When you write to a landlord via BostadsPortal, the landlord can see your profile and use it to assess whether you are the right tenant.
Landlords also have the option to browse through all home seekers on BostadsPortal, where completed profiles are placed at the top of their view.
Therefore, being thorough when filling out your profile can benefit your housing search.
Read more about how to update your profile information here.
We recommend that you ...
- Upload a well-matching picture of yourself
- Write an interesting description of yourself in the profile text
- Fill in as much information about yourself as possible, including age, gender, family status, and occupation
You can advantageously view your profile as a CV of yourself as a tenant, and your inquiry – meaning the message you write to the landlord via the 'Contact' button on each listing – as your application for the specific rental.
Landlords on BostadsPortal often read both your message and your profile. If your profile text and your message to the landlord are identical, the landlord will simply receive the same information about you twice.
If you want to learn more about how to write a good message to the landlord, you can read more here.
Be found by landlords
On BostadsPortal, all landlords have the opportunity to use a search function called 'Find new tenant'. It shows all the tenants who match their rental property.
It is your profile information and any Search Agents that determine whether you appear in the landlord's search. By default, the most complete profiles are always ranked the highest in the search results.
Below you can see what it looks like when a landlord searches for tenants who match their rental property.
Read more about using Search Agents on BostadsPortal here.