Rent to Friends of Friends

Rent your home to people you can trust

Rent your primary home to friends of friends. Control who sees it on our private invite-only platform.

Sunny 2BR in Prospect Heights

Brooklyn, NY · $185/night

Invite only · Private listing

Contract Signed

Payment Received

Connected by

James T.

Brooklyn, NY · Host & Guest

★ 9/10 Trust Level

Contract Signed

Payment Sent

Connected by

3 Mutual Friends

4.9

Trust Score

★★★★★

The Problem

Renting your actual home, actually isn't great

So most people just don't do it.
Losing out on monetizing their empty home.

Exposing your nice stuff

Leaving nice glasses, couches, art, etc to strangers wear and tear

Putting your stuff away

Every time you rent. Taking it back out every time you return.

Neighbor issues

Potential to upset nice, or nosy neighbors.

Coverage doesn't mean caring

Airbnb's coverage gives renters peace of mind to care less about your things.

Documents and laptop showing rental regulations

Public listings are searchable

Anyone can monitor or see your rental listings.

The Solution

Rent only to
friends of friends

Establish trust by connecting through friends and keeping your listing private.

Benefits

Sublet with less stress

Less worry, less prep, less risk,
because trust changes everything.

Trust they'll be respectful

Having a direct social connection keeps people accountable. They're not a stranger, they're a friend of a friend.

Cozy lived-in living room with plants and books

Leave your stuff where it is

Keep your home, your home. No clearing out closets, or putting away your things. Everything stays as you like it when you return.

Quiet residential street — private and under the radar

Keep your listing private

No public listings. Just like letting your friends stay at your place.

How It Works

Just like Airbnb, but with friends of friends

You handle the terms, contract and payment with tools we provide.

Vouch friends → they vouch theirs

Invite people you actually know. They invite people they actually know. The graph builds itself into a real trust network.

List your home privately

Only people in your trust network can see your listing. Invite-only or friends of friends — you set the privacy.

Pay & coordinate off-platform

Venmo, Zelle, whatever works. We don't take a cut. Trustead provides the trust graph and tools — you keep the money.

The Bigger Picture

This is already happening,
Trustead just gives it a platform

People do this now through
email and Facebook Groups

Friends send out "anyone need my place in July?" to group chats, email lists, and trusted Facebook groups.

Trustead just gives them real listings, profiles and the ability to extend their reach.

This is what Airbnb started as

Airbnb began as a way to rent your actual home. But it became the most well-known vacation rental platform. Guests now expect a hotel experience, and hosts have to strip their homes down to match.

Trustead is for the people that model left behind.