Searching for Advice on How to Rent Our Home to a Corporation??

Military personnel would be a better bet.  You can contact the post or base housing department and find out how they help their people find homes.

As to corporations, that's going to be tougher.  As an individual, they'll probably not want to deal with you because they'll want turn-key service on the house.  Lawn, house-keeping, maintenance, open-up, shut-down for guests.  Try finding a service company that specializes in corporate relocations and rentals.

 

Matt,

Don't be surprised at the lack of response.  With so many posts and so little time to review, its tough sometimes to get the help and response you need.  You'll have to take the bull by the horns and dig it out yourself.  I can't tell you the number of posts I've put up looking for some insights and help, but get either nothing at all or "Good post", like they never really read it. 

I'd look up all the members in the area you're interested in under the states/counties/cities tabs, read the profiles of the agents you find and see which one's look like they may have the experience you're looking for.  Then email them individually with your situation and see who responds with what you need.

I'm in Texas, so I'd be a little handicapped in trying to do this for you, however I can run it to ground for you.  I just wouldn't be able to handle the day to day management of it for you.

If you don't get the help you need, email be back and I'll start turning over some rocks for you.

In the meantime, I'll reblog this for you to get it back out into the current list of posts.

Mike

Matt, I saw your post through the rebog of Mike.  4 years ago we sold a home to a guy who works for a temporary housing company called Aboda.  With Microsoft in the area and other high tech firms doing lots of relocation's, the need for temporary housing is fairly constant.  The company does 2-6 months leases for slightly higher than average rent due to the shorter term.  I you have a similar firm in your area you could consult with them.  If they are your tenant, they would be responsible for maintenance and upkeep within the terms of whatever deal you strike. 

I don't know anything about your area, I hope this helps.

Matt,

First, I have not worked with Corporate Rental Firms.

I am an agent licensed in Maryland and I have worked with some Owners and Renters in the Laurel area for Rental Properties, both residential and commercial.

Personally, I would be hesitant to use a Corporate Rental Firm, because I would lose too much control over my property.  You would know the rental firm but you would likely not know who was renting your house and for how long they were renting it.

However, that said, this does not preclude me from finding military personnel to rent your property (There is a big influx into the area around Fort Meade due to BRAC.)  Keep in kind, with military personnel that the lease would need to account for the fact that they could be restationed, meaning that you could lose your Tenant prior to the lease end.

As far as the care of the property goes, this can be either the responsibility of the Renter or the Corporation.  I do not believe that this would need to be your worry.

With proper screening, it is possible to find good tenants for your property.  There are also methods that can be used which can make things easier on you.  For instance:

• the Tenants can direct deposit their rent into your account;
• you can have a Home Warranty whereby maintenance calls could be made to the Warranty company instead of to you, and where the Tenant would be responsible for any deductibles within the plan;
• you can create incentives for the Tenants to pay their rent on time and even early; see my blog on this topic: http://activerain.com/blogsview/1249009/rental-payment-incentive

As a courtesy to you, I have provided in the following link a list of recent rentals from your area: http://mrislistings.mris.com/Matrix/Public/Portal.aspx?ID=33883506781

 Let me know if I can be of any additional help.

Ron Trzcinski

Matt,

It takes about 2 months on average to rent a SFH.  I have sent a separate email to you which summarizes the rental listings which I previously sent to you.

Ron

Matt, corporations are tightening budgets and don't lease a lot of homes anymore. They are more likely to rent a condo as they don't need the maintenance for one person. They rent homes to put workers for long term stays and they don't want to put up their families as well. Good luck in your relocation.

Matt, what happened with your house?