Classify the event before adding up the fees.
A home-to-home transfer can require a new lease and new move-in funds. Adding an adult roommate may instead trigger screening and application/admin charges. Removing a leaseholder can have a different timing rule again.
Separate these situations
- Home-to-home transfer: moving from one property to another under the same operator, often with a new lease.
- Add a roommate: adding a new adult resident or leaseholder who may need screening and an application.
- Remove a roommate: releasing an existing leaseholder, which can require signatures, account standing or waiting until renewal.
- Household change at renewal: changing the lease composition while a new renewal lease is being prepared.
- Application transfer: moving an application to another home before the original lease begins, which is different from a resident transfer.
Costs to keep in separate buckets
- Transfer fee.
- Transfer-cancellation fee.
- Application or screening fee for a new adult.
- Administrative or document-processing fee.
- New security deposit or deposit alternative.
- New utility/setup or move-in charges.
- Old security-deposit credit or refund, if any.
- Moving costs and any overlap between homes.
Company examples
Progress Residential
Current sources cover both home-to-home transfer pricing and add/remove roommate workflows.Invitation Homes
Current transfer guidance publishes a mid-lease transfer fee and separate new-home deposit/move-in requirements.FirstKey Homes
Current renewal guidance explains how household-composition changes and new-resident applications are handled.
Current sources cover both home-to-home transfer pricing and add/remove roommate workflows.Invitation Homes
Current transfer guidance publishes a mid-lease transfer fee and separate new-home deposit/move-in requirements.FirstKey Homes
Current renewal guidance explains how household-composition changes and new-resident applications are handled.
Documents worth gathering
- Current lease and transfer/add-remove-roommate policy.
- Transfer approval or household-change request.
- Application and screening receipts for any new adult.
- New-home quote and move-in cost sheet.
- Old and new security-deposit records.
- Early-termination or transfer agreement if one is required.
- Signed new or amended lease.
- Resident ledger showing each fee and credit.
Moving to another home?
Use the transfer calculator to separate the new upfront cash from amounts that may later be refunded or credited from the old tenancy.
Official sources
Leasing Fees ↗
Progress Residential — Current official fee page describing the home-to-home transfer fee and transfer-cancellation fee.Frequently Asked Questions — Roommates ↗
Progress Residential — Current official FAQ stating that adding a roommate requires an application fee and an administrative fee.Transfers ↗
Invitation Homes — Current official transfer page describing eligibility, notice, the mid-lease transfer fee, new security deposit/move-in funds and new lease requirements.Renewal Process and Requirements ↗
FirstKey Homes — Current official guidance describing household-composition changes and the application/fee requirement for a new resident added at renewal.
Progress Residential — Current official fee page describing the home-to-home transfer fee and transfer-cancellation fee.Frequently Asked Questions — Roommates ↗
Progress Residential — Current official FAQ stating that adding a roommate requires an application fee and an administrative fee.Transfers ↗
Invitation Homes — Current official transfer page describing eligibility, notice, the mid-lease transfer fee, new security deposit/move-in funds and new lease requirements.Renewal Process and Requirements ↗
FirstKey Homes — Current official guidance describing household-composition changes and the application/fee requirement for a new resident added at renewal.
Property and state rules can change the result. This guide does not decide whether a transfer, application, administration or deposit charge is permitted. Use the exact operator policy, lease, property documents and applicable law.