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Des Moines, Iowa

Rent your Des Moines place by the month.

Legislative staff need a place for the session, and nurses at MercyOne and Iowa Methodist, and new staff at Wells Fargo, rent all year. They sign a lease and pay rent monthly.

Des Moines in numbers

What a furnished place could rent for in Des Moines.

Who needs housing here

Where your renters will come from.

Hospital

MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center

Catholic hospital founded in 1893, and a Level II adult and pediatric trauma center

Hospital

UnityPoint Health Iowa Methodist Medical Center

370-bed nonprofit hospital, a Level I adult trauma center and home to Blank Children's Hospital

Government

Iowa General Assembly

150-member legislature that convenes at the State Capitol on the second Monday in January

University

Drake University

Private university with 4,774 students and one of the 25 oldest US law schools

Employer

Wells Fargo

The city's largest listed employer, with 13,500 employees

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.

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Choose your renter

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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.

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Listing

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