Find Tenants in Orem, UT

Frequently Asked Questions for Orem, UT Landlords

• How many renters are looking for housing in Orem right now?

  The renter base here is deep and it renews itself every year without fail. About 13,211 Orem households rent, some 42 percent of the city, and the engine behind that is Utah Valley University, whose enrollment passed 48,000 in fall 2025 and which is the largest institution in the state. Add the Silicon Slopes technology corridor running through the valley and Orem draws demand from students, early-career professionals and families at the same time. That is the setting for the 13 renter profiles searching Orem on Roomster, each stating what they can pay, when they need to move and how long they want the place. Sort on intended term first, because in a university city the difference between a two-semester tenant and a multi-year one is the single biggest factor in your turnover costs.

• How much rent can I charge for my Orem property?

  Price to the band rather than the average, because the two diverge here more than usual. The citywide figure is about $1,749 and rose 2.93 percent across the year, but the largest concentration of listings, 41 percent, clears between $1,001 and $1,500, so a great deal of the actual demand sits under the headline number. By size, studios average near $1,248, one-bedrooms near $1,372, two-bedrooms near $1,563 and three-bedrooms near $2,047. The three-bedroom is where the strongest case sits, since student groups splitting three ways can carry it comfortably at around $682 each. Benchmark against Provo at $1,953 and American Fork at $1,695, because those are the two directions your applicants will look if your number feels high.

• Can Orem impose rent control on my rental?

  It cannot, and the bar is set at the state level rather than the municipal one. Utah Code section 57-20-1 prohibits any county, city or town from enacting an ordinance or resolution that would control the rents or fees charged on private residential property, unless that authority has been expressly granted by the Legislature. No Utah municipality currently holds such approval, so your pricing is entirely your own. The statute is careful to preserve local zoning, building and planning powers, which is where Orem does exercise real influence over housing, so the constraints you will actually encounter are about what you may build or convert rather than what you may charge. Direct your compliance effort toward the deposit rules and any permit requirements attached to an accessory unit, since those are where local owners run into difficulty.

• What deposit rules must an Orem landlord follow?

  Utah sets no ceiling on what you may collect, and concentrates its requirements on the return. Once the tenancy ends you have 30 days to refund the deposit, and where you retain any part of it you must provide a written itemization identifying each deduction individually rather than a single combined total. The permitted grounds are unpaid rent, damage to the premises beyond reasonable wear and tear, cleaning, and any other costs or fees that the rental contract expressly provides for. That final category is worth building into your agreement deliberately at the drafting stage, because a charge that is not written into the contract is far harder to justify afterwards. Date your photographs at both ends of every tenancy, keep the invoices behind each line, and send the itemization by a method that records when it went out.

• Can I add an internal accessory unit to my Orem property?

  Very possibly, and it is one of the more significant opportunities open to an owner in this state. House Bill 82, enacted in 2021 and codified at Utah Code section 10-9a-530, requires municipalities to permit at least one internal accessory dwelling unit within a detached single-family home across most residential zones, on condition that it is let on terms of 30 days or more rather than as a nightly rental. In a city with more than 48,000 university students that is a genuine income opportunity. The powers cities retain are worth checking against Orem rules before you spend anything: a municipality may require an additional off-street parking space, may require that the owner occupy the property, may require a rental permit, and may exclude up to 25 percent of its residential land area from the requirement.

• How should I screen applicants for an Orem rental?

  Set out your criteria in writing before the first showing and apply the identical test to everyone, keeping that record, because being able to demonstrate a single consistent standard is what protects you under federal and Utah fair-housing law. Then account for the composition of this market. A large share of applicants here are UVU students, many of them the first in their family to attend college and a great many studying part-time around a job, which means thin credit files and guarantor arrangements are common rather than exceptional; decide in advance how you will treat a co-signer and hold to it. Equally, an applicant who works full-time while enrolled is often a steadier tenant than the enrollment alone suggests, so ask about employment rather than assuming. Request the same documents from every applicant. Roomster ID and address checks are free and left to the member to complete, with results shown on the profile, so let a finished one count positively rather than treating it as a condition. Speak on video, then tour the property together.