5 Sites Where You Can Rate Your Landlord, Honestly Compared

There are more landlord review sites today than ever — which means renters have more places to post, but also more places where your review disappears into a dead corner of the internet. We looked at the major ones and ranked them by the four things that actually matter: reach, moderation, anonymity, and search.

Full disclosure: we run one of these sites (Judge My Landlord). We've tried to be fair to the others. Your call where to post — just don't post somewhere your review will never be seen.

What we evaluated

• Reach — How many renters actually visit per month?
• Moderation — Are reviews vetted, or does anything get posted?
• Anonymity — Can you stay anonymous AND still have your review be trusted?
• Search — Can future renters find a specific landlord or building easily?
• Landlord response — Can the landlord reply, creating dialogue?

1. Judge My Landlord

Built specifically for landlord reviews. Reviews are tied to BOTH the landlord and the property, so your review surfaces from either search direction. Verification on every reviewer. Anonymity toggle that doesn't compromise trust because identity is verified behind the scenes. Landlords can claim their profile and respond. City and university pages aggregate reviews geographically — useful if you're moving to a new place.

Best for: thorough reviews where you want maximum reach for future renters in your city or building.

2. Generic review platforms (Google, Yelp)

You can technically review a landlord on Google or Yelp if they have a business page. Reach is huge if they have a page; near-zero if they don't. The platform isn't built for housing context — categories like "slow maintenance" or "deposit issues" don't exist. And most landlords (especially small, individual ones) don't have a profile at all, so there's nowhere to post.

Best for: big property management companies that already have a Google Maps presence.

3. Reddit (city subreddits, r/AskNYC, r/Renters)

Naming a bad landlord on Reddit gets eyes fast — city subs are heavily searched by renters. Downsides: posts get buried in hours, no permanent profile for the landlord, no way for future renters to find your warning unless they search the exact landlord name. And many city subs have rules against naming specific landlords.

Best for: urgent warnings about ongoing scams. Not durable.

4. Tenant union and city housing-court sites

Some cities have public housing-court databases (NYC's OpenAccess, Boston's Eviction Court records) where you can look up a landlord's eviction history. Tenant unions sometimes publish bad-landlord lists. Hugely valuable, but they're databases of legal records — not where you'd post a personal review.

Best for: research before signing a lease. Not where you post your own experience.

5. Direct social media (TikTok, X, Instagram)

A viral TikTok about a slumlord can reach millions. But virality is unreliable, posts age out of feeds in days, and there's no way for someone specifically searching your landlord to find your post six months later. Higher reach in the short term, near-zero in the long term.

Best for: getting a single specific situation noticed quickly. Not for long-term renter protection.

How to choose

If your goal is to warn future renters in your specific building or city: post on a site that's structured around landlord and property profiles (so your review is findable months later by the right person).

If your goal is to vent or get a quick response from a property management company: a generic platform or social media is faster.

The real recommendation: cross-post. Put your detailed review on a landlord-specific site like Judge My Landlord so it's permanent and discoverable, AND share a short version on social or your local subreddit to drive immediate awareness.

Wherever you post, the principles are the same: specific, documented, grounded in your experience. The platform decides whether anyone finds it. We obviously think Judge My Landlord is the best place for that — but the worst outcome is a renter staying silent because they couldn't pick a platform.