A notice window the system actually enforces
Minimum notice is a setting on the listing, and nothing can be booked inside it. Not by a buyer’s agent using the link, and not by accident. If your lease or your state requires twenty-four hours, the calendar simply does not offer anything sooner.
Notice requirements for entering an occupied rental vary by state and are set by statute, not by us. Set the window to whatever your lease and your state require, and confirm it with your broker. What the software guarantees is that once you have set it, it holds.
The owner decides, from wherever they are
The request goes to the owner as a text with approve and decline buttons. No app, no login, no portal. Investors who own rentals frequently do not live in the same state as the rental, and an approval that requires them to remember a password is an approval that does not happen.
If they go quiet, we ask again at four hours and once more at eight, during daylight hours only. Then we tell you the owner has not answered, so you can step in.
One owner, several properties, different rules
Investors tend to own more than one. Each property gets its own link and its own settings, so a duplex with a strict notice requirement and a vacant unit down the street do not have to share a policy.
If the same owner holds several of your listings, every one of them still routes to the same phone. They approve from the same thread they always do.
A record of who entered, and when
Every request is logged with the agent’s name, broker, phone number, and email. Every approval is stamped with the time. When a renter asks who came through on Tuesday, you have an answer instead of a memory.
Access details go out when you approve, and not before. So an entry code never sits on a public page for the whole listing.
Questions
How much notice does my state require?
That varies by state and is set by statute. Twenty-four hours is common, some states require more, and some use a reasonableness standard instead of a fixed number. Confirm the requirement for your state with your broker or counsel, then set the listing to match. Showing Bell enforces whatever window you configure.
Can the tenant be notified directly?
The system notifies whoever is on the listing. Most agents route approval to the owner and handle tenant notice under the terms of the lease, which is usually the owner’s obligation rather than yours.
What if the owner never responds?
They get an automatic reminder at four hours and a final one at eight, both inside daylight hours. If the second goes unanswered you are told directly, so you can approve from your dashboard or make the call yourself.
Can I block certain days entirely?
Yes. Available days and hours are per-listing, so a rental that can only be shown on weekend afternoons never offers a Tuesday morning.
Does the tenant need an account?
Nobody but you needs an account. Not the owner, not the tenant, and not the buyer’s agent booking the showing.