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How To Manage Property Leases & Tenants in Stessa

How To Manage Property Leases & Tenants in Stessa

Set up units, tenants, and lease details to keep your dashboards accurate and insightful.

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Why It Matters

Your Leases & Tenants page powers the Rent Roll, which drives the Income metrics across your Property and Portfolio dashboards. If the Rent Roll is out of sync with actual rents or tenancy status, your dashboards won’t reflect reality.

Where to Find the Rent Roll

  • Navigate to your Leases & Tenants page.

  • The Rent Roll is organized by Portfolio → Property → Unit.

  • Each row represents a unit, showing current lease and tenant details.

  • Click "Add Tenant" (or an existing tenant's name) to manage lease details.

How to Add, Edit, or Delete Units

  • Click directly on unit fields (like unit name, bed/bath count, notes) to edit.

  • Click the gear icon (⚙️) in the upper right to:

    • Add Unit

    • Add Other Income (e.g., parking, laundry)

    • Delete Unit

Bulk Upload Units & Tenants via CSV

To quickly upload multiple units or tenants:

  1. Click the gear icon in upper right corner > Upload from CSV.

  2. Use this header format in your CSV:

    1. Unit

    2. Bedrooms

    3. Bathrooms

    4. Square Feet

    5. Tenant Names

    6. Rent Amount

    7. Market Rent

    8. Deposit

    9. Move-In Date

    10. Lease Expires Date

    11. Notes

Managing Tenants & Lease Details

Add or Edit Tenants

  • Use the "Add Tenant" section to add a tenant

  • Once the tenant name is added, click the name to access the details page.

  • From here:

    • Add contact information (tenant phone number, email address)

    • Set move-in date (this will update the Rent History Card)

    • Add co-tenants

    • Add notes

  • To move out a tenant, add a move-out date

Lease Renewals & Month-to-Month

  • Go to Rent History.

  • Use "Renew Lease" to update rent or term.

  • Use "Set as Month-to-Month" to remove a fixed end date.

Add Future or Past Tenancies

  • At the top of the page you can "Add Prior Tenancy" or "Add Future Tenancy"

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