Is winter just going to bring bad tenants?

[Maya Jones]

We have two vacancies currently and trying to find tenants for december and January.i have listed on zillow and apartment. Com. Only 1 lead on Apartment.com.
multiple leads on Zillow but  Have been getting all these weird applicants.

Do I keep the listing or take it out for some time and relist in january since we are heading into the holidays
other alternative is to have a Real estate agent do it and maybe they'll get more traction? 
We are in Chicago and the winter is here

[Nathan Fisher]

The only tenants who move in winter HAVE to move. Anecdotally, these are the groups I see:  

1. The recently evicted, or avoiding an eviction

2. Breakups/divorces.

3. Relocating to a new city for work. 

Do your background checks and you'll be fine.