Recording Rent and Payments

Every payment in Rental Command is tied to a lease. You can add one by hand, or capture a rent check with a photo and let the app fill it in.

Add a payment by hand

1. Open Accounting (you'll land on the Ledger tab).
2. Click New Payment.
3. Pick the lease, enter the amount, set the due date.
4. Choose a type — Rent, Security Deposit, Late Fee, Utility, or Other.
5. Choose a status — Scheduled, Paid, Partial, Late, or Waived.
6. Click Save Payment.

Capture a rent check instead

Photograph the check on the Scan page with the document type set to Rent Check / Payment. The app reads the amount and date; you pick which lease it's for and confirm. See Scanning documents.

Mark a payment paid

In the Ledger, a payment that isn't paid yet shows a Mark Paid button — click it to record that the money came in. You can also open the payment to edit any detail.

Where payments show up

• The Ledger tab lists every payment and expense together, with filters for type, status, category, property, and date range.
• The Collected, Outstanding, and Overdue tiles at the top of Accounting (and on your Dashboard) update automatically.
• Each payment also appears on its lease's Account History.

Scheduled vs. paid

A Scheduled payment is rent you expect; a Paid one is money received. Keeping these honest is what makes your Outstanding and Overdue numbers trustworthy.