Paying My Rent With A Check

[Ty Wesley]

An older friend of mine recently told me that me paying my rent every month with a personal check instead of a money order will have a positive effect on my credit. Anyone ever heard of this??

[Dave M.]

This is probably what your friend is referring to:

Paying Rent on Time May Improve Your Credit Score
Experian is now giving more renters the opportunity to report the payment history.

http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/kiptips/archives/paying-rent-on-time-may-improve-your-credit-score.html

Used to be that rental history could only hurt you, not help you. Now you can opt in to a reporting program that debits your rent payments from your account.