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Rent Manager

Summary

Rent Manager is property management software that runs accounting, leasing, resident payments, maintenance and owner reporting in one database. It is sold in three bundles, by quote, to management companies with residential, commercial or niche rental portfolios.

Price
Price on request
Open source
No
Best for
Fee-based management companies running mixed rental portfolios in one accounting system

What we checked

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Rent Manager price and terms

Terms

Sign up without sales
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What needs a higher plan

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What we checked on Rent Manager

YesPartlyNo

Finding a tenantYes

Listing your vacancy

Unit and property data is pushed from the database to internet listing sites and kept in step automatically, with Zillow, Apartments.com, Apartment List, Zumper and Rentable each given an integration page.

Effortlessly push your unit and property information from your database onto various ILS platforms. All data changes in Rent Manager automatically…

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Finding a tenantYes

Online applications

Applicants complete custom application templates on the landlord's own website, and the vendor says fees are collected through integrated providers without naming an amount.

Conduct thorough prospect screenings and collect application fees via our integrated providers to connect every integral piece of the application…

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Finding a tenantYes

Tenant screening

Screening is built in and supplied by AmRent, covering credit, multi-state criminal and housing court records plus identity checks, with no price published and no statement of who pays.

AmRent’s built-in resident screening services offer a streamlined process that help you take the guesswork out of filling your resident vacancies.

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Finding a tenantYes

Income verification

Income is verified through the screening partner by having applicants grant digital access to their banking activity rather than hand over payslips; no price or fee payer is published.

Stop the manual gathering of paystubs; instead, applicants grant digital access to their actual banking activity to mitigate the risk of receiving…

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Leases and rentYes

Leases signed online

Leases and renewals are sent to the portal and signed there, signature fields can be dropped onto any document or template, and the entry bundle includes unlimited signatures.

Send new leases to prospects and updated leases to renewing tenants that can be readily accessed and signed through their online portal accounts.

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Leases and rentPartly

State-specific leases

The vendor's own library is of property management letters such as pay or quit notices, while standard lease forms come from integrated partners; no page claims an attorney reviewed any template.

Whether you’re looking for industry-standard lease forms with e-Signature functionality or affordable renters insurance for your residents, Rent…

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Leases and rentYes

Rent collected online

Renters pay rent and other charges from the portal, and the vendor says transactions post instantly to the ledger, while saying nothing about how long money takes to reach the landlord's bank.

This secure resource gives tenants the flexibility to pay rent and other charges online, electronically sign leases, and submit maintenance requests…

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Leases and rentPartly

Autopay and reminders

Recurring electronic payments are supported for receivables, but the automated notices the vendor describes are graded delinquency alerts sent after money is late rather than reminders before rent falls due.

Deliver notices via email, text, phone broadcast, or Virtual Post Office based on your predetermined schedule and protocol. Alerts are personalized…

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Leases and rentYes

Late fees

Late fees are posted by the Task Automation feature on a schedule the landlord sets, alongside recurring charges and management fees.

The Task Automation feature lets you set up posting schedules and Rent Manager automates these routine activities for you without fail.

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Leases and rentYes

Security deposits

Deposits are handled by the built-in Rentable module, which posts activity to the resident ledger and tracks state deadlines, interest and itemised statements in all fifty states.

Rentable’s built-in, no-cost solution gives Rent Manager users complete security deposit management from move-in through post move-out, automating…

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Leases and rentYes

Rent paid in cash

CashPay lets renters pay in cash at around thirty thousand CheckFreePay counters including Walmart, with the payment appearing immediately; the vendor publishes no fee for it.

CashPay lets tenants electronically pay rent with cash from any of 30,000 CheckFreePay locations nationwide.

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MaintenanceYes

Maintenance requests

Renters submit service requests from the portal or resident app and can pick a time slot, while staff track each issue through statuses such as New, Work in Progress and Resolved.

Residents can use the app to make and view payments, review work orders and submit new ones, and more.

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MaintenanceYes

Work orders to contractors

Vendor records, bills and purchase orders sit in the same system as work orders, billable expenses can be charged back with a markup, and supplier payments run through the built-in AvidPay service.

This billing and invoicing tool allows you to charge back expenses to tenants or owners in the form of invoices, and optionally add a markup amount…

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MaintenanceYes

Move-in and move-out inspections

Inspections run end to end in the mobile app with customisable templates, photos and video, and service issues can be raised from the findings; renters sign off electronically on completed work.

Inspections can be conducted from start to finish via the rmAppSuite Pro mobile app. Make notes, take photos, and schedule work orders in the field…

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The booksYes

Income and expenses by property

This is a full double-entry ledger running cash and accrual at once, with balance sheet, general ledger and profit and loss reports that can be exported and emailed to an accountant.

Rent Manager functions in cash and accrual accounting simultaneously. Manage everything from one-time transactions to electronic bank reconciliations…

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The booksYes

Bank sync

Bank and credit card accounts connect directly so real transactions flow in and are reconciled with machine assistance, and the page offers a bank compatibility search.

Securely connect your bank and credit card accounts to Rent Manager, allowing real-world transactions to be seamlessly synced and reconciled using…

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The booksPartly

Bank accounts from the vendor

For deposits the built-in Rentable module opens a state-correct escrow account in the landlord's name with interest-bearing sub-accounts, while ordinary operating and rent accounts remain the landlord's own bank accounts.

Rentable opens the correct escrow account for your state automatically FBO-titled, interest-bearing, individual sub-accounts included. No bank calls,…

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The booksYes

A bank account per property

Deposits are tied to the property and the bank account they belong to, so each property can run against its own account; the vendor publishes no charge for extra accounts.

Deposit funds and easily connect them to the correct property and bank account.

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The booksYes

1099s

Vendor and owner 1099 forms are generated inside the software and can be filed electronically through the tax authority's own system, with compatible paper forms sold by a named partner.

Generate vendor and owner 1099s, verify amounts, enter expenses, and other essential tax time duties.

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The booksPartly

Receipts

Photographing a receipt extracts and categorises the expense and raises a payable automatically, but this sits in the AI-powered accounts suite that the bundle list puts above the entry bundle.

Simply snap a photo of a receipt, and Smart Receipts will extract and categorize the expense data, automatically creating a payable in Rent Manager.

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Managing for other ownersYes

Owner portal and statements

Owner Web Access gives each owner a portal showing reserves, bank balances, distributions and management fees, with reports they can run themselves and documents they can sign.

Owner Web Access (OWA) allows your owners to log into a designated, customized portal to view reserves, bank balances, distributions, and management…

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Managing for other ownersYes

Trust accounting

Owner funds are held and paid per managed property with electronic bank reconciliation, and deposits sit in state-correct escrow sub-accounts held for the benefit of the renter, though the vendor never uses the phrase trust accounting.

Rentable automatically calculates and monitors state-specific deadlines, interest requirements, escrow rules, and escheatment tracking.

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Managing for other ownersYes

Management fees

Management fees are calculated and posted from templates per managed property, funds move from the property account to the management company, and owners are paid their distribution by bank file, cheque or other electronic means.

Create and assign Management Fee Templates for each of your managed properties and post fees based on your specific requirements.

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Managing for other ownersYes

Team users

Each member of staff gets an account with a role, and permissions control which properties, financial institutions and actions they reach; the vendor publishes no per user price.

Clearly define expectations and user permissions through the creation and modification of user accounts, assigning user roles, and establishing…

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Your tenantsYes

Tenant app

Renters get Tenant Web Access in the browser and the rmResident mobile app, where they pay, view payments, raise and follow work orders and stay in touch with the manager.

rmResident is a secure, easy-to-use mobile app designed to keep renters and property managers connected.

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Your tenantsYes

Renters insurance

The built-in LeaseTrack module offers lease-compliant policies, tracks who is covered, and can enrol an uncovered renter onto a master policy so cover never lapses.

Plus, renters who do not have a compliant insurance policy can be automatically enrolled in a master policy program so there’s never a lapse in…

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Your tenantsYes

AI features

Branded Orion AI spans call summaries, a writing assistant, accounts payable and receivable automation, voicemail and banking insights, report analysis and a script builder, spread across the three bundles.

now enhanced by Orion AI, an evolving technology that introduces smarter automation, deeper insights, and greater efficiency across your organization

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Trying it, starting and getting helpNo

Sign up without a sales call

Every route to buying runs through sales: the bundles page offers a quote request and the only onboarding path described is a scheduled demonstration followed by implementation consulting.

Ready to dive in? Fill out the form below to schedule your free demo.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Support

Telephone support runs Monday to Friday from eight in the morning to seven in the evening Eastern time on a published number, with email accepted and emergency cover outside those hours.

Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 7:00 pm Eastern* 513-583-1482

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Getting your data out

More than four hundred and fifty reports can be exported, downloaded and emailed, and an open interface lets a developer pull data out, though no page describes a single leaving-time export of the whole database.

Rent Manager has a robust library of more than 450 comprehensive reports that you can export, download, and email.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Property types

Single-family and multifamily residential are the core, with dedicated pages for affordable housing, student housing, manufactured housing, commercial, self storage, holiday homes and recreational vehicle parks.

Manage your single-family and multifamily portfolio with our comprehensive software. Rent Manager is built to tackle all the complexities that come…

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Still sold

live and actively sold: the bundles page was updated this month, quotes are invited, and training, webinars and a user conference are scheduled through late 2026.

Rent Manager delivers all the tools property management companies need in one integrated solution.

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