A listing travels to sites you never posted on.
Listing sites pass an ad along, and so do scammers. A number you can burn keeps your own out of every copy.
A number for your rental listing
Get a phone number for rental listings that rings your real phone.
Put an ExpressNumber number on your rental listings and the For Rent sign in the yard instead of your own. Applicants call it, your phone rings, and you burn the number once the lease is signed.
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The rental listing
The listing shows a number you can burn, not your own.
House for rent
Three bedroom house for rent by owner
- Fenced yard, garage and a new roof.
- Showings on Saturday. Pets considered.
Call to book a showing(480) 555-0152
(480) 555-0152On the listing, named Maple Street house
Your own numberStays off the listing
Burn the numberBurn it once the lease is signed.
This is how you get a number for your rental listings.
- Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
- Name it after the property, such as Maple Street house.
- Put the same number on your listing on every site and on the For Rent sign.
- Applicants call it and your phone rings. Burn it in one tap once the lease is signed.
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Your numbers
Maple Street house
(480) 555-0152
Forwarding
For Rent sign
(949) 555-0144
Texts only
Old duplex listing
(704) 555-0181
Blocked
Landlords put a second number on a rental listing for three reasons.
Every applicant keeps the number you gave them.
Dozens of people may call about one rental. The number they keep is the one on the listing, so make it one you can end.
The listing number is not the number for your tenant.
Once the lease is signed, burn the listing number so late callers stop, and give your tenant the number you want them to use.
How a call reaches you
The applicant calls the number on the listing. Your phone gets the call.
An applicantFinds your listing or the sign and calls the number on it.
Calls and texts
Maple Street houseYour number for this rental.
Forwards
Your real phone ringsLike any other call
Texts land in your inboxUnder the name Maple Street house
The caller only ever sees the number you gave them.
Burn the number once the lease is signed.
One number for one rental, from the day the listing goes up to the day the lease is signed.
- 1The listing goes upWith the Maple Street house number on it
- 2Applicants callYour phone rings like any other call
- 3The lease is signedYou hand over the keys
- 4Burn the numberCalls and texts to it stop at once
This is what Zillow, the FTC and Craigslist say about rental listings.
Read October 31, 2026, with a link to each page.
Zillow tells renters to check that your contact information matches on every site.
Its page on rental scams says to check whether a listing appears elsewhere with the same contact information, because scammers may hijack a real listing and change the contact details.
Zillow: Rental Scams: How to Recognize and Avoid Rental FraudThe FTC tells renters to check a private landlord’s ID against the county records.
Its page on rental scams says to search the city or county tax assessment website to learn who owns a property, then check the landlord’s ID to be sure it matches the records.
FTC Consumer Advice: Rental Listing ScamsThe FTC says a landlord does not need a Social Security number before a renter agrees to rent.
Its page on rental scams says that until a renter has agreed to rent a place, a landlord does not need their Social Security number, credit score or other sensitive information.
FTC Consumer Advice: Rental Listing ScamsZillow lets a property owner keep a phone number off the listing.
Its guide to listing a rental, dated June 25, 2020, says you give your name, email and phone number, and that an owner can choose to keep the phone number hidden on the published listing.
Zillow Rental Manager: How to List a Rental on Zillow, June 25, 2020Craigslist says to deal locally and face to face.
Its page on avoiding scams says to follow this one rule and avoid the vast majority of scam attempts, and lists a request to deposit a cashier’s check as a scam.
Craigslist help: Avoiding Scams
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- 5 numbers, one for each site, store or dealer
- 100 forwarded minutes a month
- Burn a number in one tap
- Extra numbers $1 a month each
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- 100 numbers
- 1,000 forwarded minutes a month
- A number per vendor, client or listing
- Extra numbers 50¢ a month each
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People ask these questions about a number for rental listings.
More in the full FAQ.
Create a number in your dashboard and name it after the property, such as Maple Street house. It is live in about a minute. Put it on your listings and the For Rent sign. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and the caller only ever sees the number you gave them.
Yes. Zillow tells renters to check that a listing shows the same contact information everywhere it appears, so one number on every site and on the sign is the one a careful renter can match.
Burn it in one tap, and calls and texts to it stop at once. Take the old listings down, then give your tenant the number you want them to use.
No. Your numbers are receive-only: they take calls and texts, and they never make them. You answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox.
Yes. Every number has three modes: Forward rings your phone and lets texts in, Texts only stops calls and keeps the texts coming, and Block stops both. You change the mode from your dashboard.
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More ways to use a number
Every rule on this page comes from a public page you can check.
Each one is linked where it is quoted, and all of them were read October 31, 2026.
Put a number on your rental listing that you can burn.
Hand out a number you can burn. Keep the one your family calls.
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