A room ad shows your number to everyone who reads it.
Anyone can read it and anyone can copy it. Put a number on the ad that you can end, and keep the one your family and your work call out of it.
A number for your room for rent
Get a phone number for renting out a room that rings your real phone.
Put an ExpressNumber number on your room for rent ad instead of your own. Applicants call it, your phone rings, and you burn the number once the room is rented.
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The ad for the room
The ad shows a number you can burn, not your own.
Room for rent
Sunny room in a quiet two bedroom house
- Shared kitchen and bathroom, laundry in the basement.
- Near the bus line. Looking for a tidy, steady housemate.
Call about the room(503) 555-0156
(503) 555-0156On the ad, named Spare room
Your own numberStays off the ad
Burn the numberBurn it once the room is rented.
This is how you get a number for your room for rent.
- Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
- Name it after the room, such as Spare room.
- Put the number on your room for rent ad, on every site where you post it.
- Applicants call it and your phone rings. Burn it in one tap once the room is rented.
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Your numbers
Spare room
(503) 555-0156
Forwarding
Room ad on the board
(720) 555-0141
Texts only
Old room ad
(615) 555-0150
Blocked
People put a second number on a room for rent ad for three reasons.
The callers are strangers who may soon live in your home.
Applicants are strangers until you have met them. Their texts land in your inbox under the name Spare room, and one tap ends the number for all of them.
The ad outlives the room.
A post you forgot keeps drawing calls after the room is rented. Burn the number the day the room is taken, and calls and texts to it stop at once.
How a call reaches you
The applicant calls the number on the ad. Your phone gets the call.
An applicantReads your room ad and calls the number on it.
Calls and texts
Spare roomYour number for this room.
Forwards
Your real phone ringsLike any other call
Texts land in your inboxUnder the name Spare room
The caller only ever sees the number you gave them.
Burn the number once the room is rented.
One number for one room, from the day the ad goes up to the day the room is taken.
- 1The ad goes upWith the Spare room number on it
- 2Applicants callYour phone rings like any other call
- 3The room is rentedYou hand over the keys
- 4Burn the numberCalls and texts to it stop at once
This is what the FTC, Craigslist and Zillow say about renting out a place.
Read October 31, 2026, with a link to each page.
The FTC says scammers copy real rental listings and put in their own contact details.
Its page on rental scams says they copy the pictures and description of a real listing, replace the agent’s contact information with their own and post the ad on a new site. A caller who dials that number reaches the scammer.
FTC Consumer Advice: Rental Listing ScamsCraigslist says not to invite strangers into your home.
Its page on in person transactions says to insist on a public meeting place, to tell a friend or family member where you are going and to consider having a friend accompany you.
Craigslist help: In Person TransactionsThe FTC warns about a stranger who sends a check for too much.
Its page on fake checks says the person asks you to deposit a check, usually for more than they owe you, and to send some of the money back. Fake checks can take weeks to be found out, and by then you are stuck paying the bank.
FTC Consumer Advice: How To Spot, Avoid, and Report Fake Check ScamsZillow tells renters to check who they are dealing with.
Its page on rental scams tells renters to check a landlord’s ownership and licensing, and says that phone numbers alone can be spoofed.
Zillow: Rental Scams: How to Recognize and Avoid Rental Fraud
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People ask these questions about a number for renting out a room.
More in the full FAQ.
Create a number in your dashboard and name it after the room, such as Spare room. It is live in about a minute. Put it on your ad. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and the caller only ever sees the number you gave them.
Burn it in one tap, and calls and texts to it stop at once. Keep the burned number off any ad that is still up, and take those ads down.
Do not take it. The FTC says that a check for more than you are owed, with a request to send the difference back, is a scam, and a bank can take weeks to find a fake check.
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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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.
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