Today · April 28Paid
SC
Sarah Chen
412 Maple Street · Unit A
$2,150
via Venmo
Lease through Aug 2026 No action needed
For the accidental landlord
Roost is rental management for one landlord with a few rentals — the nurse with an inherited home, the retiree with a duplex, the homeowner who moved and kept the old place. Track rent, send reminders, log expenses, breeze through tax time.
$20 / month · unlimited units · no card up front
412 Maple Street · Unit A
Tone
Friendly accountant
Pace
Unhurried
Texture
Warm paper
Voice
Plain English
01 — What's inside
Rent
Each lease gets a row per month. Tenant pays via Venmo or Zelle, you tap the row. We auto-text reminders three days before, on the day, and three days late — signed with your name, not ours.
Tax time
Income and expenses categorized the way the IRS asks for them, exportable as a clean PDF in April. The thing your accountant has been asking you to organize.
Maintenance
Tenants text your dedicated number when something breaks. Photos, timestamps, replies in one place — your phone stops buzzing at midnight.
Documents
One folder per property. Searchable. Not buried in three different Gmail threads from five years ago.
02 — How it feels
Status chips do the heavy lifting. Sage means paid and at peace, amber means due soon, terracotta means a real conversation needs to happen. No red sirens, no scolding tenants — just a calmer way to know where things stand.
Sarah Chen
Paid Apr 28412 Maple Street · Unit A
David Reyes
Due in 3 days412 Maple Street · Unit B
James Miller
5 days late88 Linden Avenue
03 — Pricing
No per-unit fees, no per-tenant fees, no setup fees. If your situation changes — you buy another rental, your duplex gets a second tenant — the price doesn't.
Existing tools were quoted at $80 to $200 a month. Those are built for property managers with twenty units and a team. You have neither. So Roost is $20.
or $200/year — two months free
No credit card required.