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How To Link Your Financial Accounts (AKA Connected Accounts)

How To Link Your Financial Accounts (AKA Connected Accounts)

Connect bank, credit card, mortgage, and property management accounts. Import and categorize transactions in real-time for easy reporting.

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Overview

Easily connect your bank accounts, credit cards and mortgage accounts to Stessa. Once connected, transactions are automatically imported and categorized in real-time for reporting, tax prep, and performance insights.

Benefits of Linking Accounts

  • Automates transaction tracking and categorization

  • Enables real-time dashboards and performance metrics

  • Powers reports like Income Statements, Net Cash Flow, and tax-ready summaries

  • Helps streamline collaboration with your CPA

Security First:
Stessa uses secure, one-way data imports. Your credentials are never stored or visible to Stessa, and nothing you do in Stessa can alter your actual financial accounts.

How to Link a Bank or Credit Card Account

  1. Go to your Connected Accounts page.

  2. Click + Add Bank.

  3. Slowly type your financial institution’s name. Select the best match (look for "Business" or "Personal" variations).

  4. Enter your online banking credentials and follow any security prompts.

  5. Once authenticated, Stessa will begin importing transactions (this may take up to 24 hours).

Assign Accounts to Properties

After linking, assign each account:

  • Directly to a property – if it serves a single property

  • At the portfolio level or "Import & Review" – if used for multiple properties

    • "Import & Review" will allow you to manually review each transaction and assign appropriately

Set to "Exclude from Stessa" – if unrelated to your rental activity

At anytime you can "Stop Importing" to end new data syncing while keeping historical transactions


How to Link a Mortgage Account

  1. Go to the Connected Accounts page.

  2. Click + Add Bank, then search/select your lender.

  3. Enter your login credentials and wait for authentication.

  4. If transactions don't appear within 24 hours, contact support – some lenders only provide balance data.

Note: Not all lenders support full transaction feeds. We can request expanded support on your behalf.

For more information, visit How To Connect Mortgage Accounts.
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Link a Property Management Account

Stessa supports automatic data imports from PMs that post transactions via AppFolio and Propertyware.



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Having Trouble Connecting Your Financial Accounts?

Visit Troubleshooting Bank Connections for the most common errors and their fixes.

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