# Adding a tenant without advertising

**URL:** <https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/adding-a-tenant-without-advertising/79148>\
**Category:** Landlord Discussion\
**Created:** [6 March 2025 09:30 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/adding-a-tenant-without-advertising/79148 "2025-03-06T09:30:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Flo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/flo/32/27616_2.png) [@Flo](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Flo)\
**Post date:** [6 March 2025 09:30 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/adding-a-tenant-without-advertising/79148/1 "2025-03-06T09:30:20Z")

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I have chosen my tenants already, without advertising.  
When I try to add them I get this message: This property doesn’t have any active enquiries or holding deposits.

Do I have to get my tenants to ‘enquire’ in order to add them (and will OpenRent charge me for the privelige), or is there another way.?

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**Author:** ![Christopher32](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/christopher32/32/17380_2.png) [@Christopher32](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Christopher32)\
**Post date:** [6 March 2025 11:12 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/adding-a-tenant-without-advertising/79148/2 "2025-03-06T11:12:54Z")

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To create a tenancy you have to list the property which generates a link which you then forward to your chosen tenants and yes there is a charge.

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**Author:** ![Karl11](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/karl11/32/35316_2.png) [@Karl11](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Karl11)\
**Post date:** [7 March 2025 08:47 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/adding-a-tenant-without-advertising/79148/3 "2025-03-07T08:47:42Z")

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I assume you are using Openrent RentNow, otherwise there appears no point in adding them. Of course RentNow is a service so costs.

Once you have created your advert, you can pause it to stop other enquiries, and on your ‘tenant enquiries’ page, you can manually add your selected tenant details, and then invite them to secure the property by activating ‘RentNow’.

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/system/32/11_2.png) [@system](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/system)\
**Post date:** [5 June 2025 08:48 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/adding-a-tenant-without-advertising/79148/4 "2025-06-05T08:48:36Z")

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