You just closed on your first rental property. Or maybe you're house hacking and renting out a spare room. Either way, you don't need enterprise software designed for 500-unit portfolios. Start with a spreadsheet. Let RentGuard watch it for you.
Free forever for 1 property. Pro $15/mo. No contracts. Cancel anytime.
You searched "landlord software" and found tools built for property management companies. Tenant portals, accounting modules, maintenance workflows. You have one tenant. You need to know if they paid.
Every blog post lists different things to monitor. Rent payments, lease dates, maintenance requests, inspections. You just need to start somewhere simple and add complexity later.
What if rent is late and you don't notice for two weeks? What if there's a lease provision you should be enforcing? The anxiety of "what am I forgetting?" is worse than the actual work.
You signed up for three different platforms, imported your data into none of them, and now you're back to a Google Sheet. Sound familiar? That spreadsheet is fine. It just needs monitoring.
A Google Sheet with columns for Unit, Tenant, Amount, Due Date, and Status is all you need. RentGuard reads it daily and alerts you when something is overdue. No migration required.
If you can share a Google Sheet, you can set up RentGuard. Connect your spreadsheet, tell us which columns are which, and monitoring starts. Setup takes under 10 minutes.
Start with rent monitoring on one property. Add maintenance tracking when you're ready. Add more properties as your portfolio grows. Same $15/mo price regardless.
Share your Google Sheet with RentGuard. We read your data in read-only mode. Your original sheet stays untouched.
RentGuard checks your data every day and flags overdue rent or aging maintenance requests. No manual review needed.
Receive email alerts only when something needs attention. Take action directly from the email or your dashboard.
I spent two weeks evaluating Buildium and AppFolio for my duplex. Then I realized I could just use a Google Sheet and RentGuard. Set up in 10 minutes. Wish I'd started here.
Jordan K.
First-time landlord, 1 duplex
* Example testimonial representing typical customer experience
No. RentGuard auto-detects common column names like Unit, Tenant, Amount, Due Date, and Status. We also offer free templates if you want a head start. Any basic rent tracking spreadsheet will work.
Not at all. One property still means tracking rent payments, watching for late payments, and staying on top of maintenance. RentGuard does that automatically for $15/mo so you don't have to remember to check.
RentGuard detects your column mapping when you connect. If you restructure your sheet, you can re-map columns in a few clicks. Your monitoring history stays intact.
A phone reminder tells you to check your spreadsheet. RentGuard checks the spreadsheet for you and only alerts you if something is actually wrong. No more opening a sheet to find out everything is fine.
Free forever · Pro $15/mo
Free: 1 property, 5 units. Pro: unlimited. No contracts.
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