Can I rent to myself and report payments to credit bureaus?

[Monica De Leon]

I've seen posts about renting to myself for tax purposes but I does anyone know if I could set myself up as a tenant and make rental payments for my personal property and if I were to do so, could I report the payments to the credit bureaus?

[Monica De Leon]

I'm trying to improve my credit and rental payments can be reported to the bureaus.

I own the property free and clear so I don't have a mortgage. Improving my credit to qualify for an HELOC is worth paying a bit more so that i am able to fix up a duplex that I have and haven't been able to get funding to fix up and rent out.