I&#x27;m a freelancer and I&#x27;ve had happily clients pay me through PayPal, Venmo, Dwolla and other services.<p>But if I were a landlord, I&#x27;d sadly ask for a check too. A lot of U.S. jurisdictions require a landlord not to accept rent in certain circumstances from a tenant he&#x27;s trying to evict.<p>It&#x27;s well established how to do this with a check: don&#x27;t cash it, and possibly send it back to the sender certified mail. I wouldn&#x27;t want to risk paying my lawyer to establish a precedent for what that looks like through a new payment system.