Fill your units for less than a traditional broker fee.
Student Spots already has students searching for housing near Boston-area campuses. List directly with us and skip the traditional brokerage — you pay 5% of the lease when a unit fills, with no listing fee.
Why broker fees are changing
Under a recent Massachusetts change, the party who engages a broker is the one responsible for the broker's fee. In practice that has increasingly meant landlords carry a cost that previously fell to tenants — sometimes as much as a full month's rent per unit. Listing directly with Student Spots is a lower-cost way to reach students who are already looking.
This is general information, not legal advice. Rules can change and depend on your situation — please confirm details with your own counsel.
An alternative to a traditional brokerage.
Less than a full month
A traditional broker typically charges a month's rent to fill a unit. Our fee is 5% of the lease's total rent — and there's no listing fee for landlords.
Students already searching
We focus on Boston-area student housing, so your unit reaches renters who are actively looking near campus — not a cold audience.
You stay in control
You decide who you rent to and on what terms. We help route interested students and handle the paperwork around the agreement.
No cut of your rent
Once a lease is in place, monthly rent flows directly between you and your tenant. Student Spots never takes a piece of ongoing rent.
See what listing direct could save you.
A traditional broker typically charges a full month's rent to fill a unit. Our fee is 5% of the lease's total rent — usually less than a full month. Move the sliders to estimate the difference across your units.
Estimate only. Based on a 12-month lease, a traditional broker fee of one month's rent, and our fee of 5% of the lease's total rent (no listing fee for landlords). Your actual fee is confirmed before you list. This isn't legal or financial advice.
Three steps, no brokerage in the middle.
Tell us about your units
Share a few details through the contact form. We follow up by email to learn about your place and timing.
We connect interested students
Your unit reaches students searching near your campus, and we route the ones who fit your terms.
Sign and fill
When you and a tenant agree, we help generate and e-sign the agreement. The 5% fee applies at signing.