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Sublet your place. Get it in writing. Get paid every month.

You found someone to move into your place. Avouch writes the agreement and you both sign it online. In 24 states, their rent is pulled from their bank each month and sent to yours.

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Every ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Ivy League, Pac-12 and SEC campus, and every other one too. Not affiliated with any university.

An example deal dashboard for 512 Maple Ave, Aug 15 to Dec 20, 2026, at $1,150 a month: active, signed by Maya Chen and Sam Ortiz on Aug 12, 2026, August, September and October rent paid, November processing, December upcoming, with the signed agreement and 4 move-in photos on record.
An example deal with made-up names.

By the numbers

24

states with automatic rent

50

states and D.C. for the agreement

$0

of your money held by Avouch

Found them anywhere. Sign it here.

Facebook Marketplace, GroupMe, Craigslist, a campus group or a friend of a friend. Wherever you two met, Avouch is where the deal gets written down and signed by both of you.

The side deal, handled. Three things that go wrong without it.

Late rent

They pay late. You get the late fee.

Your name is still on the lease. If they pay late, your landlord charges you, not them.

With Avouch: Automatic monthly pulls from their bank in 24 states, so you are not the one asking for it.

In writing

Nothing is in writing

A text thread is not an agreement. If you disagree later about the rent or the dates, there is nothing to point to.

With Avouch: A real sublease agreement, signed by both of you, with a copy in both inboxes.

Damage

You get blamed for damage

Without photos that show the date and how the place looked, you cannot prove a damage charge at move-out was not your fault.

With Avouch: Move-in photos with the date and time on them, saved with the agreement.

How it works

Five minutes to set up.

Four steps, after you have found the person.

Set up a sublease

  1. Answer a few questions

    The address, the dates, and the rent. Avouch turns your answers into the sublease agreement.

  2. Sign it

    You sign first. Then the other person signs.

  3. Send them the link

    They open it, read it, and sign. Sent it to more than one person? The first to sign gets the place and the other links stop working.

  4. Rent comes to you

    In 24 states, rent is taken from their bank and sent to yours every month, automatically. Move-in photos are saved with the agreement.

FAQ

Set up a sublease

What is Avouch?

Avouch is a web app for the deal between the person leaving a rental and the person taking it over. It writes the sublease or lease takeover agreement from what you two agreed, you both sign it online, and it saves move-in photos with the date on them. In 24 states, the monthly rent is pulled from the payer's bank through Stripe and sent on to the other person. It does not list places or find people. You find each other first, on Facebook Marketplace, GroupMe, Craigslist or anywhere else.

My building does lease takeovers instead of subletting. Can I still use this?

Yes. Your landlord puts the lease in the new person's name. That part goes through them. Avouch covers what is just between you two: splitting a month of rent, any deposit or money one of you owes the other, and what condition the place was in on move-in day. You both sign it and both keep a copy.

What does Avouch cost?

$5 once per agreement, paid by the person leaving after the other person signs. In the 24 states with automatic rent, each of you also pays $2.50 per monthly payment, and nothing in a month when no money moves. Paying by card adds up to 3%. Stripe's charges for moving the money come out of what the person receiving it gets, at cost. Avouch never takes a percentage of the rent.

Is an Avouch sublease legally binding?

It binds the two of you who sign it. Electronic signatures are legally recognized under the federal ESIGN Act and UETA, the same laws behind most contracts signed online. It does not override your lease, so check that your lease allows subletting first.

Is Avouch safe and legit?

Avouch never holds your money. In the 24 states with automatic rent, Stripe Payments Company, a licensed money transmitter, moves the rent from their bank or card to yours, and Avouch takes no cut of the rent. Everywhere else you pay each other directly. Every deal gets an agreement you both sign and move-in photos with the date on them, so if something goes wrong later, you both have proof.

Does Avouch check who the other person is?

No. Avouch does not verify that the other person lives at or controls the place, or that the place exists. Where automatic rent runs, the person receiving money passes an identity check at Stripe, which says nothing about the place. See the place in person or on a live video call before you sign.

Make it official.

You found the person. Avouch handles the paperwork.

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