Distributed Long-stay residences are residential property which are rent by operators from individual house owners，they are dispersed over different residential communities，and usually the operators do unity decoration，management and rental to the property. Unlike centralized Long-stay residences most of distributed Long-stay residence brands expand faster，because most of brands adopt asset-light strategy，and the channels of housing supply are more diversity，however，the result of this phenomenon is that most of distributed Long-stay residence brands are local brands，the brand awareness presents obvious regional.

Distributed Long-stay residence brands usually develop rapidly at the early stage，but they need to face more challenges in the process of development. Firstly，the operating cost is much higher compare to centralized Long-stay residence brands，due to the housing supply is highly dispersed；secondly，the distributed Long-stay residence brands need more powerful financial support since the rapid expansion；lastly，the anti-risk capability of centralized Long-stay residence brands is comparatively lower，because most of brand operators are entrepreneurial firms，and the financial reserves is insufficient.