Practical advice for landlords, from the makers of LandlordViva.
August 26, 2026
A co-tenant swap looks like a small administrative favor. It's the moment your lease quietly stops describing who actually lives in the unit.
co-tenancy · lease management · us landlords
August 19, 2026
Most landlords decide the increase on nerve and the timing on impulse. Both are arithmetic, and the arithmetic usually argues for a smaller number, delivered earlier.
rent increases · lease management · us landlords
August 12, 2026
The risk in screening isn't picking the wrong applicant. It's being unable to show, months later, that you measured every applicant the same way.
screening · record keeping · us landlords
August 5, 2026
Rent receipts, statements and written notices are routine in most of Europe. Not being able to produce one on request costs you more credibility than you'd think.
paperwork · documents · european landlords
July 29, 2026
Vacancy is the obvious cost of turnover. It's rarely the biggest one. Here's the full bill, and the checklist that shortens it.
turnover · vacancy · us landlords
July 22, 2026
Owning a rental in one country while living in another quietly breaks most landlords' bookkeeping. The fix is deciding, once, which currency your records live in.
cross-border · currency · european landlords
July 15, 2026
The landlords who dread tax season aren't the ones with complicated returns. They're the ones reconstructing a year of expenses from memory in April.
expenses · record keeping · us landlords
July 8, 2026
Across very different European deposit regimes, one thing stays constant: the landlord who can produce dated evidence is the landlord who keeps the deduction.
security deposits · record keeping · european landlords
July 1, 2026
A repair history feels like busywork right up until a habitability complaint, a wear-versus-damage dispute, or a buyer's due diligence — then it's the most valuable thing you own.
maintenance · record keeping · us landlords
June 24, 2026
By the time the keys come back, the decisions that determine how smooth a move-out goes have already been made — or missed.
move-out · lease management · european landlords
June 17, 2026
How you handle the first three days of a missed rent payment sets the pattern for the rest of the tenancy — and most landlords handle it inconsistently.
late rent · payments · us landlords
June 10, 2026
You may not think of yourself as processing personal data. A tenant's name, phone number, income details and payment history say otherwise.
gdpr · privacy · european landlords
June 3, 2026
Most deposit disputes aren't lost on the merits. They're lost because the landlord couldn't prove what the unit looked like on day one.
security deposits · us landlords
May 22, 2026
Lease renewals, rent due dates, and maintenance follow-ups all fail the same way: quietly, until it's too late. Here's how to build a reminder system that actually holds.
reminders · lease management
April 18, 2026
Rent is only half the financial picture. Here's a simple way to track utility bills and property expenses so you actually know what you're keeping, not just what you're collecting.
expenses · utility bills
March 5, 2026
Notices, receipts, invoices, statements, and tenant history — here's how to produce professional PDF documents for your rentals without hiring a designer.
paperless · documents
February 10, 2026
Tenant names, phone numbers, lease terms, and payment history are sensitive. Here's why storing that data on-device, not in the cloud, is the safer default.
privacy · offline
January 15, 2026
If rent tracking in a spreadsheet has started to feel like a second job, these five signs mean it's time for a purpose-built tool.
rent tracking · landlord tips
