Rentara
Automatic rent posting, late fees, and a tenant self-service portal for the portfolio you already manage.
The problem it solves
If you manage a handful of rental units, you're stuck between two bad options. Spreadsheets don't tell you who's late, when a lease expires, or which unit is empty — and they certainly don't post rent charges, compute late fees, answer tenants' "what do I owe?" calls, or produce the monthly statement your property's owner wants.
Hosted property-management platforms do all of that — for a recurring monthly fee, often priced per unit.
What you get
Tenant self-service portal
Each tenancy gets a private link with no login — tenants see their lease terms, ledger, and balance, and can submit maintenance requests with a photo.
Automatic late fees
Set a grace period plus a flat fee and/or a percentage of overdue rent, and Rentara posts exactly one labeled late fee per overdue period.
Automatic rent posting
Each lease bills itself monthly or quarterly anchored to its start day, with no cron needed and no risk of double-posting.
Owner statements
Generate a printable income statement per property or owner for any date range, plus CSV export.
Rent roll and arrears
See arrears the instant a due date passes, with an arrears report showing days overdue and tenant contact details.
Maintenance tracking
Track tickets from open to resolved, with tenant-submitted requests flagged and costs flowing automatically into owner statements.
Pricing — one-time, yours forever
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Honest limitations
- Records payments; does not process/collect rent online (ledger only — mark payments as they arrive by transfer/cash/check/card)
- No tenant login accounts — the portal is private per-lease token links (regenerate/revoke any time); anyone with the link can view that one lease's ledger
- Operations tool, not a marketing/listings portal for finding tenants
- Not a full accounting package — CSV export, then import into your accounting tool
- Single-operator: one admin login per installation
- No email sending — you share portal links and statements yourself
- Rent/lease/tenancy law varies by jurisdiction — late-fee rules are fully configurable (including off), and Rentara gives no legal or tax advice
Two-minute web installer with an in-place 1.0 to 1.1 upgrader; PHP 8+ with MySQL or SQLite, standard shared-hosting compatible.
Frequently asked questions
Do tenants need accounts?
No. Each lease gets a private link; tenants bookmark it, see their own balance and ledger, and submit maintenance requests. You can rotate or kill any link instantly.
Does Rentara collect rent online?
No — Rentara records payments as they arrive by transfer, cash, check, or card; it doesn't process or collect rent online.
I already installed 1.0 — do I lose data?
No. Drop the new files over the old install (keep config.php and data/); the database upgrades itself in place on the next page load. Existing leases stay on manual billing until you enable auto-billing per lease, so nothing back-posts by surprise.
Will this run on my hosting?
Almost certainly. Rentara needs PHP 8+ with PDO — present on virtually all cPanel/Plesk hosts — and either MySQL or SQLite. Installation is a two-minute web installer.
Is it a full accounting package?
No — it's not a full accounting/general-ledger tool. Export CSV and import into your accounting tool.
See it running before you buy
The live demo is being prepared — check back shortly.
Demo — coming soon