Tenant Placement Services in Seattle & BellevueLeasing-Only Service

Seattle tenant placement fees run 50%–100% of one month's rent in the market, typically $1,250–$2,500 on an apartment and $3,000–$5,500 on a single-family house, or a flat $1,000–$2,500 at the flat-fee services. RexMont's Leasing-Only Service is 75% of one month's rent, one time per new lease, anywhere in Seattle and the Eastside: $2,400 on a $3,200 house and $1,800 on a $2,400 condo. It covers services A–H: the rental pricing analysis, professional marketing, showings, full applicant screening, a Washington-compliant lease and documented move-in. Full Property Management, with the same leasing services plus ongoing management, is $600 leasing fee plus a 7% monthly management fee ($200 monthly minimum, waived when vacant).

The Seattle-area average is running 35–45 days in 2026's softer, higher-vacancy market; well-prepared and accurately priced homes lease in 2–4 weeks. RexMont's internal target is 21 days from rent-ready to a signed lease. The published guarantee is 30 days: a rent-ready home listed at our recommended price that is not leased in 30 days has its leasing fee cut by 50%. The target is what the team works to; the guarantee is the only promise. The biggest driver either way is week-one pricing: overpriced listings sit 60+ days and usually concede more than the overprice would have captured.

If a tenant we placed and screened breaks the lease or is evicted for nonpayment inside the first 12 months, the home is re-leased free: the next placement is $0, a $600 value at the Full Property Management leasing fee. The guarantee is written into the management agreement and needs continuous RexMont management from the placement onward; Leasing-Only owners who add Full Property Management at signing are covered from day one. Terms are on the guarantee terms page.

If a rent-ready home listed at our recommended price is not leased within 30 days, the leasing fee drops by 50%: $1,200 off the $2,400 Leasing-Only fee on a $3,200 house, or $300 off the $600 leasing fee under Full Property Management. The clock starts when the home is rent-ready, photographed, listed at or below our written recommended rent and the screening criteria are approved; it pauses for owner-caused delays. Full terms are on the guarantee terms page.

The same written criteria for every applicant, published before the listing goes live: gross household income of at least three times the monthly rent, documented, with any rental subsidy subtracted from the rent before the test as Washington requires; a credit review with a stated target; income and employment verified directly; landlord references for the prior two tenancies; an eviction and judgment search; background screening only within the scope Seattle's Fair Chance Housing ordinance and Washington law allow; and photo identification. Income from any lawful, verifiable source counts. Applying one set of criteria in order is both the fair-housing protection and the bad-tenant protection.

Yes, inside Seattle city limits (SMC 14.08). The landlord must publish the screening criteria before accepting applications, note the date and time each complete application arrives, screen them in that order, and offer the home to the first applicant who meets the criteria. RexMont builds the criteria with you up front, timestamps every application and keeps the order on file so the placement is defensible.

No. Washington's source-of-income protection (RCW 59.18.255) makes it unlawful to refuse to rent to, or to apply different terms to, a tenant because their income includes a Section 8 voucher, Social Security, child support, veterans' benefits or any other lawful and verifiable source. If a minimum-income test is used, the subsidy is subtracted from the rent before the test is applied. RexMont's criteria are written to that rule and applied the same way to every applicant.

The Leasing-Only Service is a one-time service for 75% of one month's rent: we market the property, screen applicants, sign the lease and document move-in (services A–H), then hand the keys back to you to self-manage. Full Property Management is ongoing: the same leasing services plus rent collection, maintenance coordination, compliance and owner reporting for $600 leasing fee plus a 7% monthly management fee ($200 monthly minimum, waived when vacant), with six written guarantees. Leasing-Only suits local, hands-on owners; full management suits remote owners, busy professionals and multi-door portfolios.

Yes, by a quarter: 75% of one month's rent is $2,400 against $3,200 on a $3,200 house. The question to ask of any placement offer is what it includes. Self-serve leasing services in the market often leave the showings and the lease risk with the owner. RexMont's service is the full lease-up, done by a licensed brokerage with a designated broker accountable, with the 30-Day Leasing Guarantee behind it.

Yes. The same tenant placement services cover Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Sammamish, Issaquah, Bothell, Woodinville, Newcastle and Mercer Island at the same 75%-of-one-month rate. On the $6,100 median asking rent of Bellevue's active 3–4-bedroom house rentals (18 homes, NWMLS, October 15, 2026) the one-time fee is $4,575, and $2,288 if the home is not leased in 30 days at our recommended price. Eastside placements frequently involve corporate relocation tenants on employer timelines, which rewards fast, professional showing coordination.

Yes, at any time. Owners who start with leasing-only often move to full management after the first 3:00 AM maintenance call or the first out-of-state move. Because we placed the tenant, we already hold the lease, screening file and move-in documentation; the transition is a signature, not a project.