Build your Rental Passport once, keep your rental information organized, and share your application with participating landlords instead of starting from scratch every time.
Build a Rental Passport instead of repeatedly entering the same personal, employment, income, and rental history information on every application.
Upload documents like your ID, pay stubs, and bank statements once, and keep them organized in one place instead of scattered across emails and paper applications.
Share your Rental Passport with landlords who accept or participate in the Rental Passport process, using a secure link instead of filling out a brand-new application.
You control who can view your Rental Passport. You can set a link expiration date and revoke a landlord’s access at any time.
A reusable profile can reduce the amount of repetitive data entry involved in applying to multiple properties.
Where your account includes screening results, you can access your screening report at any time through your Rental Passport dashboard.
Anyone 18 years of age or older who plans to live at the property must complete their own Rental Passport and create their own account. Listing another adult as a household member on your application does not take the place of that person applying separately.
Tenant screening reports can contain information such as credit history, rental history, employment information, eviction information, and criminal history, depending on the screening service used.
Federal law provides consumers with rights regarding inaccurate information that appears in consumer reports, including tenant screening reports. If you believe information in your screening report is incorrect, you generally have the right to dispute it with the consumer reporting agency that prepared the report.
Maryland law (Real Property §8-218) recognizes a specific type of report called a “reusable tenant screening report” — one prepared within the previous 30 days by a consumer reporting agency at the request and expense of the prospective tenant, and made available to a landlord at no charge. To qualify, the report must contain specific information, including a credit report, comprehensive criminal and eviction history for prior-residence jurisdictions, employment and income verification, and current address and rental history. Maryland landlords must notify prospective tenants whether they accept reusable tenant screening reports, and if a landlord accepts a report that meets these requirements, the landlord generally may not charge that tenant an application fee or a fee to access the report.
Source: Maryland General Assembly, Real Property §8-218.
Presenting your rental information in an organized, standardized format can help landlords review your application more efficiently.
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