@CH-7-Mission-Accomplished wrote:Honestly, I would not do it. If there are times it's not your turn, and if you are moving out in nine months, there's too many things that could mess you up. Nobody expects to see rent on a credit report and it's really only being offered to help people who have absolutely no other credit to at least show they can pay their rent on time.
Pretty much this; the tradelines are used for alternative scoring purposes, and if you can generate a FICO score they're discounted otherwise under the current models.
That may change in the future; admittedly I would've liked to have had my former rent payments on there (hey 10 years never missing a payment, never being late doesn't suck regardless of tradeline type) but what CH7 suggests is right: too many downsides offset the potential upside and as such I'd skip that portion.
