The question every new landlord asks
If you're thinking about listing on Furnished Finder, there's one question you probably want answered before anything else.
Who's going to book with me?
Fair question. Many landlords have done a year-long lease. Most have heard of Airbnb. Furnished Finder sits in between, and the people who book here aren't quite either crowd. Here's who actually shows up in your Furnished Finder inbox inquiring about your property.
A typical inquiry
You'll receive inquiries like this:
"Hi, I'm a travel nurse coming to St. Louis for a 13-week contract starting March 3. I'd be the only one in the unit. My contract pays a housing stipend of $1,800/month. Do you allow pets (one cat)? Could I do a video tour this weekend?"
Notice how much is already answered. Dates, budget, headcount, the pet question, a proposed next step. That's a normal first message on Furnished Finder, not an exception.
You'll get the same kind of message from corporate consultants, relocating families, military households, medical guests, and remote workers. A name, a reason, a stay window, usually a budget, and a question or two. People who know what they need and say so upfront.
The tenant pool, in more detail
Traveling medical professionals. Travel nurses are a large portion of our audience, but you'll also hear from traveling doctors, physical and occupational therapists, speech and respiratory therapists, ultrasound and rad techs, and lab staff. Thirteen weeks is the most common contract length, and a travel agency stipend usually covers most or all of the rent. After a long hospital shift, this group wants quiet, clean, and ready to live in. Many are repeat travelers who already know exactly what they're looking for.
Corporate travelers and consultants. Project work brings in consultants, project managers, sales leads, engineers, and embedded specialists for three to six months at a time, with the employer usually covering rent. Several will work from the property during the day if their assignment allows it. Reliability matters more to this group than extra amenities.
People going through relocations. People moving cities for a new job who don't want to sign a year lease in a neighborhood they haven't lived in yet. Families building a house and needing somewhere to land in the meantime. Retirees trying out a new town. Sometimes someone rebuilding after a divorce or another hard year. Stays here often run six months or longer, timing tends to be flexible, and this group treats the place like an actual home rather than a stopover. Landlords often say these are the warmest, most communicative tenants they get.
Military families. Active-duty service members on PCS orders, often relocating with a spouse and kids. Stays typically run two to six months while base housing comes through or a home purchase closes.
Medical guests. Patients and their families coming to town for surgery, cancer treatment, a transplant, fertility care, or extended rehab, often with a family member booking on the patient's behalf. Stays range from a month to six months or more, depending on treatment. These are quiet stays. Tenants are focused on recovery, not on going out, and proximity to a specific hospital is usually what decides the booking.
Remote workers and digital nomads. People whose jobs don't tie them to any one city, using a month or two to live somewhere new. Reliable internet isn't a preference here, it's the deciding factor, along with a real place to sit down and work.
Students, residents, and visiting professionals. Graduate students on a clinical or research rotation, medical residents, visiting professors, summer interns. Stays run one to three months, an institution is often backing the booking, and these tend to be some of the easiest tenants you'll deal with.
The big picture
Furnished Finder tenants aren't one type of traveler. They're working professionals and families who all need the same basic thing: a furnished place to live for a month or longer.
What they share is the shape of the stay. Long enough to want a real home, short enough that a year-long unfurnished lease doesn't make sense.
If your property fits that shape, this is who's going to be in your inbox.
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