S/O Short Term Rentals for Tenants

[ny96]

We are possibly moving at the end of the summer and will most likely look for a short term rental situation while we house search. Has anyone done this? H is thinking corporate apartments, but I’m thinking AirBnB might be a better place to find a place.

[thebreakfastclub]

When I moved for a job, we used a corporate apartment. The company paid for 2 months, and we extended it one final month ourselves.

Just looking at Air BnB right now in our neighborhood, a week's rental costs almost what we paid for an entire month at the corporate apartment.

[VillainV]

Some Air BNB have long-term rental rates that are significantly cheaper than the normal nightly rates. It might be worth messaging the owner, even if no long-term rates are listed, because they may be able to offer you a better rate, especially if you’re not in a vacation destination.

Otherwise, you’d have to weigh moving/storage costs against the cost of renting a furnished place vs. unfurnished and bring your own (or some of your own) stuff.

[Jalapeñomel]

The only thing we managed to find was an extended stay hotel and it was fucking awful.

[orangello]

We just did this with AirBnB. It worked out great, the only hurdle was we had to choose a set timeframe for the rental, but we ended up finding a house asap. It all worked out but make sure your rental has a 30 day cancellation just in case.

I’ve also done a corporate apartment which has been fine, but we now have 2 dogs and didn’t really want to be in an apartment. The complexes we’ve stayed in in the past have been full of young, fun, noisy neighbors, so proceed with caution (or have fun!).

[sonrisa]

Will you be staying within the same school system? If not, I'd start by contacting your destination school and learn what sort of rental qualifies.

Our school wants very specific documentation before a kid can enroll and you need to show actual residency - not just ownership - within the district. (a lot of kids end up out of school for the first few weeks if a family buys early August). There are very specific requirements for what leases and secondary evidence are acceptable for proving residency.

[jinkies]

My aunt is a travel nurse so she needs furnished rentals for a few months at a stretch. She uses furnishedfinder.com

It's marketed for travel nurses but I don't think you have to be in the medical field to use it.

[ny96]

Jun 26, 2022 20:19:58 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Will you be staying within the same school system? If not, I'd start by contacting your destination school and learn what sort of rental qualifies.

Our school wants very specific documentation before a kid can enroll and you need to show actual residency - not just ownership - within the district. (a lot of kids end up out of school for the first few weeks if a family buys early August). There are very specific requirements for what leases and secondary evidence are acceptable for proving residency.

We hop to buy in the same area my mom lives in so we’ll just use her address for the school.

ETA: we have looked into doing this and believe we can do this without issue. We are very familiar with stringent residency rules due to our current school.

[dove]

We just went through this and did Airbnb month long leases

[winecat]

I help my BFF and the couple staying in one of her units recently moved to town and is house hunting. Ditto looking on furnishedfinder.com.

[sonrisa]

Jun 26, 2022 22:29:43 GMT -5 ny96 said:

Jun 26, 2022 20:19:58 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Will you be staying within the same school system? If not, I'd start by contacting your destination school and learn what sort of rental qualifies.

Our school wants very specific documentation before a kid can enroll and you need to show actual residency - not just ownership - within the district. (a lot of kids end up out of school for the first few weeks if a family buys early August). There are very specific requirements for what leases and secondary evidence are acceptable for proving residency.

We hop to buy in the same area my mom lives in so we’ll just use her address for the school.

ETA: we have looked into doing this and believe we can do this without issue. We are very familiar with stringent residency rules due to our current school.

I'm glad you have that sorted

Here I think we'd need to show a year long lease from my mom and proof of a utility to her address in our name, or something like that. I just know people have been stuck before