TEXAS BROKEN LEASE GUIDE
Rental Application Preparation Templates and Checklist
Use these rental application preparation templates to get your documents in order, ask for records and explain a broken lease. Edit each draft and check it before you send it.
Your edits stay on this page until you download or print them. Fill in every bracketed spot and check every line before you send anything. Nothing gets sent for you. Send sensitive documents only to a contact you’ve confirmed, and only through their secure method.
Download the complete blank kitDocuments to find (don’t upload them here)
- Your lease end date and any letters or emails about the move-out.
- An itemized balance statement, receipts and any payment plan or settlement terms.
- Written proof that the balance is paid or settled, if it is.
- References from places you’ve rented since, plus the income documents the community asks for.
- Any decision notice, screening report, or court paper showing how a related case ended.
Keep the originals. Ask what they actually need before you send copies. Don’t type Social Security numbers, bank details or ID information into these worksheets.
Ask for screening criteria
Send this before you pay an application fee. Share only the facts the leasing office needs.
Explain your rental history
Keep it short and factual. Cut anything you can’t back up with a document, and leave out medical or family details they don’t need.
Request a rental reference
Ask a past landlord to confirm facts they can back up. Don’t write the reference for them.
Request balance documentation
Use this to get records. It isn’t a settlement offer, a debt validation notice or a legal dispute letter.
Ask about reconsideration
Send this once you have new or corrected information. It doesn’t replace a dispute with the reporting company.
Worked example: a short explanation
Fictional example. This isn’t a client story or an approval result.
Why it works: it gives dates, describes the account accurately and offers records to back it up. Use only facts that are true for you.
Need to dispute a report?
These templates are for conversations, not legal demands. For a credit report dispute, see CFPB: disputing credit report errors and official sample letters. For a rental screening report, follow that screening company’s own dispute process.