About RentTrust
A community-driven rental verification platform making renting more transparent for everyone
Our Mission
Empowering the rental community through mutual accountability.
Two-Way Transparency is at the heart of RentTrust. We believe the rental market works better when both sides are accountable. Just as tenants are evaluated on their responsibility, landlords should be evaluated on their responsiveness and care.
By creating verified resumes for both landlords and tenants, RentTrust is building a community where trust is earned, documented, and shared in both directions. The result: great tenants attract great landlords, and great landlords attract responsible tenants. Everyone wins.
Trust & Security
Your data is encrypted and secure. We verify relationships through two-party confirmation to ensure authenticity.
Community First
We're built by renters, for renters. Every feature is designed with fairness and transparency in mind.
100% Free
Building your rental resume is completely free for both tenants and landlords. We believe everyone deserves access to transparent rental information.
Why I built RentTrust
This idea started long before I was a landlord — back in 2011, when I was a tenant.
I took care of that place for three years. When the landlord decided to move back in, he asked if I'd leave early and offered to pay back my prorated rent. I agreed, found a new place, and did the walkthrough — even fixed small things myself, like the wall from hanging a TV.
In the end, he never paid me the prorated rent, kept my security deposit, and claimed I'd damaged things that were just normal wear and tear. I had no way to push back, and no way to show a future landlord that I'd actually been a great tenant. I remember thinking there should be something like Yelp for this — a real record either side could point to. There wasn't. I wasn't a developer back then, so the idea just sat there.
Years later, I became a landlord myself. And I ran into the same problem from the other side. I had applicants who seemed genuinely kind and responsible, but whose credit was bad enough that, on paper, I shouldn't have rented to them. One time, I could see they actually had the cash to cover it, so instead of turning them down, I asked if they'd pay a full year up front. They agreed.
They turned out to be some of the best tenants I've ever had.
That's when it really clicked: this gap goes both ways. Tenants have no way to prove they were great, and no recourse when a landlord treats them unfairly. Landlords have no way to see someone's actual character beyond a number on a report. A credit or background check still matters — it tells you about someone's finances. It just doesn't tell you the rest. RentTrust is the missing piece: a real, two-party verified record of how people actually show up for each other, so neither side has to rely on a number alone, and neither side is left without a way to prove the truth.
— Almog, founder of RentTrust