Choosing a tenant
Stop screening tenants from scattered screenshots.
A credit check is not a rental history. Send one application link, keep every applicant's file in one place, and document the decision you made — so the record starts before the keys change hands.
Screening is included on every plan. Application links, applicant scoring, evidence analysis, and side-by-side comparison — unlimited applicants, no add-on charge. See pricing.
What it is
Your applicant file is the decision record.
One place for what each applicant submitted, what you checked, and why you chose who you chose.
Applicant details
Collect the same core information from every applicant instead of comparing messy messages.
Application link
Send one link from your listing, email, or social replies and let applicants enter themselves. Free on every plan. Get your link first; the account comes with it.
Reference checks
Keep previous-landlord contacts, notes, follow-ups, and concerns connected to the applicant.
Past rental records
Search or add factual rental records as the network grows, including legal decisions and verified references.
When applications arrive
Scoring and comparison, included on every plan.
As applications come in, every applicant gets the same analysis — no matter how many apply, and at no extra charge on any plan.
- Scoring for each applicant
- Analysis of the proof behind each applicant's claims
- Side-by-side applicant comparison
- Unlimited applicants for every listing
Get your application link and post it with your listing. Your account is created when you confirm from your inbox. Applicants fill in the same form every time.
Organize references, document notes, and keep the decision trail together. Scoring and side-by-side comparison are there as applications arrive.
If the applicant becomes your tenant, keep building the record with the lease, condition reports, rent receipts and maintenance history.
See it before you sign up
Try the condition walkthrough — no account needed.
The applicant you choose becomes a tenancy on record. Walk a real unit on your phone, send it to yourself as the tenant, and see what both sides end up with.
Related resources
Use a better screening checklist
Practical checklists, reference questions, rental history, and fair decision notes.
Review what belongs in the file before handing over keys.
Tenant screening in CanadaPlace the file inside a consistent national screening workflow.
How proof behind claims worksUnderstand claim-specific support signals, private source documents, and third-party confirmation.
Landlord reference templateAsk better reference questions and record factual answers.
Fair screeningKeep decision notes factual, relevant, and privacy-aware.
Better screening context
Use credit checks as one signal, not the whole decision.
Optimized Rentals is built for the missing layer: how the rental actually went, what was documented, and whether the applicant's history is supported by facts.
Founding 50
The first fifty landlords don't pay. They help build it.
Every unit active, up to 30. Every saved copy of your tenancy record included. No card. Free for as long as you're involved: using it on real tenancies, and giving me fifteen minutes of feedback a quarter. That's the whole deal.
- Condition reports, rent receipts and notices your tenant confirms by email, dated as they happen.
- Your whole tenancy as one printable record, there before you need it.
- Applications that show what the evidence supports, not a verdict on the person.
- Nothing is ever deleted or locked, on any plan, including after a seat ends.
"I'd rather have fifty landlords telling me what's wrong than five hundred who never say a word." Brent Dixon, founder
Ask for a seat How Founding 50 worksOr just start free and ask later. Seats are granted by a person, usually within a day.