Free checklist tools
Six free checklists, one for each application situation ApprovalPrep publishes for: apartment applications, proof of income, small-business funding, mortgage documents, car loans, and the important-documents folder you keep for everything else.
Recommendation
Open the checklist that matches the request you actually received, work through it using documents you already have, and only then decide whether a paid kit adds anything. Every checklist here is free, needs no account, and keeps nothing you type.
Compare the paid kitsEvery published checklist
Each checklist covers one application situation. Open the one that matches what a reviewer has asked you for.
Use this free checklist to organize the documents and facts needed before apartment application readiness.
Free checklistUse this free checklist to organize the documents and facts needed before proof of income packet.
Free checklistUse this free checklist to organize the documents and facts needed before business funding document.
Free checklistUse this free checklist to organize the documents and facts needed before mortgage document readiness.
Free checklistUse this free checklist to organize the documents and facts needed before car loan document.
Free checklistUse this free checklist to organize the documents and facts needed before important documents folder.
Decision context
Use this section when someone has asked you for paperwork and you are not sure what the full list is supposed to contain. A checklist answers that before you start writing anything.
Each checklist covers one situation rather than paperwork in general, because the documents a leasing office wants are not the documents a small-business lender wants. Pick the one that names your situation and ignore the rest.
A checklist is not a purchase decision. Work through it first. If it turns out you can gather everything yourself and write your own note, you are finished here and it cost nothing.
Product / Guide Value
People who have received a document request and want the complete list before they start gathering.
People who want to know what a reviewer usually asks for before an application is submitted rather than after.
People deciding whether a paid ApprovalPrep kit is worth it, who want to see the free version of the work first.
People helping a family member assemble an application packet and needing a shared list to work from.
Product / Guide Value
Gives each application situation its own list, so nothing is padded with items that do not apply to you.
Puts the free version of the work first, so a purchase is a choice rather than the only way to see anything.
Names the matching paid kit on every checklist without hiding the checklist behind it.
Keeps the self-service boundary visible: these lists help you prepare your own paperwork and nothing more.
Product / Guide Value
Six free checklists covering apartment applications, proof of income, business funding, mortgage documents, car loans, and personal document storage.
The specific items a reviewer in that situation commonly asks for, in the order it makes sense to gather them.
A pointer from each checklist to the ApprovalPrep kit built for the same situation, with its price shown.
Answers to the questions people ask about each checklist, published on the checklist itself.
A clear statement of what ApprovalPrep does not do, on every page in this section.
Product / Guide Value
Gathering documents from a general paperwork article rather than the list for your actual situation.
Sending an incomplete packet quickly instead of a complete one a few days later.
Producing a document you cannot support because the checklist named it and you wanted a full set.
Skipping the copy trail, so there is no record of what you sent or when you sent it.
How it works
Choose the checklist that names your situation.
Work down it and mark what you already hold.
Request the missing items from whoever holds them.
Check each gathered document against the facts you plan to state.
Send the packet yourself and keep a copy of what you sent.
Product / Guide Value
Every item on the list is either gathered or deliberately marked as not applicable to you.
Every date, amount, name, and address matches the document it came from.
Nothing in the packet claims something you cannot show evidence for.
You kept a copy of everything and noted the date you sent it.
Use cases
A leasing office sent a document request and you want to be sure nothing is missing before you reply.
You are self-employed and need to know what counts as proof of income before a lender asks.
You are gathering business funding paperwork and want the areas listed out rather than remembered.
You want one folder of important documents assembled once so the next application is faster.
Questions
No. Every checklist in this section is free to read and use, and none of them requires an account or an email address.
No. Each checklist names the ApprovalPrep kit built for the same situation, but the checklist works on its own. The paid kit adds letter templates and editable files, not the list.
No. ApprovalPrep is self-service. You gather your own documents, write your own letter, review it yourself, and send it yourself. ApprovalPrep never contacts a landlord, lender, employer, or bureau on your behalf.
No fake documents, no credit repair, no legal or financial advice, no third-party contact, and no approval promise.
ApprovalPrep does not store customer letter answers, completed drafts, uploaded documents, or personal application packets.