Traveling Nurse Agencies

[Kevin Bevillard]

Hello BP members! Does anyone know traveling nurse agencies that look for long term leases on homes near hospitals to place their nurses in (i.e. the agency enters into a lease with a third party landlord, hopefully me, and essentially subleases to their traveling nurses for shorter periods of time)? Do hospitals do this as well by any chance for their doctors/patients? I am specifically asking for the Atlanta and Athens, GA areas. Thanks!

[Chris Allen]

Hey there @Kevin Bevillard; not sure if you ever got your answer, but while there are agencies that will do what you are asking, not all will. You may or may not have better luck marketing to nurses and traveling professionals directly. There are tons of agencies out there and tons of FB groups for nurses, try "furnished finders".

But if you are not familiar with the options travel nurses have for housing, they can 1) have the agency pay for their housing, or 2) receive a tax free housing stipend and find their own. 

Most of the time nurses will take the tax free money and find their own for cheaper. Just to give you an idea, my housing allowance for here in Dallas right now is around $1.2k/week, so around $4800/month which is way more than needed to find decent housing here and you get to pocket the difference tax free.

What I would recommend is furnishing a house, rent by the room, and market it over different travel nurse sites, Air BNB, etc... Nurses will be down to room together so they can cut down on living expenses so they can make more money.