Every day a rental sits empty costs money. Winner Realty offers tenant placement for property owners — single-family rentals, multifamily properties, and commercial or business space — run by Shey Blake, our agent who handles tenant placement for residential and commercial investors across Kentucky.
What Tenant Placement Includes
- Professional listing and marketing across the MLS, rental sites, and Winner Realty's own reach.
- Showings, scheduled and run for you.
- Application processing.
- Tenant screening — credit, background, income, and rental-history verification, applied the same way to every applicant.
- Lease preparation and move-in coordination.
Tenant placement isn't the same as full-time property management — it's focused on getting a qualified tenant in the door and a lease signed. If you'd also like ongoing management once your tenant is in place, let us know on the form below and we can point you toward a referral for that.
Who This Is For
Single-family rental owners. Duplex and small multifamily owners. Larger multifamily owners. And business or commercial property owners who need to fill a retail, office, or other commercial space with a tenant. Because several Winner Realty agents are licensed in both Kentucky and Indiana, this covers Southern Indiana properties as well.
Meet Your Tenant Placement Specialist
Shey Blake sources off-market deals, runs acquisitions, and handles tenant placement for residential and commercial investors at Winner Realty. She's an active member of KREIA (Kentuckiana Real Estate Investors Association) and has been bringing off-market opportunities to investors across the Louisville market for years. Fill out the form below and we'll connect you with her directly.
Kentucky Landlord Basics Worth Knowing
- Jefferson County operates under URLTA (KRS 383.500–383.705), the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act — it applies here even though it isn't statewide.
- Security deposits (KRS 383.580) have to be held in a separate account, with a written move-in condition list and a written accounting of any deductions at move-out.
- Entry notice. Except in an emergency, you're required to give at least two days' notice before entering an occupied unit.
- Fair Housing applies to screening, not just advertising. Under the federal Fair Housing Act, screening criteria have to be applied the same way to every applicant, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, or disability. Consistent screening isn't just good practice — it's the law.
- Nonpayment of rent requires a written 7-day pay-or-vacate notice before an eviction (forcible detainer) case can be filed.
Frequently asked questions
How is tenant placement different from full property management?
Placement gets a qualified, screened tenant in place and the lease signed. Ongoing management — rent collection, maintenance calls, renewals — is a separate service. Ask about a referral if you want that covered too.
Do you place tenants in commercial or business space?
Yes, in addition to single-family and multifamily residential properties.
How long does it usually take to fill a vacancy?
It depends on price point, condition, and location. Shey will give you a realistic read after seeing the property.
What do you look for in a tenant?
Verified income, a clean background and credit check, and rental history or references — applied the same way to every applicant who applies.
Have a vacancy to fill? Fill out our tenant placement request form and we'll follow up personally.
Looking for a rental yourself instead of filling one? See how Winner Realty helps renters find a home in Louisville.
What Our Screening Actually Checks
Every applicant goes through the same process: income verification (we look for roughly three times the monthly rent in verifiable income), a credit check, a background check, and rental history — a call to prior landlords, not just a reference sheet. We follow Kentucky's fair housing rules throughout, so the criteria are applied the same way to every applicant.
How long does it usually take to fill a vacancy?
It depends on the property, the rent, and the season — a well-priced single-family rental in a strong Louisville submarket can lease in days; a larger multifamily unit or an off-season listing can take longer. We price it against what is actually renting nearby rather than guessing.
Do you manage the property after placement, or just place the tenant?
Placement is the service — we find, screen, and place a qualified tenant and hand you a signed lease. If you want ongoing property management after that, we can point you to management partners we trust rather than trying to be a property manager ourselves.
Landlords with more than one unit to fill use this same process across the whole portfolio, so every unit gets screened against the same standard instead of a different bar for each property.