Mid-Term Rental Co-Hosting in Umatilla & Hermiston
You stay the landlord. We run the listing, the pricing, the guest communication and the turnovers. A 4 bed / 3 bath Umatilla house we co-host is on pace to gross $44,400 this year.
Thirty to forty minutes from our Tri-Cities office, across a river that does not divide the labour market it sits in.
Why Umatilla County fills furnished houses
The city's Buildable Lands Assessment put Umatilla roughly 1,200 units behind the demand already in front of it.
Amazon Web Services operates more than seven active data centers across Hermiston and Boardman, with further campuses approved in the Greater Hermiston Enterprise Zone.
A city-commissioned economic analysis projects 2,020 direct and indirect positions over two decades — technicians, engineers, utility operators and construction trades.
None of that demand is looking for a weekend. Data center construction crews, technicians, Lamb Weston and Port of Morrow contract staff, and travel medical workers at Good Shepherd all need somewhere furnished for a matter of months. A housing market already 1,200 units short does not have that inventory sitting empty, which is the whole opportunity for an owner with a house in it.
How co-hosting works
Oregon treats managing rental real estate for another for compensation as licensed activity. We work here as your co-host instead: you hold the tenancy and the rent, and contract us for operations. It is a real difference, so here is exactly where the line sits.
What we run
- Listing build and ongoing optimisation across the furnished and mid-term platforms
- Pricing strategy and rate adjustments as the construction and contract calendar moves
- Tenant and guest communication, screening support, and check-in coordination
- Turnover scheduling, cleaning and maintenance vendor coordination
- Inventory, furnishing specification and restocking
- Monthly performance reporting against the revenue target
What stays yours
- You remain the landlord and hold the tenancy agreement directly
- Rent is paid to you, not to us — we never hold your funds
- You approve pricing strategy, tenant selection and any capital spend
- You carry the property insurance and hold the utilities
What these houses earn
Figures are full-year 2026 gross revenue the property is on pace for, before management fee, cleaning, utilities and taxes.
Our Washington markets and what their permits require are on the short-term rental market pages.
Common questions
What is co-hosting, and how is it different from property management?
Under a co-hosting agreement you remain the landlord. You hold the tenancy agreement, the rent is paid to you, and you keep decision rights over pricing and tenant selection. We are contracted for operational services — listings, pricing strategy, guest and tenant communication, turnovers and vendor coordination. Oregon treats managing rental real estate for another for compensation as licensed activity under ORS 696.022, so this distinction is substantive rather than cosmetic, and we keep to it.
Why mid-term rather than short-term in Umatilla and Hermiston?
Because of who is actually coming. Data center construction and operations, food processing at Lamb Weston and the Port of Morrow, and Good Shepherd — Umatilla County's largest healthcare employer — generate stays measured in months, not weekends. Contractors on extended assignments, relocating families and travel medical staff want a furnished house for 30 to 180 days. That tenant pays a premium over a long-term lease without the nightly turnover cost and licensing exposure of a vacation rental.
What does a furnished mid-term rental actually earn here?
A 4 bed / 3 bath house in Umatilla we co-host is on pace to gross $44,400 in 2026, about $3,700 a month. For comparison, our 3 bed / 2.5 bath Tri-Cities townhouses run as mid-term rentals are on pace for $38,400, about $3,200 a month. Those are gross figures before management fee, cleaning, utilities and taxes.
You are based in Kennewick. Is that a problem for an Umatilla property?
Umatilla and Hermiston are roughly 30 to 40 minutes from our Tri-Cities office — closer than several of the Washington markets we serve, and we cross the river regularly. The Columbia Basin is one labour market, and the contractors filling a Hermiston data center job are drawn from the same pool as the ones filling a Hanford contract.
What would your Umatilla or Hermiston house earn?
Send the address and we will come back with a realistic furnished mid-term revenue range and what co-hosting it would involve.