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32-day minimum · landlord-approved

Hand off your
lease, without the drama.

Built for the summer abroad, the spring co-op, the unexpected move-out. Your subtenant has a .edu-verified profile, your landlord is in the loop, and your sublease is signed and on the record.

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Jordan L.
BU · Junior
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Priya M.
Northeastern · Soph
Sublease agreement
e-signed · audit-trailed
Tenant
Subtenant
Landlord
Notarized
Landlord-approved by default
Every sublease ships with a written-approval checkbox and your master-lease attached. No more “did my landlord get the form?”
A real agreement, e-signed
Tenant, subtenant, and landlord all sign a single sublease agreement with a full audit trail you can pull anytime.
Flat-fee pricing
One flat $50 listing fee at publish. No completion fee — if rent is paid through the app, card processing is passed through at cost.
Inside the app

A few taps. Not a few weeks.

Click a step to see what each phase actually looks like inside Student Spots.

studentspots.com / sublease
New sublease listing
Address
94 Gainsborough St
Term
Jun 1 – Aug 31
Bedrooms
Studio
Rent
$1,250 / mo
Master lease attached · ready to publish
Two ways to hand off

Sublease or sublet — your call.

Both are legal in Massachusetts. The difference is who handles rent — and whether your landlord needs a Student Spots account.

Most common
Sublease
You stay in the loop.
Subtenant pays you. You pay your landlord.
  • Your name stays on the master lease — you remain responsible to your landlord.
  • You're the rent middleman: collect from your subtenant each month, pay your lease as usual.
  • Best when you might come back, or your lease only allows subleasing (most do).
Requires landlord account
Sublet
The new tenant takes over your lease.
New tenant pays your landlord directly.
  • Your landlord must have a Student Spots account so the handoff and payouts route through us — without that, sublet isn't an option.
  • The new tenant takes over the master lease and pays rent to your landlord each month. You're not the rent middleman.
  • Best when your landlord is already aware, on board, and ready to onboard a new payer.
Most students sublease.
It's the self-service path — you stay on the master lease and handle rent yourself, no landlord account required. Sublet is only an option when your landlord already has (or is willing to create) a Student Spots account, since the new tenant pays them directly through us.
Landlord not on Student Spots yet? Send them here — they can tell us about the building and we'll follow up by email.
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Compared to the Facebook group

The chaos costs more than you think.

The student-housing Facebook group is free. Until your subtenant ghosts, your landlord finds out from a neighbor, or your deposit walks.

Facebook group
Student Spots
Time to find a subtenant
14 days
3 days
Applicant screening
You guess
.edu + ID; optional 3rd-party background
Landlord written approval
You chase it
Auto-routed
Signed sublease agreement
Hopefully
Required
If your subtenant flakes
Your problem
Re-list in 1 click
Transparent pricing

One flat fee. No surprises.

One flat $50 fee when you publish — and nothing when your sublease completes. Card processing (2.9% + $0.30) applies only if first month's rent is paid through the app.

Listing fee
$50
One-time, at publish
A flat fee per listing, charged when you publish. Drafts are free until then.
Completion fee
$0
When your agreement signs
Student Spots takes no fee when your sublease completes. If first month's rent is paid through the app, standard card processing (2.9% + $0.30) is deducted from the payout.
No completion fee
Searching for a sublease
$0
Free for renters
Browse, message, apply — all free for active students. Optional third-party background or credit screening is available with their fees passed through if you choose to run it.
Frequently asked

The questions every student asks first.

Most leases allow subleasing with written consent. Student Spots routes a one-tap approval to your landlord with the subtenant’s profile and the master lease pre-attached, so they can say yes (or message you) without leaving their inbox. If your lease forbids subleasing outright, our flow flags it before you publish.
Every Student Spots sublease has a 32-day minimum. Anything shorter trips short-term-rental rules in most Massachusetts cities, so we don’t list it.
Your master lease (PDF or photo is fine), proof of school enrollment, and a government ID. Most students upload these once during onboarding and never see the prompts again.
You pay a one-time flat $50 listing fee when you publish. There is no completion fee — if first month's rent is paid through the app, standard card processing (2.9% + $0.30) is deducted from the payout. After that, your subtenant pays rent directly to whoever your master lease names. Student Spots doesn't process ongoing rent.
Re-list in one click — we keep the listing draft warm with all the same details. If a subtenant breaches the agreement, the audit trail and signed sublease give you everything you need to escalate.
No — Student Spots doesn’t hold security deposits. Massachusetts has strict deposit-handling rules and we’d rather not be a fragile middleman. Whatever your master lease says about deposits is what carries through.

Hand off your spot. Keep your weekend.

Post your sublease in under 5 minutes. We handle the paperwork, screening, and landlord sign-off.