opportunity to answer those questions and more. If you still have questions at the end of this blog about credits please contact us or leave a comment on this blog and we’ll answer your question for you!

What is a credit?

Credits are issued to landlords for certain activity on RateMyStudentRental.com . The credits can be earned, purchased and redeemed towards premium service purchases to enhance and build a rental’s profile and grow your business.

Why credits?

We moved to a credit based system for you (the landlords) to reward you for activity on the site and provide additional incentive to use the premium services that are provided. If you want a premium service, you may have to purchase additional credits from time to time.

What is a credit worth?

One (1) credit equals $1 on RateMyStudentRental.com only. Unfortunately, credits can not be “cashed out”.

How do I earn credits?

There are several ways you can earn credits:

• Registering as a Landlord: The first time that you register on RateMyStudentRental.com you will immediately receive credits.
• Adding rentals to your account: If you have multiple rentals you can enter in the confirmation or invitation code to link all of your rentals under one user name. Each rental you add to your main account will add to your collection of credits.
• Referring a new student: To give landlords incentive to encourage their past or current students to rate the property we’ll issue credits when a landlord refers a student. The only way to make sure you get the credits is to ask the student to select ‘my landlord’ when asked ‘How did you hear about us’
  during the registration process. The first rental that a new student rates, receives the credits. So make sure you ask the student to rate your property first!
• Student Reviews: For each student review you will be given credits based off of the score; a 4 star review equals 4 credits, a 3 star review equals 3 credits, etc.

Please log in and check your Landlord Home Page for most accurate and updated information.

How do I use my credits?

You can learn about the premium services under the ‘rental services’ tab on your Landlord Home Page . Here you will find a description of the service and the cost. To redeem your credits for the selected premium services, select add to profile. If you have enough credits everything will be taken care of in this step. If you need to acquire more credits you can purchase more by clicking the ‘buy credits’ button on the left hand side of your Landlord Home Page , or you will be given the option to buy more credits when you try to add the premium service to your profile.

Why should I use my credits?

You should use your credits, well, because they are there. And, using premium services will help you fill room vacancies, provide all the information students need and grow your student rental business. We’ve made earning and redeeming credits as easy as we could so that we are able to give back to landlords who are helping to make RateMyStudentRental.com the Ultimate Student Housing Tool.

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