FirstKey Homes offers a wide selection of homes for rent that are currently occupied or are being prepared by our team for the next resident. Through our pre-leasing program, you can reserve a “coming soon” or “available soon” home by paying a Hold Fee.* (See fee details at https://www.firstkeyhomes.com/rental-fees.)
Homes on our website are categorized as:
- “Coming soon” – a home that is currently occupied but you can pre-lease.
- “Available soon” – we are currently making final preparations for this home but you can pre-lease.
- “Move-In Ready” – a home you can lease and move into right away after application approval
*Colorado: FirstKey Homes does not offer a hold fee agreement in Colorado; if you are interested in a "Coming Soon” or “Available Soon" home in Colorado, you may apply for the home, pay a refundable security deposit, and sign a lease agreement.
Our pre-leasing program is detailed below; please contact your FirstKey Homes leasing representative for assistance and if you have any questions.
We make pre-leasing the right home for you easy and convenient:
- Locate a home that meets your needs and timeline (see our step-by-step guide to locating a “coming soon” or “available soon” home below).
- Note that self-touring will not be available until FirstKey Homes prepares the home to be leased.
- Apply for the home.
- Once your application is approved, complete a Hold Fee Agreement. FirstKey homes will remove the home from the market, reserving it for your upcoming move-in. To ensure your home is reserved, please complete the Hold Fee Agreement within 24 hours of application approval.
- Pay the Hold Fee within 24 hours of signing the Hold Fee Agreement.
- Note that the Hold Fee is refundable if FirstKey Homes doesn’t provide the home within the agreed timeframe listed in the Hold Fee Agreement; applicant has the option to extend to the new estimated ready date but also has the option to exit the agreement and receive a refund of the full amount within 30 days of termination of agreement.
- Hold Fee is refundable if the home is declined by the applicant after touring the home at ready date (see more information below).
- Hold Fee will be applied toward move-in charges (rent, pet fee, pet rent, etc.); Security Deposits must be paid separately.
- Hold Fee is not refundable if the applicant cancels the agreement prior to the estimated ready date outlined in the Hold Fee Agreement.
- Hold Fee is not refundable if the applicant fails to communicate with FirstKey Homes when being notified of the home ready date and availability for tour.
- Hold fee is not refundable if the applicant does not take possession of the home after FirstKey Homes provides the applicant keys and entry devices for the home.
- Once the home is ready, your FirstKey Homes Lease Coordinator will notify you that the home is available for self-touring.
- Lease Coordinator will also send the Lease in the notification email to be signed if you accept the home and decide to move forward.
- Applicant has 48 hours to visit the home, accept or decline the home – and, if accepting, to sign the Lease.
- Security Deposit (amount will be outlined within the Lease) to be paid within 24 hours of Lease signing.
- If you decide the home is not right for you during the tour period, you can cancel the Hold Fee Agreement and receive a full refund of the Hold Fee – or we can assist you in locating another FirstKey Homes rental and transferring your application and Hold Fee as applicable.
Finding a “coming soon” / “available soon” home with an estimated ready date that matches your desired move-in date is easy. This information will be included within the listing on our website and listings on other sites. Follow the step-by-step instructions below to navigate the FirstKey Homes website to locate the right home that meets your timeframe.
- On the FirstKey Homes home page, change to a “market search” and select the market you are looking for a home in:
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On the next landing page, select “Coming Soon” and “Available Soon”; all homes that are available for pre-leasing in that market will be displayed. Estimated ready dates will be listed; if not, please contact your FirstKey Homes leasing team member for details.
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Once you find a home that meets your needs and estimated ready date, select “Apply now” and follow the steps through the application process.
- Once you apply, a FirstKey Homes Lease Coordinator will work with you through the Hold Fee Agreement steps outlined above, guiding you through each step of the way until your home is ready and you accept (or decline) it after having the opportunity to tour it.