Practical guides for your research stay
The handbook visiting researchers wish they had — clear, practical guidance for the parts of a research move nobody hands you a manual for.
Selling furniture and winding down a household before you leave. See the Moving sales landing page →
Moving sale checklist for researchers leaving the U.S.
Sell your furniture and household goods quickly and safely before you leave.
For: Researchers wrapping up a stayRead guide →Moving salesSelling everything before leaving the U.S.
A timeline for winding down a U.S. household: furniture, car, accounts, and goodbyes.
For: International researchers leaving the U.S.Read guide →Moving salesHow to sell furniture safely before your research stay ends
Practical, scam-aware steps for selling furniture and appliances to other researchers — pricing, safe meetups, and payment.
For: Researchers selling furniture before they leaveRead guide →Moving salesHow to post a moving-sale listing
Turn a departing researcher's furniture into a fast, safe sale — how to photograph, price, bundle, and hand off.
For: Researchers selling items before they leaveRead guide →Have a room? Post researcher-friendly housing
GuestResearcher is where visiting scholars, postdocs, fellows, interns, and grad students look for a place near the DC-area research campuses. If you have a room, sublet, or short-term rental, you can list it for free and reach people arriving on a clear timeline — often with a host-institution appointment behind them.
What makes a listing work for this audience:
- Furnished — most visitors arrive without furniture and can’t resell it on the way out.
- Short- or flexible-term — appointments often run 3–12 months, not a standard year.
- Metro- or transit-accessible — many researchers live car-free, so the commute matters.
- Clear and honest — real photos, the full monthly cost, and exact dates get the most genuine interest.
Contact details stay private by default. We can’t promise a renter — but a clear, well-priced listing reaches the right people.
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