About and Information

• NIH Area Samslist started in June of 2012 at the request of the NIH’s R&W executive team. Samslist is the local community choice for landlords who seek professionals to occupy their rentals.
  
• Is there a charge to post? Yes. Why? Free Listing Sites invite scammers. Samslist is for responsible landlords and tenants.
  
• The cost to post. We have two levels: $50 Featured, $65 Super Featured (Sticky).
  
• What are these levels? Featured shows at mid-page. Super Featured stays at or near the top.
  
• These are 30-day postings to keep the listings fresh, and many rent out in that posting period.
  
• Traffic is trending up. Government is Open.
• UPDATE: October 2025 Visitor Stats: Unique: 6843. Total: 14,875. Very strong.

2025 is a mixed year, bringing more site visitors looking for rentals in the NIH area, rather than just a heavy summer season. This is a first for SamsList in 14 years, and it’s really good to see. A strong fall season and the upcoming winter and holiday season are expected to be robust. Demand is much higher than what is being listed.

• Most begin looking for housing around the time they get hired, which can be as far as a year out, but that is the consistent cycle as each month comes closer for the newly hired to the move-in need. Sometimes it is an immediate rental need, but generally, one to two months out to find and book a rental is the norm as many are moving from far away to the NIH area.
  
• People come into the NIH area all year around and other agencies recommend NIH Samslist too. While our core is the inbound to NIH… -WRMC, Suburban Hospital, FDA, NOAA, NIST, Navy Yard and many other agencies use NIH Samslist.
  
  
• The White House used Samslist for a NIST project that had many short-term WH assignments. We on occasion list privately for high-profile landlords.
  
  
• No Refunds.
  
  
• We take in phone calls from landlords and inbound people looking to rent. 99.99% are Federal and Military employees.
  
  
• Any agreement you make as a landlord or tenant is between each other or any licensed real estate person or property management. NIH Samslist only provides the listings placed by the area landlords.
  
  
• Over the years, we have had well over 3,000 consistent registered landlords/rentals, some retire and move away, and new owners are told about NIH Samslist and continue to rent the space(s).
  
  
• Many of the landlords who use NIH Samslist and Federal and Military employees or retired from Federal or Military careers. We too have many great people who live in the area that come from all kinds of different professions. It really is a great community of area landlords.
  
  
• Registration ( Create an Account – using our Orange Landlord Menu ) is required to post a rental. Your information is only seen by you and the Samslist admin. No registration is needed for anyone looking to rent and all listings are viewable without having to register or login.
  
  
• Validating a Federal or Military employee is easy to do. Ask your potential tenant for their supervisor or sponsors contact information and make sure the email is a .gov or .mil matching the agency or post of their employment. It is not recommended to accept a gmail, yahoo or msn , hotmail, aol etc… as a persons supervisor or sponsor agency or post contact email address.