Your tips on doing a 3 - 4 month rental

[Pete Peterson]

I'm looking to lease my residential home (unfurnished or partially furnished) for 3 months. If they wish I would agree to offer them the option to extend to up to 4 months. Will rent for about 9K per month. I would be collecting 18K in security deposit. 

I've done a year lease before. But for a short-term lease would you do anything differently? Would you still do the same screening (credit check)?  And would you still transfer utilities and cable Internet / TV to their name?

Yeah I know it's a tight niche market I'm dealing with, but people do home renovations in my area and need temporary homes. Others pull into town and want to check out the area before buying a house. And actually there's very very few LL's who will even do 3 - 4 month rentals on Zillow at least. Even the AirBnB / VRBO homes in my size and area are scarce or over-priced.