Guides
Written by a landlord, not a marketing team.
I self-manage a small portfolio two time zones from where I live. These are the things I had to figure out the slow way, the tax form, the deposit paperwork, the monthly routine that keeps the books from drifting. No fluff, no listicles. The aim is that a fellow landlord reads one and walks away able to do the thing.
Jamison Cote · Founder, rents.ai · self-managing landlord
Landlord taxes
Schedule E, depreciation, and the deductions small landlords actually use, with the math worked out.
Security deposits
Holding, deducting, and returning deposits with a paper trail that survives a dispute.
Rent & collection
Collecting rent, tracking it, raising it, and handling the month it doesn't arrive.
Leases & turnover
Renewals, notices, move-in and move-out documentation, and what turnover really costs.
Accounting & metrics
The books, the chart of accounts, and the numbers (NOI, cash flow, cash-on-cash) that tell you the truth.
Self-managing
Running your own rentals: the systems, the real math against a property manager, and the honest software question.
Buying & investing
Buying your first rental, analyzing deals, financing them, and scaling a small portfolio without losing the math.
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