Find the Right Renter
Online Rental
Applications
Invite renters to apply by email or text. They complete one application on any device, upload documents and authorize screening. You review everything in one place and decide for the household.
- Move-in
- Dec 1, 2026
- Income
- $5,200 / mo
- Documents
- Pay stub, Photo ID
The Rental Application
Everything You Need
in One Application.
Renters choose whether they are applying for themselves or as a co-signer, then complete six short sections:
- Personal information
- Application info
- Residential history
- Employment & income
- General information
- Background check authorization
01 Set Your Questions
One Application.
Your Questions.
Every application covers the essentials: contact details, household, residence history, employment and income, pets, vehicles and smoking.
In Settings, choose Ask or Don’t ask for each background question, and add up to four custom questions of your own. Your choices apply to new applications.
Past evictions or money owed, bankruptcy, foreclosure or civil suits, and criminal convictions are asked by default. Turn any question off where local law restricts asking. A Yes opens a box for the renter to add context.
02 Invite to Apply
Send the Invite.
By Email or Text.
Choose the rental, add the renter’s contact details and send the invite by Email, Text or both. Add a personal note if you like.
Pick a screening package or skip it for now, and set an optional application fee. Select Preview the application to see what the renter will see.
03 The Renter Applies
A Clear Form.
Saved as They Go.
Renters move through six short sections on a phone or computer. Progress saves, so they can stop and come back.
Other adults and co-signers are added by name and email. Renters can upload a Pay stub, Photo ID, bank statement or reference letter for your review.
03 Living Details
Pets, Smoking
and Parking.
Renters list every animal that will live with them, with its type, breed, age and weight. They add each vehicle by make, model and year, and say whether they smoke.
Renters can also ask for an accommodation in the same step, so you hear about it before you decide.
03 Fair Housing
Spot Assistance Animals
Before You Decide.
For each animal, the renter can tick This is a service animal or emotional-support animal. The application explains that supporting information may be requested when the need is not apparent, and the Documents step has a place to upload it.
Rentari keeps it out of pet review and treats it as a reasonable-accommodation request: no pet deposit, pet fee or pet rent, and no breed or weight limits. The decision stays yours.
See your state’s rules on assistance animals
03 Documents
Proof of Identity
and Income.
In the Documents step, renters upload a Photo ID and a Pay stub, plus a bank statement or reference letter when you ask for one. Files stay with the application, so you review them beside the answers.
A renter with an assistance animal can add supporting information here too, if it is requested.
04 Consent & Screening
Screening Starts
With Their Consent.
The renter reads the disclosure, authorizes the screening and signs with their full legal name. The fee is shown before they pay.
National Scan covers national criminal, sex offender and watchlist searches. Income & Credit adds a full credit report and employment verification. In most states the renter pays, and a paid Rentari plan lowers their fee.
Our screening partner RentButter runs the credit, criminal and eviction checks and returns the report to your Rentari account.
04 Inside the Report
See the Credit Score
Beside the Application.
Review criminal and eviction results beside the renter’s application summary. With Income & Credit, the report adds the credit score and the factors behind it. Available sections depend on the checks requested. Reports are prepared by RentButter.
Open the full reportScreening report
Score factors
- 98% on-time payments
- No collections
- 18% revolving utilization
- 6 active accounts
- Criminal records
- 0returned
- Eviction records
- 0returned
Application summary
- Move-in
- Jul 1, 2026
- Income
- $6,120 / mo
- Pets
- None
- Smoking
- No
05 Review & Decide
Compare Applicants.
Decide for the Household.
Submitted and in-progress applications wait in Applications. Open one to see income, residence history, documents and the screening report together.
Choose a Household decision. When you accept, your lease draft is ready. If you deny based on a report, Rentari helps you send the required notice. You make the decision.
Rentari Pricing
Free Rental Applications
for Landlords.
Applications are included on the Free plan. In most states the renter pays the screening fee, and it is shown before they pay. Where a state requires the landlord to pay, the invite tells you.
Landlords pay
$0
for online applications on the Free plan
By State
Application Rules
in Your State.
A rental application guide for each state: fee limits, screening, fair housing and the statute behind each rule.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
No state matches that name.
Before You Invite
A Few Good
Questions.
What to know about rental applications.
Is the rental application free?
Yes. Inviting renters and collecting applications is included on every plan, including Free. Screening is a separate fee, shown before payment. See plans and fees.
Who pays for screening?
In most states the renter pays the screening fee at the end of the application, and nothing is charged to you. Some states require the landlord to pay; the invite tells you when that applies. You can also invite a renter without screening.
Can I charge an application fee?
Yes. Add an optional application fee on the invite. It is paid to you when the renter applies, on top of any screening fee. Check your state and local limits and refund rules before you set one.
Can I customize the questions?
Choose which background questions to ask and add up to four custom questions. Follow application customization and keep every question relevant to your lawful rental criteria.
How do co-applicants and co-signers apply?
The renter adds each other adult and any co-signer by name and email in the application. Review the whole household before you decide.
Can renters stop and finish later?
Yes. Progress saves as they go, so they can return to the application and finish when ready.
What questions should I avoid?
Ask only what serves your written rental criteria, and apply the same criteria to every applicant. Fair housing laws protect classes such as race, religion, sex, disability and familial status. Read the application fields guide and HUD’s fair housing information.
What happens after I accept an application?
Your lease draft is ready to review. Eligible paid plans include the lease builder and signature requests. Once the lease is signed, you can set up rent collection.
Your Next Renter
Send Your First
Application Invite.
Have the rental and the renter’s email or phone number ready. Preview the application before you send it.
Start free. See plans and screening fees.