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RentPost

Summary

RentPost is cloud property management software that collects rent online, screens applicants through TransUnion, tracks work orders and keeps full double-entry trust accounting. One plan carries every feature, billed as a monthly base fee plus a charge for each rental unit.

From
$30 a month$27 billed annually, 10% less
Open source
No
Best for
Property managers keeping separate trust balances and statements for each owner

What we checked

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Price on its site
From $30 a monthFrom its pricing page

RentPost price and terms

Terms

Free to start
PartlyPartly30-day free trial of the only plan, all features included, no credit card required
The terms in full

no standing free plan after it.

Sign up without sales
YesYes
RentPost's pricing page

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What we checked on RentPost

YesPartlyNo

What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Cost for 25 units a month

$91.50 a month on Pro for 25 units. Every unit counts, vacant or let, unless the vendor bills only occupied units. Charged per unit: 25 × $1.50 (rent payment by bank transfer).

Pricing is calculated at $29 + $1.00/unit per month.

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Cost for 5 units a month

$41.50 a month on Pro for 5 units. Every unit counts, vacant or let, unless the vendor bills only occupied units. Charged per unit: 5 × $1.50 (rent payment by bank transfer).

On the page: Pro Subscription card, pricing formula line

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Cost for 50 units a month

$154 a month on Pro for 50 units. Every unit counts, vacant or let, unless the vendor bills only occupied units. Charged per unit: 50 × $1.50 (rent payment by bank transfer).

On the page: Pro Subscription card, pricing formula line

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

What the price is based on

One public plan: a flat monthly base fee plus a charge for every rental unit you manage, so the bill moves with portfolio size rather than stepping between tiers.

On the page: Pro Subscription card, text under 'Enter your unit count'

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Rent payment fees

Each rent payment made from a bank account costs $1.50 and a card payment costs 2.99%, and the vendor says the tenant is charged that fee at the moment of payment, not the landlord.

There is a processing fee of $1.50 that is charged to the tenant when making an ACH (e-check) payment and 2.99% (3.59% for AMEX) for credit card…

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What it costs for 25 unitsPartly

Minimum units or minimum fee

No smallest portfolio size is stated anywhere, but the $29 base fee is paid in full however few rental units you have, so a one-unit landlord pays $30 a month.

On the page: Pro Subscription card, pricing formula line

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What it costs for 25 unitsPartly

Unit caps

Nothing caps your rental units on the plan itself and the price simply rises per unit, but past 1,000 units the vendor asks you to contact it for volume pricing instead of buying online.

To reserve more than 1,000 units, please contact us for volume pricing and organizational structuring.

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What it costs for 25 unitsNo

Promotion and regular price

none: the headline figure is the standing monthly rate with the billing control set to monthly, and the only discount offered is 10% for paying a year ahead.

Annual Save 10%

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What it costs for 25 unitsNo

Setup or onboarding fee

The vendor states there are no hidden fees, that setting up online payments costs nothing, and that onboarding, training and help importing your data are free for every new account.

No, setup for Payshift (online payments) is completely free for everyone.

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Finding a tenantYes

Online applications

Applicants complete a customisable application online, upload the documents you demand, and can be charged an application fee through the platform, though the fee amount is set by you and is not published.

Collect a lease application fee online payment.

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Finding a tenantYes

Tenant screening

Two TransUnion reports are sold: Basic at $29 covering credit and criminal checks, Premium at $39 adding identity checks and eviction history, and either the applicant or your company can pay.

Basic (credit, criminal, most wanted, sex offender, and terrorist) is available for $29. Premium (credit, criminal, most wanted, sex offender,…

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Finding a tenantPartly

Income verification

You can require applicants to upload proof of income and employment papers, which the platform stores with the application, but no automated income or bank verification check is offered.

attach and store any other documentation provided by tenants - whether that's proof of income, employment verification, pet documentation, or…

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Leases and rentYes

Rent collected online

Tenants pay from a US bank account or by card through the vendor's own payments service; bank payments are held three days to clear while card payments fund the next day.

Electronic bank payments are processed through the ACH network with a 3 day bank hold to ensure funds clear.

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Leases and rentYes

Autopay and reminders

Tenants can schedule a recurring payment for a fixed sum or the balance due on a chosen day, and the system sends tenants notifications when charges and late fees are raised.

Let tenants schedule their rent payments, a fixed amount or the balance due on a day of the month, so they never have to worry about missing a rent…

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Leases and rentYes

Late fees

You define a late fee schedule once and the system raises the charge and tells the tenant, and you choose which receivable accounts late fees apply to.

Setup custom late fee schedules and sit back while the system adds charges and sends tenant notifications.

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MaintenanceYes

Maintenance requests

Tenants raise requests from their portal with photos and files attached, and each request runs through pipeline stages you define until it is closed.

Tenants can submit detailed maintenance requests with photo attachments and supporting documents to help maintenance teams identify issues faster and…

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MaintenancePartly

Work orders to contractors

You can assign a job to an outside contractor who updates it and adds photos, and costs are recorded against it, but the vendor describes only tracking bills to be paid rather than paying the contractor from the job.

Keep track of your bills to be paid with a dynamic accounts payable module, supporting on-the-fly filtering, quick access editing, associated vendor…

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The booksYes

Income and expenses by property

Double-entry books per owner and property, income and expense statements comparable across periods, rent rolls and receivables ageing, all filterable and exportable for an accountant.

Break down income and expenses by property, unit, or owner, and compare any period against the ones before it to see what changed and why.

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The booksNo

Bank accounts from the vendor

The vendor does not open accounts for you; its payments service deposits rent into the business bank accounts you already hold and add to the system.

Collect online payments from tenants and applicants using your business bank accounts.

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The booksYes

A bank account per property

You can add as many bank accounts as you like, including one per property, and the vendor names no charge for extra accounts; each must be switched on for its payments service.

Yes, you can collect rent into as many bank accounts as you would like. Just note that all account must be setup for Payshift payments.

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Managing for other ownersYes

Owner portal and statements

Every owner you manage for gets a login showing their statements, trust balance, income and expense reports, distribution history and documents you share, generated for any date range.

RentPost gives property owners their own secure portal with real-time access to financial statements, completed owner statements, property…

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Managing for other ownersYes

Trust accounting

Trust accounting is the core of the product: each owner account carries its own trust balance on full double-entry ledgers, with separate management and trust books and a custom chart of accounts.

At the core, RentPost is trust accounting software. Whether you're a single owner, or a professional management company with hundreds of owners -…

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Managing for other ownersYes

Management fees

You set up fee structures once and a guided tool works the fees out and applies them, with owner payouts made when you choose and visible to the owner in their portal.

Set up management fee structures once, and RentPost gives you a “wizard” to assist with calculations and applies them automatically. Owner…

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Managing for other ownersYes

Team users

Colleagues, maintenance staff and outside contractors each get their own login with a different level of access; the price depends on rental units only, and no per-person charge is published.

Invite other colleagues to help manage your properties. Everyone has the latest information - no more yelling down the hall to Suzy.

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Your tenantsYes

Tenant app

Tenants get their own portal holding rental details and payment history, where they pay rent, raise maintenance requests and message the manager.

Invite your tenants and give them their own portal with access to all of their rental details, payment history and more.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpNo

Free plan or trial

There is no standing free plan: after a 30-day trial the one paid plan starts at $29 plus a charge per rental unit, while tenants separately bear the per-payment fees.

RentPost provides a free 30-day trial for new users to explore its features without any commitment. After the trial, subscribe to RentPost Pro at $29…

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Sign up without a sales call

You can start the 30-day trial yourself from the signup link with no card and no commitment, though the vendor also pushes a booked demo from most pages.

Try RentPost free for 30 days and enjoy all our Pro features. No credit card required - no commitments.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Contract and cancelling

Billing is month to month with no long-term contract, you can add or drop rental units whenever you like, and cancelling is done from the billing page in your own account.

Cancellations can be done from the billing page within your RentPost account.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Support

Live chat and phone support are included with the only plan, staffed seven days a week, alongside a help centre, free onboarding and free training sessions.

Unlimited support is included with every Pro subscription. We're online 7 days a week by live chat and phone, and the Help Center has getting started…

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Getting your data out

The vendor promises continued access to your data after cancellation and lets you filter, export and print any report, though it does not spell out a single full-account download.

RentPost does not believe in holding your data hostage, ever. It's your data and you will always have access to it, even if your account is canceled.…

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Trying it, starting and getting helpNo

Canada

Sold for US rentals: tenants must pay from a US bank account or card, and no page mentions Canada or Canadian banking at all.

Tenants can use any US based bank account or Credit Card (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or American Express).

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Property types

The vendor names seven portfolio kinds it is built for, including single-family and multi-family homes, student housing let by room or bed, affordable housing and mobile home parks.

Residential Single-family and multi- family

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Still sold

live: the vendor sells to new customers today with a self-serve trial, a published rate card and support staffed seven days a week.

Since 2009, thousands of property managers have trusted RentPost to simplify their work.

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