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Rental applications

Online rental applications you can compare side by side.

Every applicant answers the same complete questions and pays your application fee online. You review, message, decide, and send the lease from the approved application.

Example screen: names, places and figures are samples.

01 · The application

Complete applications, in the same format.

Applicants apply for a specific home from its listing. They give employment and income, occupants, pets and vehicles, their previous address, references and an emergency contact, the move-in date they want and their consent.

  • Applicants can apply as guests
  • A status page shows them where things stand
  • The full event history kept with each application

02 · Application fees

Application fees, paid online to you.

Set your application fee and applicants pay it by card through Stripe, straight to your account. Refund it or waive it from the application. Where a state limits application fees, the limit applies for you.

  • Paid, refunded, waived or paid offline, all recorded
  • State limits on application fees applied
  • The total shown before the applicant pays

03 · Tours

Tours booked in the hours you set.

Set weekly tour hours per property, the length of a tour and how much notice you need. Renters book from the listing, in person or by video, and you confirm, or let tours confirm themselves.

  • No double bookings
  • A meeting link for video tours
  • Tours marked done or missed

04 · Your decision

You decide, and the next step is ready.

Approve or decline with your notes, and the applicant is told by email. From an approved application, the lease is drafted with the home, the rent and the tenants already filled in.

  • One message thread per applicant
  • Approve or decline with notes
  • The lease drafted from the application

In the product

Real Holuway screens, captured from the app with a sample landlord, Oak & Main Rentals, and sample residents.

Rental applications in Holuway, with the home, move-in date, income to rent and status of each applicant.

Questions, answered

Does Holuway run credit or background checks?

Not today. Holuway collects the application and the fee and lays applications out for comparison. If you use a screening service, you can ask applicants to complete it there.

Who decides which applicant is accepted?

You do. Holuway never approves or declines anyone for you. Use the same written criteria for every applicant, as fair housing law requires.

Can applicants apply without an account?

Yes. An applicant can apply and pay the application fee as a guest, and follow the application from its status page.

Can I refund an application fee?

Yes. Refund or waive it from the application, and the applicant is told. Fees paid outside Holuway can be marked as paid offline.

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