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Rent Perfect

Summary

Rent Perfect is landlord software for self-managing owners that pairs an online rental application with background checks researched by licensed private investigators. Add-on RentPay collects rent from tenant bank accounts, with leases, inspections, work orders and a ledger in the same account.

From
$10 a monthbilled monthly
Open source
No
Best for
Self-managing landlords who want a person to research criminal and eviction records

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Price on its site
From $10 a monthFrom its pricing page

Rent Perfect price and terms

Terms

Free to start
PartlyPartly
The terms in full

Screening costs the landlord nothing when the applicant pays the $47.95 fee, and lease agreements are free for every screened tenant, but the Pro account carries a one-off $9.95 charge and collecting rent costs $10 a month per bank account.

Sign up without sales
YesYes

What we checked on Rent Perfect

YesPartlyNo

What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Cost for 25 units a month

$108.90 a month on Rent Perfect RentPay for 25 units. Includes required fees: transaction settlement fee charged to the landlord on each transaction $0.15. Charged per unit: 25 × $3.95 (rent payment by bank transfer).

Landlords pay just $10 per month per deposit account. (unlimited properties.)

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Cost for 5 units a month

$29.90 a month on Rent Perfect RentPay for 5 units. Includes required fees: transaction settlement fee charged to the landlord on each transaction $0.15. Charged per unit: 5 × $3.95 (rent payment by bank transfer).

On the page: Rent Perfect Pricing, RentPay pricing bullet list, first bullet

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Cost for 50 units a month

$207.65 a month on Rent Perfect RentPay for 50 units. Includes required fees: transaction settlement fee charged to the landlord on each transaction $0.15. Charged per unit: 50 × $3.95 (rent payment by bank transfer).

On the page: Rent Perfect Pricing, RentPay pricing bullet list, first bullet

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

What the price is based on

One flat monthly price rather than a price per unit: ten dollars a month for each bank account receiving rent, covering any number of properties, with the tenant paying each payment fee.

Just $10* per month for landlords, unlimited properties.

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Rent payment fees

The tenant pays three dollars ninety-five cents on each rent payment made from a bank account, and the vendor states card payments are not offered at all.

Tenants: $3.95 per ACH transaction

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What it costs for 25 unitsNo

Minimum units or minimum fee

No minimum number of units or properties is required: the published monthly fee covers unlimited properties for one landlord bank account.

$10 per month for landlords, Unlimited properties.

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What it costs for 25 unitsNo

Unit caps

There is no unit, lease or property ceiling that pushes a landlord onto a dearer plan, because the one published monthly fee states unlimited properties.

On the page: Processing Fees for RentPay, fee bullet list, first bullet

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Promotion and regular price

promotion: the nine dollars ninety-five cents account price is presented as a current special offer, and the vendor does not publish a regular price it reverts to or an end date.

Sign up for our current special offer! Landlords pay just $9.95 for a Rent Perfect Pro account.

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Setup or onboarding fee

Opening the Pro account costs nine dollars ninety-five cents once, and that charge is separate from the monthly rent collection fee.

Landlords pay just $9.95 for a Rent Perfect Pro account.

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Finding a tenantYes

Online applications

Applicants fill in a secure online application by email or text invite, and the screening fee of forty-seven dollars ninety-five cents is usually theirs to pay.

When you invite an applicant through Rent Perfect, they complete a secure, online rental application that gathers the essential information Rent…

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Finding a tenantYes

Tenant screening

A full credit report and instant criminal records arrive first, then a licensed private investigator searches criminal and eviction records across the applicant's known names and addresses; the applicant usually pays forty-seven dollars ninety-five cents.

A private investigator will search for criminal and eviction records for all known aliases and available places in the United States where your…

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Finding a tenantNo

Income verification

The application collects income and employer details from the applicant, but the vendor says plainly it does not verify employment, and tells the landlord to call employers and read pay stubs.

we do not currently offer rental history or employment verification services

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Leases and rentYes

Leases signed online

A lease wizard builds the agreement from your chosen template with dates, rent, deposit and fees, then invites the tenant to sign it online and stores the copy.

With Rent Perfect's Prepare Lease Wizard, you can easily generate a digital lease agreement and send a signing notification to invite your tenant to…

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Leases and rentYes

Rent collected online

Tenants pay from their bank account after linking it, and the vendor states the money reaches the landlord's account in three to five working days.

Payments take 3–5 business days to process. Weekends and holidays do not count as business days.

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Leases and rentYes

Autopay and reminders

Tenants can schedule automatic monthly payments on a day they choose, and the system sends payment reminders and late alerts without the landlord chasing.

Automatically sends monthly recurring payment reminders and displays late payment alerts, along with inclusion of late fees.

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Leases and rentYes

Late fees

You set the late fee rules when creating the payment details, and the charge is added by itself once your grace period has passed.

Set up your late fee structure when creating the payment details. RentPay will automatically include any applicable late fees if the tenant pays…

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Leases and rentYes

Partial payments

Part payments are blocked unless the landlord chooses to allow one, by sending a fresh request for a smaller amount, so the landlord keeps control of the total.

RentPay does not allow tenants to submit partial payments by default.

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Leases and rentYes

Security deposits

One-off payment requests collect deposits and move-in money alongside rent, and the lease wizard records the deposit amount; no separate deposit-holding account is described.

Request one time payments for security deposits, move-in fees, and more.

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Leases and rentNo

Rent paid in cash

The only electronic method published is a payment from the tenant's own bank account; the vendor states cards are unavailable and names no shop or kiosk where cash can be handed over.

Credit card payments are unavailable at this time.

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Leases and rentYes

Rent reported to credit bureaus

On-time payments made through the rent collection service are passed to the credit bureau by themselves, at no separate charge named anywhere in the fee list.

Positive payments are automatically reported to the credit bureau, helping improve your credit score over time!

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MaintenanceYes

Maintenance requests

Tenants raise the job in their own portal and the landlord reviews it and passes it to a chosen trade; the articles do not say whether photos can be attached.

Tenants submit a work order need through their Rent Perfect portal.

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MaintenanceYes

Work orders to contractors

The landlord forwards the job to a preferred trade who then arranges it with the tenant directly; nothing in the article describes paying that trade through Rent Perfect.

Landlords review the work order and send it to one of their preferred vendors.

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MaintenanceYes

Move-in and move-out inspections

The tenant completes a move-in or move-out walkthrough on their phone with photos, flags repairs, signs off the rest, and the report stays in the landlord's portal.

you simply invite your tenant to complete a move-in inspection right on their phone, including photos, to accurately document the property's condition

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The booksYes

Income and expenses by property

An accounting ledger records money in and money out with expense categories such as maintenance or utilities, and produces reports the vendor pitches for tax time.

Generate detailed reports to simplify tax season.

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The booksNo

Bank sync

The ledger walkthrough gives only two ways in: rent collected through the vendor's own service appears by itself, and everything else is typed in by hand as a credit or debit.

If you need to add a rent payment manually—or any other income—simply click "+Credit" and enter the details.

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The booksNo

Bank accounts from the vendor

The landlord brings their own bank account and links it to the payment processor; the vendor does not open or hold accounts on the landlord's behalf.

Link your bank account with our secure payment processor.

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The booksYes

A bank account per property

Rent can be sent to more than one bank account, but the ten dollar monthly fee is charged for each account receiving payments, so a second account doubles the fee.

*Paid monthly to the payment processor for each bank account receiving payments.

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Your tenantsYes

Tenant app

Tenants sign in to pay rent from their bank account, raise a maintenance job, sign the lease and complete the move-in walkthrough on their phone.

Tenants log in to their account at www.rentperfect.com

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Your tenantsYes

Renters insurance

Mark insurance required for the account or for one address and applicants are emailed that proof of a policy is needed, with a discounted policy offered in their portal.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpPartly

Free plan or trial

Screening costs the landlord nothing when the applicant pays, and lease agreements come free with a completed application, but the account itself costs a one-off fee and rent collection ten dollars a month.

Applicants can pay the *$47.95 screening fee, making it FREE for the landlord.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Sign up without a sales call

You open an account yourself online in minutes with no demo, licence or paperwork; rent collection then needs identity and bank documents to be approved.

Got a few minutes and an internet connection? That's all you'll need to sign up with Rent Perfect. No Real Estate license required!

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Support

A person answers by phone or email Monday to Friday, eight to four Arizona time, closed on public holidays, with after-hours calls bookable by email.

Monday-Friday 8am-4pm Mountain Standard (Arizona)

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

United States

Sold for United States rentals: investigators search court records across the country, and rent is collected into a United States bank account by bank transfer.

Rent Perfect private investigators search for court records all throughout the United States.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Still sold

live: pricing, rent collection and ledger articles were updated during 2025 and 2026, and new landlords are invited to sign up online.

On the page: Rent Perfect Pricing, article dated 2026-01-05, Pro Account pricing bullet list

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