Queensland rental applications, read from the other side of the desk
Stop losing rentals to people who just apply better.
Most applications aren’t rejected. They’re never read. After eight years on the leasing side of the desk in Brisbane, Josh Hicks built this so yours gets the second look.
Ten households get the full thing free right now, for two honest lines back. After that it’s $199 for one or two people, back within 48 business hours.
$199 for one or two people, $50 for each extra person. A fifteen-minute call first, then your pack back within 48 business hours.
I used to be the person skimming your application.
For eight years I worked in leasing and business development for one of Brisbane’s largest agency networks. I have sat with the list, twenty or forty applications for one ordinary two-bedroom, and worked out who gets it.
Here is what nobody tells renters about that moment. I didn’t read your application. Not at first. Nobody does. The list comes up as rows: how many people, what the household earns, what that is as a share of the rent. Only the ticked rows get opened, and then they get skimmed.
So most applications aren’t rejected. They’re never read. That part is fixable, and it’s invisible from where you’re standing.
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We build your application with you, and you’ll know exactly why it works.
- A fifteen-minute call. How each of you is paid, what you’re applying for, and the two or three things an agent will stop on.
- Your list. Exactly what to gather, per person, and what to black out.
- Your pack. Priority fixes, each person’s income summary, your about-me rewritten, and the messages to send your references.
- Fourteen days of changes. One update round, and one tailoring for the place you find.
$199 for one or two people. $50 for each extra person, a guarantor included. Back within 48 business hours of a complete pack. A no-questions refund until your call.
Read by a small review team, not by one person. Nothing travels by ordinary email.
Three fair questions
Does this get me approved?
No. Only the agent and the owner decide. What it does is remove the avoidable reasons to be skimmed past, so what gets read is easy to say yes to. It will never suggest offering above the advertised rent; rent bidding has been banned in Queensland since June 2024.
Are you an agent or an agency?
No. Front of the Pile is not a real estate agency and holds no real estate licence. Nobody here contacts agents for you, negotiates for you or sends anything on your behalf. Josh spent eight years on the leasing side of the desk. What you buy is your own application, built with you and read by a small team he trained. You send it.
What if I change my mind?
Full refund, no questions, any time before your call. After the call the work has started, and the scope page says exactly what happens from there.
Twenty seconds is all you get. Make sure they’re the right twenty.
Not ready? Run the free twenty-second test →
It takes about two minutes. Or read the guides.