TL;DR: If you hold your property under a company or business entity (an LLC, corporation, partnership, and so on), create a company account and the contract reads between that company and the guest. The standard agreement on every new listing already names your company account as the Host, so that's the only step. Prefer to keep it in your own name? That takes a custom agreement using the Host name variable.

Who this is for: 🏠 Host

Your rental agreement fills in the two parties automatically at booking: the Host on one side, the Guest on the other. Every new listing comes with the Radius standard agreement attached, and that agreement names your company account as the Host. So if you rent through a company or business entity of any kind, the setup is one step: create the company account, and the contract reads in your company's name with you signing on its behalf.

There are no signature lines to fill in. Agreements are signed electronically and the party names come straight from your account, so the Host party is set by your company account, not by anything you type into the document.

Prefer to keep the agreement in your own personal name? That works, but it means writing your own agreement. See "You rent in your personal name" below.

A company account gives Radius your company's legal name to put on the contract. This works for any business entity: an LLC, corporation, partnership, or a name you operate under. Add the name exactly as it should read on the agreement, for example Smith Properties LLC. Renting in your personal name instead? See "You rent in your personal name" below — it takes a custom agreement.

🏠 Host: In your account settings, choose the Company option and enter your company's legal name. This is the name your guests will see as the Host on the signed agreement.

Open the Rental agreement tab on your listing. The toggle at the top shows either Standard agreement or Custom agreement.

Standard agreement is the default, and it already names the Host as {{host_company}}. Your company account is all it needs. There's nothing to edit.

Custom agreement means you wrote your own. Name the Host with {{host_company}} where the parties are named, in the opening line that reads something like "This Agreement is between [Host] and [Guest]." Don't type the name in.

🏠 Host: On the standard agreement the body is read-only, so there's no variable to place — your company account does the work. Only custom agreements have merge fields.

💡 Tip: Don't type your name or company into the agreement as plain text. A typed name won't update if it ever changes, and it can leave the wrong party on the contract. Use the variable so Radius fills it from your account every time.

If the name isn't showing up the way you expect, or you're not sure where the variable belongs, paste your agreement into the Radius AI prompt for rental agreement suggestions. It reads your text, points out a hardcoded name or a missing variable, and tells you exactly what to swap so the right party signs.

🏠 Host: Follow the steps in AI Prompt For Rental Agreement Suggestions for a specific read on your own agreement.

This is the setup above, and it works for any entity type: an LLC, corporation, partnership, or a registered business name. Create the company account under your entity's legal name and name the Host in the agreement with {{host_company}}. The contract is then between your company and the guest, and you sign on its behalf.

The standard agreement names the Host as {{host_company}}, so it needs a company account to fill. To contract in your personal name instead, switch the Rental agreement tab to Custom agreement and name the Host with {{host_name}}. Going custom means you own the wording, and you'll preview, confirm, and initial it before you submit.

Open your agreement in the editor and replace the typed name with the variable you want, {{host_company}} or {{host_name}}, then save. Guests who book after that will see the right name on their agreement.

Where does the Host name actually go in the agreement?

In the opening paragraph that names the two parties. Put {{host_company}} or {{host_name}} where the Host is named, and Radius fills it at booking.

Do I need to add a signature line?

No. Radius agreements are signed electronically, so there are no signature lines in the body. The Host variable is what sets the signing party.

What if I don't have a company?

The standard agreement names your company account as the Host, so set one up under your business name or the name you operate under. If you have no entity at all and rent purely in your own name, switch to a Custom agreement and name the Host with {{host_name}}.

I use the Default Agreement. Do I need to change anything?

It's called the standard agreement now, and it names the Host as {{host_company}}. Set up your company account so that name fills in. To sign personally instead, switch to a Custom agreement and change it to {{host_name}}.

Click the chat icon at the bottom-right of any page on help.bookradius.com, then click Contact Radius Support under "Create a ticket." Full walkthrough in How do I contact Radius?