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Common questions
Is forrent.com legit or a scam?
forrent.com was registered Dec 29, 1997 (28 years old), per public registration records. AboutUs doesn't label sites "legit" or "a scam": this page lists the dated registration, DNS, HTTPS, mail-authentication and safety checks we could verify, each with its source, so you can decide for yourself.
Who owns forrent.com?
Nobody has completed AboutUs's owner verification for forrent.com. That's true of most sites here — it isn't itself a warning sign.
When was forrent.com registered?
forrent.com's registration dates to Dec 29, 1997 (28 years old), per public registration records. MarkMonitor Inc. is the registrar on record today.
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The site's bot protection blocked AboutUs's HTTPS check; all 1 of the other checks passed (Oct 16, 2026).
Registered 1997 · AboutUs's live check was blocked by the site's bot protection
ForRent.com is a rental-property search platform where users can browse apartments, houses, duplexes, townhomes, and other residential listings by location, price, and bedroom count. The site serves renters seeking their next home and also provides links to moving companies, roommate-finder tools, and credit-check services.
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Current facts
Latest available measurements; dated entries retain their dates. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
latest result
Domain registered Dec 29, 1997 — 28 years old.
latest result
Registrar on record: MarkMonitor Inc. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Sep 30, 2026).
We withhold an authority number until independent evidence (global rank, link-graph presence) has accrued. The facts we do have about this site are shown below — we'd rather say “not enough signals yet” than invent a low score.
Safety evidence
No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 56 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 56 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2013 record.
1997
Domain registered (Dec 29, 1997).
2007
First tracked by AboutUs (Mar 11, 2007); profile edited 20 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“ForRent.com helps you find apartments and other housing for rent in the US”
2026
Checked today — The site's bot protection blocked AboutUs's HTTPS check; all 1 of the other checks passed (Oct 16, 2026).
✓ domain continuity 28 years registered– live check blocked the site's bot protection turned the check away Oct 16, 2026