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Landlord pricing

No listing fee. 5% when a lease signs.

Publishing is free. When a lease signs and your tenant's first-month payment goes through, Student Spots takes 5% of total rent over the term from that payout. There's nothing up front and no cut of ongoing rent. It adds up to a fraction of a traditional one-month broker fee.

What it costs

Pricing built around results.

To list
$0
to publish
No listing fee
Publishing a unit costs $0. The listing stays up for its full term, and students browse, message, video call and apply for free.
At publish
When a unit fills
5%
of total rent
Collected when the lease activates
5% of total rent over the lease term, deducted from your payout of the tenant’s first-month payment (with card processing at cost). A 12-month lease at $2,000/month is $1,200. Your tenant’s rent doesn’t change.
Ongoing rent
$0
We take no cut
Once a lease is in place, monthly rent flows directly between you and your tenant. Student Spots never takes a piece of ongoing rent.
No security deposits held. Student Spots doesn't collect or hold your security deposit. That stays directly between you and your tenant, under your lease and Massachusetts deposit rules.
Estimate your savings

See what listing direct could save you.

A traditional broker typically charges a full month's rent to fill a unit. Student Spots charges no listing fee and 5% of total rent over the lease term when a unit fills. Move the sliders to estimate the difference across your units.

$2,400
100%
4
Traditional broker fee$9,600
With Student Spots$5,760
Your estimated savings / year
$3,840
40% lower (est.)
Talk to us about your units

Estimate only. Based on a traditional broker fee of one month's rent per fill and Student Spots' 5% of total rent commission on a 12-month lease per fill, with no listing fee. The commission is shown again on the listing review step before you publish. This isn't legal or financial advice.

Pricing questions

The money questions, answered.

A traditional broker typically charges a full month's rent to fill a unit. With Student Spots publishing is free, and when a lease signs you pay 5% of total rent over the term, taken from the first-month payout. On a 12-month lease at $2,000/month, that's $1,200.
Yes. It's 5% of total rent over the lease term (monthly rent × months). It is collected once, when your tenant's first-month payment goes through the platform, by deduction from that payout. There is no listing fee.
No. After a lease is in place, monthly rent flows directly between you and your tenant. Student Spots takes no cut of ongoing rent.
Under a recent Massachusetts change, the party who engages a broker is generally responsible for the broker's fee, which increasingly puts that cost on landlords. This is general information, not legal advice. Confirm the specifics with your own counsel.
No. Student Spots doesn't collect, hold, or transfer security deposits. Any deposit arrangement stays directly between you and your tenant, exactly as your lease describes.

Ready to talk through your units?

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