Landlords, letting agents, and property managers can put a rental application on a listing site. Use a web form so you are not chasing WhatsApp screenshots of IDs.
Register the listing domain in MyFormConnect.
Keep move-in date and occupant count checked in the builder.
Place the form below photos and rent details.
Export applicants before you run paid referencing.
A rental application is how a prospective tenant asks to be considered for a specific unit. US landlords typically ask for occupancy, desired move-in, income hints, and pets. UK letting agents often collect similar facts before referencing and Right to Rent checks, which still happen off-form with proper documents.
The form is not a credit bureau or a referencing product. It is the front door: structured contact data and occupancy so you can decide whom to invite for a viewing or a full reference pack.
Ask enough to filter time-wasters, not so much that you collect sensitive financial data you are not ready to store.
Do not put Social Security or National Insurance numbers on a public HTML form. Collect those through a secure referencing workflow after shortlisting.
Most independent landlords still mix texts, portal messages, and paper.
Add this form under the property description on a static or WordPress listing.
Portals collect leads for you but you rarely control fields or own the data export.
Still used; transcription errors are why digital first-pass forms exist.
Worth it at portfolio scale. Overkill for a single duplex if you only need contact and occupancy.
Many landlord sites are Squarespace or plain HTML. Publish the form, and get email the moment someone applies.
If you operate in both the US and UK, duplicate the form with labels like ZIP vs postcode rather than running two backends.
No. Use it to gather consent to contact the applicant, then run checks through your usual US tenant-screening or UK referencing provider.
You are responsible for which questions you add. Avoid fields that invite discrimination. Stick to occupancy, dates, and contact.
Prefer a link or a later secure portal. Public file fields on marketing sites are a poor place for passport scans.
Submissions go through your form backend spam protection. You will still see some low-quality applications; that is normal for open listings.