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How it works
Your rental application is four short sections, and you can finish it in one sitting or come back to it.
New York property owners want to know who you are, what you earn, where you live now and who is moving in with you. Nooklyn asks for exactly that — one question at a time, in your browser, with every answer saved as you go.
Who you are
Your legal name, your date of birth and where you hold residency. If you are a US resident we ask for a social security number; if you are not, we do not.
What you earn
Your gross annual income and where it comes from — an employer, a school, freelance work, a subsidy, or several of those at once.
Where you live now
Your current address, how long you have been there, what you pay each month, and how a property owner can reach your current landlord.
Who is moving in
Any pets coming with you, and whether one of them is a service or emotional support animal. Guarantors skip this section entirely.
Proving it
Connect your bank and most of the paperwork disappears.
Everything a property owner asks you to prove can be confirmed straight from your bank instead. Whichever way you choose, you can change your mind before you submit.
Instant, through your bank
Link the account your pay lands in and your identity and your income are both verified in a few seconds. Nooklyn never sees your banking credentials, and nothing is moved or charged.
Or send the documents
Prefer not to connect an account? Upload a photo ID, recent pay stubs, bank statements, a letter of employment or last year's tax return instead.
Nothing is missed
Anything a property owner needs and you have not sent yet is flagged as you go, so you find out before your application is sitting in a queue.
Missing something today?
Carry on without it. Your agent can send you a link later that opens straight onto the one document still outstanding.
Before you send it
You see the whole application, and your agent sees none of it until you submit.
Close the tab, switch to your phone, come back tomorrow — you pick up on the question you left. The last page lists every section with anything still outstanding, and nothing reaches your agent until you press submit.
Keep in mind that the only charge to apply is a $20 application fee — no rent or deposit up front.
Frequently Asked Questions
It’s important to remember that wage income is not the only kind of verifiable income. Freelance earnings, tips, grants or school loans, gifts and various types of subsidies are often considered as well. In the case of housing subsidies, a full subsidy may exempt you from a landlord's credit requirement.
When you do connect an account, the link is handled by Plaid: Nooklyn never receives your banking username or password, and nothing is moved or charged.
If you’re approved, we’ll tell you which move-in funds are due, how much, and by when before you pay anything else. Nooklyn holds your first month’s rent and security deposit, fully refundable, until the lease is signed by all required tenants and the landlord, then forwards them to your landlord.
The application itself does not assume you are American: the residency question only asks for a social security number once you say you hold US residency.
Know Your Rights
In June 2019, New York State introduced a historic bill that outlined new protections for renters.
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