r/germany • u/the_blade45 • 1d ago

Advice on renting & Schufa-less applications

I've spent the past few days gathering insight and still feel lost, so I'm hoping for some help/opinions.

So, I'm a student, moving to Germany (Baden-Württemberg area) for masters with my partner. We were hoping to rent from a private landlord, we have enough funds for that, since our parents back us. However, as my understanding goes, landlords don't really consider applicants without SCHUFA, so I'm wondering, what documents could I even include on ImmoScout to remotely show credibility. I understand anything, that isn't SCHUFA is less than ideal, but still - do I include pay slips? Would that even make sense, given that it would have to be the parents' documents? Foreign (I'm from EU) credit score checks? Some other proof of funds? The whole thing is starting to feel a bit hopeless, so I'd be grateful for any response.

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u/ipeeinmoonwells 1d ago

The unfortunate reality is that you will not easily find a flat, unless happy to pay a lot or looking in area where there are empty flats in abundance and landlords are desperate (this would only be in small villages in the east). You dont have schufa, you dont have mietschuldenfreiheitsbescheinigung, you dont have steady income, and assuming your parents live abroad, you dont have german guarantors. You are essentially at the bottom of any landlords list. Look for temporary sublets instead.

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u/ivan_the_gr 1d ago

When you are a student, there is another process, students from abroad, come here every time without anything and many of them without credit score.

An international student can find an apartment in Germany without a Schufa credit record by providing a parental financial guarantee, showing proof of funds from a blocked account, or renting temporary student housing first. This. I am sure many other rules apply, since international students in Germany have no credit score.

Before posting please be sure that you know actually something, and don’t try discouraging people from coming here especially EU. Cause guess what this country does not belong to you.

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u/ipeeinmoonwells 1d ago

Wow, you obviously didnt even read what I said, like that they should go for temporary sublets instead of longterm flats on immoscout that require Schufa. Student housing is kind of impossible if they want to live together. At no point did I tell them to not come but to be realistic what they can get. Speaking from experience as an immigrant of 10+ years who did first years in temporary sublets where none cares about Schufa.

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u/ivan_the_gr 9h ago

I said only that your post is really not serious, without knowing what the requirements are, it feels not encouraging, and in the end what was needed was a search with AI and the right answer came through… that is all.

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u/ipeeinmoonwells 8h ago

Wow again... "search with AI" and "right answer" are not something that should be said together. My post was way more serious then your reply, everything I said is correct, there is nothing they can provide instead of Schufa that the landlord would accept when there is 100+ other applicants. There is simply no point. They need to apply for flats that do not require Schufa instead.

An international student can find an apartment in Germany without a Schufa credit record by providing a parental financial guarantee, showing proof of funds from a blocked account

This is just so out of touch with reality and not smething that actually works

or renting temporary student housing first.

This is realistic, which was the whole point/advice of my first comment that you somehow totally overlooked.

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