https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/How-do-I-get-on-time-rent-payments-applied-to-my-credit-score/m-p/372405#M37342 I believe he will report it for me if I ask him to, because I have an option to buy the house and he would like to see me exercise that option.&nbsp; But he probably has not reported anything to a credit bureau before, so before I ask him to do so it would be nice if I can tell him how.&nbsp; Does anyone now how I can direct him? Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:33:16 GMT Anonymous 2008-10-31T17:33:16Z https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/How-do-I-get-on-time-rent-payments-applied-to-my-credit-score/m-p/372393#M37337 <P>I am trying to rebuild my credit so that I can get a mortgage.&nbsp; I have three years of on-time or early payments to a private individual.&nbsp; How can I get that information to impact my credit score.&nbsp; It seems that it should impact my scores positively?</P> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:13:11 GMT https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/How-do-I-get-on-time-rent-payments-applied-to-my-credit-score/m-p/372393#M37337 Anonymous 2008-10-31T17:13:11Z https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/How-do-I-get-on-time-rent-payments-applied-to-my-credit-score/m-p/372401#M37339 <P>You can only get it reported if the person reports it. </P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am not sure what they have to go through to do this, but likely too much if they are only going to be reported to one person. </P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>However, I know that some mortgage lenders will look at your past rental history in addition to your credit if you don't have sufficient TLs reporting on your credit. Not sure of the particulars.</P> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:25:24 GMT https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/How-do-I-get-on-time-rent-payments-applied-to-my-credit-score/m-p/372401#M37339 Anonymous 2008-10-31T17:25:24Z https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/How-do-I-get-on-time-rent-payments-applied-to-my-credit-score/m-p/372405#M37342 I believe he will report it for me if I ask him to, because I have an option to buy the house and he would like to see me exercise that option.&nbsp; But he probably has not reported anything to a credit bureau before, so before I ask him to do so it would be nice if I can tell him how.&nbsp; Does anyone now how I can direct him? Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:33:16 GMT https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/How-do-I-get-on-time-rent-payments-applied-to-my-credit-score/m-p/372405#M37342 Anonymous 2008-10-31T17:33:16Z https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/How-do-I-get-on-time-rent-payments-applied-to-my-credit-score/m-p/372415#M37344 It isn't as easy as it sounds. He needs to contact each CRA&nbsp; and have the correct software to report. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:52:00 GMT https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Rebuilding-Your-Credit/How-do-I-get-on-time-rent-payments-applied-to-my-credit-score/m-p/372415#M37344 Anonymous 2008-10-31T17:52:00Z