Capture pre-screen basics
Required: requested move-in date, monthly income (or 2.5x rent ratio), employment status, number of occupants, pets, current housing situation.
Form template · Rental application inquiry
Rental Application Form Template
Showing every prospect who emails about a rental wastes a Saturday. The pre-application form filters on move-in date, income, and pet status before you hand out the lockbox code.
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- No PHP · no SDK
- One POST endpoint
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Rental application inquiry
Full name *Priya Patel
Email *priya@example.com
Phone *+1 415 555 0142
Property of interest *1247 Valencia St — Unit 3
Desired move-in date *
+ 4 more fields in the builder
Send
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Every template is free and fully editable in the drag-drop builder — swap fields, colors, and the button label before you publish.
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No backend code
No server, API route, or SDK — your Rental Application Form posts straight to one endpoint.
Straight to your inbox
Every submission is emailed to you and saved to a searchable dashboard — spam filtered before it reaches you.
Copy-paste ready
It's plain HTML you own — paste the Rental Application Form snippet, swap in your access key, and ship.
Copy and ship
Your Rental Application Form, ready to paste.
HTML by default — the same field set also renders as React, Next.js, PHP, and cURL in your dashboard. Every variant posts to the same /api/submit endpoint. Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard; that's the only edit.
<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New rental inquiry">
<label for="name">Full name *</label>
<input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Priya Patel" required>
<label for="email">Email *</label>
<input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="priya@example.com" required>
<label for="phone">Phone *</label>
<input id="phone" type="tel" name="phone" placeholder="+1 415 555 0142" required>
<label for="property">Property of interest *</label>
<input id="property" type="text" name="property" placeholder="1247 Valencia St — Unit 3" required>
<label for="move_in">Desired move-in date *</label>
<input id="move_in" type="date" name="move_in" required>
<label for="household">Household size *</label>
<select id="household" name="household" required>
<option value="">Choose…</option>
<option>1</option>
<option>2</option>
<option>3</option>
<option>4</option>
<option>5+</option>
</select>
<label for="pets">Pets</label>
<select id="pets" name="pets">
<option value="">Choose…</option>
<option>No pets</option>
<option>Cat</option>
<option>Small dog</option>
<option>Large dog</option>
<option>Multiple</option>
</select>
<label for="employment">Employment status *</label>
<select id="employment" name="employment" required>
<option value="">Choose…</option>
<option>Full-time</option>
<option>Part-time</option>
<option>Self-employed</option>
<option>Student</option>
<option>Other</option>
</select>
<label for="notes">Anything we should know?</label>
<textarea id="notes" name="notes" placeholder="References, special needs, etc."></textarea>
<!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
<input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
<button type="submit">Send</button>
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</p>How to add it
How to add a Rental Application Form to your site.
To add a Rental Application Form to your site you need three things: a free splitforms access key, the HTML snippet above, and your key pasted into it. No backend, database, or CAPTCHA library — the form posts to one URL and every submission lands in your inbox and dashboard.
Filter before showing
Auto-respond with the property's specific qualifying criteria. Applicants who self-select out save the landlord a Saturday afternoon. Qualified leads schedule a showing via the auto-responder.
Push to property management
Webhook to AppFolio / Buildium / TenantCloud / RentRedi. Lead lands as an inquiry on the specific property with pre-screen data attached, ready for the formal application.
What's included
What's in this Rental Application Form template?
Landlords waste hours on showings to applicants who don't qualify on the basics — income below 2.5x rent, move-in date six weeks past the listing's start, three large dogs in a no-pets unit. The pre-application form runs the first filter cheaply: monthly income, employment, occupants, pets, requested move-in date, why they're moving. Applicants who clear the pre-screen get the showing; the rest get a polite 'unfortunately not a fit'. Property managers running multiple units route by ZIP and bedroom count — one form, many properties, all webhook to AppFolio / Buildium. Webhooks into AppFolio / Buildium / RentRedi · Fair Housing-safe field set.
- Rental application inquiry — 9 ready-made fields
- HTML, JS, React, PHP, and cURL outputs
- One POST endpoint, no SDK — honeypot and classifier, no CAPTCHA
Where submissions go
Where do your Rental Application Form submissions go?
Reply-to is wired to the visitor's email, so one tap on Reply answers them directly — while the built-in honeypot and spam classifier filter out bots before they reach you. Every submission is emailed to your inbox and can forward to a webhook or Slack the moment a visitor hits send.
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- Honeypot and spam classifier filter bots, no CAPTCHA friction
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Questions
Rental Application Form questions.
View all FAQsIs asking about income discriminatory?
No — income-to-rent ratio is a standard underwriting check protected by federal Fair Housing law (income source can't be discriminated against; income amount can). What you can't do is screen on family status, race, disability, etc. Stick to income, employment, occupants, pets, and move-in date.
What about Fair Housing compliance?
Don't ask about national origin, religion, family status (married/unmarried), disability, or any protected class. The standard pre-screen fields (income, employment, occupants count, pets, move-in date, references) are all safe. Run your final form past your local landlord-tenant attorney.
Can I integrate with AppFolio / Buildium / RentRedi?
Yes — webhook the JSON. AppFolio and Buildium both accept inbound leads via Zapier; RentRedi has a direct webhook receiver. The lead lands on the property record ready for the formal background-check application.
Should I collect Social Security on this form?
No — never on a public form. SSN belongs on the formal application after the pre-screen passes, on a secure portal with the background-check service. Public forms collecting SSN are a data-breach lawsuit waiting to happen.
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