Free Rental Application Form Template | FormMaker
Create a free online rental application form. Collect applicant details, employment, income and rental history, then screen tenants in minutes. No signup required.
- Category
- Real Estate
- Fields
- 13
- Price
- Free
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About this template
A rental application form helps landlords and property managers collect everything they need to evaluate a prospective tenant in one place — contact details, employment and income, rental history, and consent to run a background or credit check. This free template is ready to share as a link or embed on your listing page, so applicants can apply online and you get organized, comparable responses instead of loose paperwork.
Tips for better responses
- Ask for consent to run a background and credit check right on the form so you're covered before screening.
- Request current and previous landlord contacts — references are the fastest way to spot a reliable tenant.
- Collect monthly income and employer details to verify the rent-to-income ratio up front.
- Keep required fields lean so good applicants finish; follow up for documents like pay stubs after they apply.
What's included
- Applicant detailssection
- Full nameentry
- Emailentry
- Phoneentry
- Date of birthentry
- Desired rentalsection
- Property address you're applying forentry
- Desired move-in dateentry
- Employment & incomesection
- Current employerentry
- Monthly gross incomeentry
- Rental historysection
- Current address and landlord contacteditor
- Previous address and landlord contacteditor
- Do you have pets?yesno
- Additional noteseditor
- I certify the information above is true and consent to a background/credit check.yesno
Frequently asked questions
- Is the rental application form template free?
- Yes. Every template is free to use. The free plan covers 3 forms and 100 submissions a month, with no credit card required.
- What fields are included?
- 13 fields: Full name, Email, Phone, Date of birth, Property address you're applying for, Desired move-in date, and more. You can add, rename, reorder or delete any of them.
- Do I need to know how to code?
- No. You edit the fields in a drag-and-drop builder and publish with one click. Embedding it on your own site is a copy-paste snippet.
- Where do the responses go?
- Straight to your FormMaker dashboard, where you can read them individually, search across them, or export the lot to CSV. You can also push them to Google Sheets, Slack or Zapier.
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