I'm building a free maintenance tracker for small landlords — would this actually help you?
I manage a few units myself and got tired of the same mess everyone here talks about: WhatsApp threads with tenants, photos buried in my camera roll, repair receipts scattered across my email.
Enterprise tools like AppFolio are priced for 50+ unit operators. Free tools like Notion require too much setup. So I started building something in between.
What it does:
- Tenants get a simple web portal to submit issues with photos (no app download)
- You see everything in one inbox with status tracking
- Repair costs are logged per unit so tax time isn't a nightmare
- Landlord creates the tenant account and they get a default password and change it on first login
- Web application so nobody needs to install anything, mobile & desktop friendly.
It's called Landsio. Still early... nothing is live yet, just validating whether this is actually useful before I build more.
My questions for you:
- Would you actually use a tenant portal, or do your tenants prefer texting through whatsapp or other service?
- What's the one feature that would make you switch from your current setup?
- How would you improve this overral?
Honest (and respectfull, please) feedback only. happy to be told this already exists and I missed it.