A real sublease agreement, and rent that collects itself.
Your name stays on the lease, so a subletter who pays late becomes your late fee. Avouch gives you a real e-signed agreement, timestamped move-in photos, and rent pulled from their bank automatically.
Sublease Agreement
512 W Johnson St · Aug to Dec
✓ signed
Lister
✓ signed
Subletter
ESIGN / UETA e-signature · signing certificate attached
Subletting on a handshake is how people get burned
They pay late, you get charged
Your landlord does not care that you sublet. Late rent is your late fee, your lease violation, your problem. Automatic collection pulls rent from their bank on schedule so it never gets that far.
There is nothing in writing
A group chat is not an agreement. When the dates, the rent, or who pays utilities is suddenly in question, a real e-signed sublease agreement is the thing you point at.
You get blamed for the damage
Without a dated record of how the place looked, a move-out charge is one person's word against another. Timestamped move-in photos settle it before it starts.
How it works
Set the terms
Answer a few questions and Avouch builds the sublease agreement from your terms.
Both sides sign
Send one link. They review and e-sign, no account needed (ESIGN / UETA).
Document the place
Timestamped move-in photos, so the condition is on record for both of you.
Rent collects itself
Optional: rent moves from their bank to yours automatically each month, in 24 states.
The agreement is real
SUBLEASE AGREEMENT
executed on Avouch · avouchsublease.com
1. The parties
2. The place
3. How long
4. Rent
5. Condition record
6. Use of the place
7. Master lease & landlord consent
8. Signatures
Lister
Subletter
ESIGN / UETA e-signatures · signing certificate attached
If the place comes back trashed, you have proof
Timestamped move-in photos and a signed condition record settle the deposit question with evidence instead of memory.
Never chase rent over text
Rent moves from their bank to yours automatically each month, on the schedule you both signed, and every payment is logged against the agreement. A missed month is a documented problem, not an awkward conversation.
Every signature is the real thing
Signatures follow the federal ESIGN Act and state UETA laws, with consent, signing intent, and a certificate on every executed agreement. Both sides can open their copy anytime.
See it in action
A quick walkthrough: set up the sublease, e-sign, invite, document the place, and watch rent collect itself.
Common questions
What is Avouch?
Avouch is a sublease agreement and rent-collection tool for two students who have already agreed on a deal. It generates a real, e-signed sublease agreement, documents the place with timestamped move-in photos, and can pull rent from the subletter's bank account automatically each month so a late payment never becomes the lister's late fee. It is not a listings site.
Why would I use this instead of just texting?
Because your name stays on the lease. If your subletter pays late, your landlord charges you, not them. If the dates or the rent are ever disputed, a group chat is not an agreement. And if there is a damage claim at move-out, nobody has a dated record of how the place looked. Avouch is the written agreement, the photo record, and the rent showing up on time.
Is Avouch free?
The agreement, e-signing, and move-in photos are free in all 50 states. Automatic rent collection is available in 24 states and includes a one-time $19.99 fee paid by the lister when payments are set up. The subletter always pays $0.
Does Avouch hold my money?
No, it never sits with Avouch. When automatic rent payments are set up, rent moves straight from the subletter's bank to the lister's bank through Stripe, a licensed payment company, on the schedule both people signed. Avouch takes no cut of the rent and never holds deposits.
Is an Avouch sublease legally binding?
Avouch generates a standardized sublease and captures a legally structured e-signature under the federal ESIGN Act and UETA, the same framework behind most online contracts. Make sure your original lease allows subletting.
Is Avouch safe and legit?
Your money never sits with Avouch. When automatic rent payments are set up (available in 24 states), rent goes straight to the lister through Stripe, the same regulated payment company behind millions of online businesses; where automatic payments aren't available yet, you simply pay each other directly. And every deal gets a real signed agreement plus a dated photo record of the condition, so if anything goes wrong later, you both have proof to point to.
How is Avouch different from Facebook Marketplace?
Marketplace helps you find a sublet. Avouch is for what comes after you've found each other: a signed agreement and a documented unit, so nobody ghosts or argues later.
A real agreement and a documented move-in, for the sublease you already arranged. No surprises.
Start a sublease with Avouch