Online rental applications form PDF

[Matthew Trotter]

So I decided to use NTNonline as my tenant screener. They check credit, criminal, eviction, employment, and residential history. They also make phone calls to verify the information!! The only problem is that they require me to send PDF applications from tenants to them. They also charge $50 per application, which is fine.

I really don't want to have tenants fill out paper applications and then scan/email or fax it to me. It's soooo 1995. I'd much rather send the tenant a link to a "tenant application webpage". There, the applicant could fill out all the necessary info including:

• Name(s)
• Social Security Number
• Driver's License Number
• Residential History
• Criminal History
• Employment History

And then, at the very bottom of the form, there would be a credit card checkout form to pay the $50 fee. 

And then... the webpage emails me a PDF of all this information, which I would send to NTNonline for screening. 

I have already seen tenant screening sites like cozy.co, ***********, and mysmartmove. They simply won't work for me (various reasons for each website).

So, does anyone know a good way to make a webpage form like this that charges credit cards and creates a PDF?

[Matthew Trotter]

So I think I have found a solution (unless I go with residentresearch.com.. thanks @Account Closed!)

I need to automate the process where the tenant fills out an application and a PDF is generated and a $50 fee is paid:

I'll make a low-cost wordpress site (about $50 per year) that has two pages:

Homepage: rental ad for the property. Lists the features, rental cost, pictures, etc. At the bottom of the page, there will be a big blue button that says "APPLY NOW", which takes them to the application page.

Application page: This is where the tenant can enter his/her name, address, SSN, residential history, employment history, etc. They can upload copies of their driver's license and paystubs. At the bottom is a button that says "SUBMIT - $50", which takes them to my Intuit Payment Network checkout screen. The data from the form is sent to GravityPDF, which is a Wordpress plug-in that generates PDFs. The PDF is emailed to me and the tenant.

Intuit Payment Network checkout screen: Simply checkout screen that charges $50, paid by credit, debit, or bank ACH transfer.

Once I get the $50 payment, I send off the PDF to NTNonline.com, and they give me a report within 48 hours.

If you're curious about GravityPDF, you can try their demo here:

https://gravitypdf.com/#GFdemo