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Make a rental resume in ten minutes.

Seven applications in one week. Nine inspections. Eight websites, each wanting its own login, its own ID upload, its own verification code. Then two knockback emails at 10:41am, same minute, same wording.

That was my Father's Day week in Adelaide. What got me an offer was not a website. It was one document I could send to any agent in one email: who I am, exactly what I earn and where the proof is, my rental history, my referees. This page builds that document.

What this page does not do

No account. No upload. No database. No analytics, no cookies, no email capture. Your answers are kept in this browser only, so you can come back to them, and the Clear button wipes them. The PDF is made by your own phone or computer.

Check it yourself: open your browser's network tab, fill in the form, download the PDF. The page loads two fonts from Google when it opens, and that is the only request it makes. Nothing you type is ever sent anywhere.

1

Fill in the form

Real figures only. The page adds them up and shows the agent what the rent is as a share of your income.

2

Download the PDF

One page, sometimes two. Made on your device. Save your answers to a file so you can reuse them for the next property.

3

Send it to the agent's own email

Attach the evidence on the checklist below. Never reply to the realestate.com.au confirmation. It goes to a no-reply relay.

Build yours

You
The property

Leave the address blank to make a general resume you can send to agents before anything is listed.

Who will live here
Income

Every source, real figures, what lands in your account. The page converts them all to a weekly number and works out the rent as a share of it. Agents look for rent under about 30 to 35 percent of income. If yours is higher, the guarantor line and the "safe tenant" points do the work.

Why you are a safe tenant

Three to five short points an agent can check. Rent paid on time and where that is proven. Years at one address. Income from more than one source. Referees who are employers or clients, not mates.

Rental history
Referees

Ask each one first. An agent who rings a referee who does not know they are a referee will not ring the second one.

Cover note to the agent

Three or four sentences. Why this home, why this suburb, what kind of tenant you are. The page writes a starting draft when you fill in the property; edit it so it sounds like you.

Evidence you will attach

South Australia's mandatory application form (Form A1, from 1 January 2026) lets an agent ask for at most two documents in each of three categories. Tick what you are attaching and it prints on the resume.

Your rental resume

On a phone, "Download as PDF" opens the print screen. Choose Save as PDF (iPhone: the share icon, then Save to Files). On a computer choose Save as PDF as the printer.

Before the listing exists

Adelaide's rental vacancy rate was 0.7 percent in July 2026. Some agencies keep a list of renters they already know, and I have seen homes let from that list before the ad went live. The application websites are where you compete with a hundred people. The list is where you compete with six.

Amanda Beaumont messaged me after the Father's Day reel. She got her place this way. Her landlord sold. She was knocked back many times. Then she made a rental resume with a tally of her income against the rent, put her parents down as guarantor, looked up everyone she had ever worked with on LinkedIn, and asked school-community friends if they knew an agent. One did. The agent put her on their CRM. When she applied, she was already known.

I got an off-market offer the same way. An agent who knew me sent me a house before it went online and asked for my documents by email. That email was this resume.

The moves

  1. List every property manager you can reach through someone. LinkedIn, the school gate, the parents' group chat, your boss, your clients, your barber. Ask for an introduction, not a favour. "Do you know anyone in property management I could send my details to?"
  2. Email the property manager directly with this resume attached. Ask to be put on their list for anything coming up in your suburbs at your rent range. The script is below.
  3. At the inspection, ask one question: "Do you have anything coming up before it's listed?" Then hand them the resume, printed. Agents remember the person who made their job easier.
  4. Reply to the agent's own address. The realestate.com.au confirmation email goes to a no-reply relay. My written offer on one property vanished that way, silently, no bounce. Find the agent's email on the agency's own website.
  5. Offer what you can control. A longer lease. A move-in date that suits the owner. Bond and first fortnight ready. Not a higher rent. Rent bidding has been banned in South Australia since September 2023, and offering more does not help you.
  6. If a parent will guarantee the lease, say so. Put it in the household section. Never list someone as a tenant who will not live there. That is a false application, and the fine is below.

The email to a property manager

Subject: Looking to rent in [suburbs], up to $[rent] a week, from [date] Hi [first name], [Introducer] suggested I write to you. I am looking for a [number]-bedroom home in [suburbs] at up to $[rent] a week, ready to move from [date] on a [12 or 24]-month lease. Attached is my rental resume: income with the bank evidence behind it, rental history, referees and ID. If anything is coming up before it is advertised, I would like to be on your list. Bond and first fortnight are ready. [Your name] [Mobile]

The rules in South Australia

Sources: CBS SA on rent bidding, CBS SA on the 2024 reforms, Law Handbook SA, section 47B, OAIC on rent-tech platforms, Choice on the 2Apply ruling, SQM Research vacancy rates.

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