Renting & landlords
The landlord call you keep not making
Renting in America is a race, and it is run by telephone. The listing goes up, twenty people email, and the two who called are the two who see it. If calling is the hard part for you, you lose apartments you would have got.
It does not stop once you move in. The heat fails, the sink backs up, and the landlord who was so reachable in March does not answer email in November.
Both are calls we can make. Before you sign, we ask the questions that decide whether the place is worth a trip. After, we chase the repair until somebody commits to a date.
She emailed at 8am with everything the ad asked for. At 5pm the listing was down. The tenant who got it had called at 8:40, seen it at noon, and applied from the parking lot.
You write this, in any language
Please call about the apartment listing on Judah Street, ask if it's still available, and book me a viewing this weekend.
What comes back
Whether it is still available, the viewing time, and the answers to everything you asked.
Have this call madeNothing is dialled until you confirm. US numbers, called in English.
What we call about
- Calling about a listing to ask if it is still available and book a viewing
- Asking what the application requires, what it costs, and what the income rule is
- Asking about deposit, pets, parking, laundry and utilities before you visit
- Reporting a repair to a landlord or property manager and getting a date
- Chasing a deposit that has not come back
The specific ones
How it works
- Say what you needType it or speak it, in your own language. No forms to translate.
- Check the call before it happensYou see who is being called and what will be said. Nothing is dialled until you confirm.
- We make the call in EnglishIncluding the hold music, the phone tree, and calling back when nobody picks up.
- Read what happenedThe result and the full transcript, line by line, in your language.
What a call actually sounds like
An excerpt from a call this system placed over the phone network, exactly as it came back — including the part where it says what it is. It was dialled to our own number with a placeholder business name, which is worth saying plainly.
Result recorded: booked, tonight at 7 PM.
Questions people ask
What if my English isn't good?
That is who this is built for. You write or speak your request in your own language — English, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean or Russian. The call itself is placed in English, and the transcript and result come back to you in your language.
Can it apply for the apartment for me?
No. It gathers what the application needs — fee, income requirement, documents, deadline — and books the viewing. Submitting an application means handing over financial and identity documents, and that stays with you.
Will it call without asking me first?
No. You see exactly who is being called and what will be said, and nothing is dialled until you tap confirm.
How do I know what was actually said?
Every call comes back with a full transcript, line by line with timings, plus a short summary of the outcome. Calls are not recorded — you get the text, not the audio.
What happens if nobody picks up?
One task is not one call. Voicemail, a phone tree, or a 'call back after five' all get logged and the task stays open, so you can send it again without retyping anything.
Ready to hand this call over?
Write it in your language. We call in English. You read what happened.
Make this call for me