As housing markets across the U.S. continue to move in a positive direction, confidence is returning and homes are appreciating at a rate experts believe is conducive to a sustainable rebound.

As the United States real estate market continues to evolve, the rental sector is experiencing challenges of its own. The rental housing vacancy rate for the third quarter 2014, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau, is 7.4 percent. This is especially concerning, as this sector is vitally important…