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Bakersfield, California

Rent your Bakersfield place by the month.

Nurses at Kern Medical and Adventist Health, and crews in the Kern County oil fields, need housing for a month or more. They sign a lease and pay rent monthly.

Bakersfield in numbers

What a furnished place could rent for in Bakersfield.

Who needs housing here

Where your renters will come from.

Hospital

Kern Medical Center

222-bed public teaching hospital and Level II trauma center with residency programs

Hospital

Adventist Health Bakersfield

254-bed hospital in the Adventist Health system

Hospital

Dignity Health

One of the city's largest employers, 3,520 employees in 2024

University

California State University, Bakersfield

10,664 students as of fall 2024, including 1,549 postgraduates

Employer

Kern County oil fields

Kern County is California's most productive oil-producing county

And the renters every city has

  • Travel nurses. MatchBook partners with travel nurse staffing agencies to help their nurses find monthly housing. How renting to travel nurses works
  • Insurance stays. Families whose home was damaged by a fire or flood often need a furnished place for months while it is repaired.
  • Job moves. People starting a new job often rent furnished for a month or two while they find a permanent home.

What could your Bakersfield place rent for?

Put in your address and bedrooms to see what a furnished place like yours could rent for by the month.

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How it works

How it works for you

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List or import

Add your place in about 10 minutes, or bring your Airbnb listing over with its photos, description and amenities.

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Choose your renter

Every application arrives complete. Verified renters show their credit range, criminal background and eviction history, and you can ask anyone else to verify in one click.

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Rent arrives monthly

Sign your own lease on the platform, and rent is charged on the due date and deposited to your bank account.

There is no version of this you pay for.

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Listing

However many properties, up as long as you like, no exclusivity.

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Screening

Run on the renter’s side and shown to you on every application.

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Lease signing

Your own document, signed on the platform by both parties.

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Host fees

The rent you charge is the rent you get, every month.

List your Bakersfield place for free.

Listing takes about 10 minutes, or import it from Airbnb.