Yes. 
You need to know the "rules" or as some put it, pay the piper!!!!
#1 rule is under the credit law, rent is not a debt and isn;t reportable unless the services have been provided and not paid for. So if your rent period is a full month, and you collect at the start of that period for the full period, until that full month has pass, the tenant has not received the full services that rent payment covers so its not a debt.
As a single landlord or PMC, odds are the cost and process of becoming a member reporting subscriber to a credit reporting agency is just way to expensive and time consuming.
The go arounds are:
1. Turn the debt over to a collection agency and have them file the report.
2. Get a judgement and have the judgement show up on the credit report.
3. Join a organization (like a state landlord association) that is a member reporting company or has the benefit of a third party service available to you.
4. Change the due date of the rent to the day after the month its for.
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