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Why arent landlords or rental agencies calling you back As you begin this process you may find that you have a hard time getting return calls and emails. This is common in markets where the rental occupancy is high and landlords are receiving many calls of interest regarding their rental. The first thing you can do to increase the return is to position yourself. Having a landlord or agent know that your company is relocating you immediately adds credibility. Also knowing when youll be in town lends urgency for response. About PorchLight There is a misconception amongst the general public that real estate agents receive commissions on rentals too. If they do the rental commissions may equal up to one months rent but in most U.S. cities rental commissions are less than half a months rent or non-existent. After the agent provides a portion of a commission to their broker usually 50 the agent is not compensated much. This is one major factor in why they may quickly show you some rentals that are easily accessible to them through their real estate database but beyond that the workload increases and their compensation doesnt. This is why companies and clients hire PorchLight. We charge for our services and we have pre-qualified agents who understand rentals. They are compensated by us to provide professional rental finding and to coordinate productive successful rental tours for our clients. Youll have the attention of an agent who will work to find you rentals meeting your needs. The fee is in lieu of commission because we want to encourage the agent to find you the perfect home regardless of the commission percentage. Guaranteeing them a payment to work on your behalf is a much greater incentive and a more professional way to compensate a person whom you expect to provide you professional services. For more information on finding a qualified agent see Renter Valet. In a 2013 case study of 1214 renters PorchLight Rental discovered that renters using their services recognized that there was potential for significant savings. 42.5 of the renters using PorchLights service reduced the number of days needed for temporary housing or hotel stays. The savings nets to 1493 per renter. While these numbers are beyond impressive they arent the only benefits to using our services. The amount of stress to renters and their families significantly decreases and the time required from the transferee in the rental search is lowered. These figures are based on an average lodging rate of 131 as reported by the Corporate Housing Providers Association CHPA 2013 survey. to encourage the agent to find you the perfect home regardless of the commission percentage. Guaranteeing them a payment to work on your behalf is a much greater incentive and a more professional way to compensate a person whom you expect to provide you professional services. For more information on finding a qualified agent In a 2013 case study of 1214 renters PorchLight Rental discovered that renters using their services recognized that there was 42.5 of the renters using PorchLights service reduced the number of days needed for temporary housing or hotel stays. The savings nets to 1493 per renter. While these numbers are beyond impressive they arent the only benefits to using our services. The amount of stress to renters and significantly decreases and the time required from the transferee in the rental search is lowered. These figures are based on an average lodging rate of 131 as reported by the Corporate Housing NOT FINDING THE LOCAL ACCESS YOU EXPECTED CHAPTER 1 5