What Is Rent Reporting And Why Should Landlords Care?
By: Report Rentals
July 18, 2025, 5 minute read
If you're a landlord with just one or two rental units, chances are you wear a lot of hats: property manager, maintenance coordinator, leasing agent, and more. With so much on your plate, adding something like rent reporting might not be top of mind. But here's why it's an option you should explore.
First, What Is Rent Reporting?
Rent reporting is the process of reporting a tenant's on-time rent
payments to major credit bureaus, such as Equifax or TransUnion.
Just like mortgage or credit card payments, rent can now help
build a person's credit history when it's reported.
For tenants, it's a way to build credit. For you, it's a quiet,
powerful tool that motivates consistent payment behaviour without
lifting a finger.
Why It's Great for Landlords with 1–2 Units
As a small landlord, your time is limited, your margins matter, and every missed rent payment stings. Reporting through Report Rentals can help you solve all three.
- Tenants Pay on Time More Often
- You Attract Better Tenants
- You Reduce Turnover
When rent affects a tenant's credit score, it jumps higher on their priority list. We've seen it again and again: rent reporting shifts late payers into on-time payers without the awkward reminders or late fees.
Credit-conscious renters - especially those rebuilding credit or new to Canada - actively look for listings with rent reporting. Offering it sets your rental apart and brings in motivated, financially responsible tenants.
A tenant who's building credit through your rental has more reason to stay. That means fewer vacancies, less time marketing, and lower turnover costs.
And For Landlords With Larger Portfolios?
The benefits only scale from here. With more units, missed
payments and tenant churn become bigger risks. Rent reporting can
be systematized across your portfolio to improve payment
behaviour, reduce delinquencies, and attract a more reliable
renter base without the need for costly enforcement tools.
Report Rentals can even integrate rent reporting into your existing
leasing or payment workflows and offer team permissions to
minimize administrative lift. The best part? It is free to try.
Bottom Line: It's Low Effort, High Return
The benefits only scale from here. With more units, missed
payments and tenant churn become bigger risks. Rent reporting can
be systematized across your portfolio to improve payment
behaviour, reduce delinquencies, and attract a more reliable
renter base without the need for costly enforcement tools.
Report Rentals can even integrate rent reporting into your existing
leasing or payment workflows and offer team permissions to
minimize administrative lift.
Try out Report Rentals now
Report Rentals is an all-in-one rental management platform that helps landlords and tenants manage rent payments, track rental history, and report rent to credit bureaus. Our rent reporting tools make it easy for tenants to build credit with on-time payments, while landlords benefit from streamlined rent collection and improved tenant accountability.Whether you manage a single property or a full portfolio, Report Rentals simplifies rental property management and supports responsible renting for everyone.
