Collecting rent online (Stripe Connect)

Rent collection runs on top of Stripe Connect — every paid lease bills the tenant card or ACH on schedule, deposits to your Stripe Connect account, and posts the entry to Accounting.

Walkthrough:

1. Activate the Rental Management module (requires Property Operations also active).
2. Add your units under /property → Units.
3. Create a lease via /property?tab=rentals → + New Lease:
• Tenant (links to a Contact)
• Unit
• Term, monthly rent, late-fee schedule
• First-of-month vs anniversary-billed
4. Send the lease for e-signature.
5. Once signed, the monthly rent invoice schedule activates automatically. The tenant gets an invitation email to set up autopay (card or ACH) or pay manually each month.

Late fees:
• Configurable per lease (% or flat dollar, with grace period)
• Apply automatically on day N past the due date
• Late-fee revenue posts to a separate GL account

Eviction audit:
• Every status transition (notice served, court filing, judgment, possession recovered) appends to a hash-chained audit log per tenant
• The chain is FCRA-compliant for credit-bureau reporting
• Wally has a guard that blocks Fair Housing Act-prohibited language in eviction-notice drafts

Background checks:
• Use the Background Check tool to run an FCRA-compliant Checkr screen on a prospective tenant
• Costs ~$30 per screen, billed to your org via the standard chargeback ledger
• If no Checkr API key is set, the system runs in stub mode for dev