For self-managing landlords with 2–10 units

The paperwork side of landlording, handled.

Rent tracking, tax-ready expense logging, maintenance, renewals, checklists, notices and screening — seven professional files that run themselves, so you can run the properties.

  • Works in Excel and Google Sheets
  • Schedule E builds itself as you log expenses
  • One-time purchase. No subscriptions. Yours forever.

$49 · one-time purchase · instant download

The Rent Tracker dashboard: collection rate, occupancy, late payments and a month-by-month view

Sticky notes. A shoebox of receipts. “I think she paid.”

That's how most small portfolios run — until a deposit dispute, a missed renewal deadline, or an April panic makes it expensive. The fix isn't $40/month software you'll fight with. It's a set of files that do the remembering for you.

What's inside

Seven files. Every job a small landlord actually has.

1

Rent Tracker

Log a payment; the dashboard, color-coded rent roll, and late flags update themselves.

2

Expense Log + Tax Helper

Every expense lands on the right Schedule E line, per property. Mileage log included.

3

Maintenance Request Log

From “tenant texted me” to fixed and filed — with a nudge that gets costs into your taxes.

4

Move-In / Move-Out Checklist

Room-by-room, side-by-side, signature-ready. The document that wins deposit disputes.

5

Key Dates & Renewal Tracker

“Send notice by” dates calculated for you. Amber at 30 days. Red means now.

6

Notice & Letter Templates

Welcome, late-rent reminder, renewal offer, rent increase, notice of entry — fill in and send.

7

Tenant Screening Checklist

A 10-step, Fair-Housing-safe process — including the FCRA steps most landlords miss.

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Bonus: Tax Cheat Sheet

The 1-page fridge version of your Schedule E deductions.

The crown jewel

Tax season becomes one printable page.

Log expenses as they happen — the toolkit files each one under its exact IRS Schedule E line, per property. Capital improvements get caught and kept separate (the #1 small-landlord tax mistake). The mileage log knows the current IRS rates, including 2026's mid-year change.

  • Year-end summary mirrors the Schedule E form itself
  • ⚠ Improvement-catcher keeps big projects off your deduction lines
  • Your accountant gets one clean page, not a shoebox
Schedule E Summary tab: per-property expense lines, totals, and capital improvements memo
The daily driver

Who's paid. Who's late. Who's drifting.

Payments log like a bank statement — one row each — and the rent roll draws itself: green paid, amber partial, red missed, gray vacant. Partial payments, catch-ups, and mid-year rent increases all just work.

  • Collection rate, occupancy, and outstanding balances at a glance
  • Late flags computed from your grace period
  • Formulas locked so a stray keystroke can't break the math
Color-coded rent roll: paid, partial, missed and vacant months across the year
The paperwork

Checklists and letters that hold up.

A move-in/move-out inspection built for deposit season, five ready-to-send letters with fill-in-the-blank fields, and a screening process with a plain-English Fair Housing guide — every legal-adjacent page tells you exactly where to check your state's rules.

  • Prints clean in black and white
  • Caution boxes flag what varies by state — before you send
  • Educational templates, clearly marked — not legal advice
Move-In / Move-Out Inspection Checklist, first page
Built like software, sold like a spreadsheet

Every formula in every workbook was verified against independent calculations — thousands of checks across a year of deliberately messy test data: partial payments, mid-year rent increases, tenant turnover, missed months, refunds, even the IRS's 2026 mid-year mileage change. Then each file was uploaded to Google Sheets and tested live. That's the bar a $49 toolkit should meet.

Get the complete toolkit

Seven files + the bonus cheat sheet. Excel & Google Sheets. Instant download, lifetime access.

$49 one-time purchase

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The Landlord Tax Deductions Cheat Sheet

Questions landlords ask

Excel or Google Sheets?

Both. The files open natively in Excel and import cleanly to Google Sheets (Drive → New → File upload → open with Sheets). Formulas, colors, and dropdowns all work the same in both.

Is this a subscription?

No. One payment, yours forever. No accounts, no logins, no monthly anything.

I just bought my first rental — is this overkill?

It's exactly for you. Start with the Rent Tracker and the Expense Log (about ten minutes each — every file has a Start Here tab). The rest is there the first time you need it.

Is this legal or tax advice?

No — these are educational templates and process guides. Landlord-tenant and tax rules vary by state and city; the files point out exactly where to verify yours, and big decisions belong with your local attorney or tax professional.

What if it's not for me?

30-day money-back guarantee, no hard feelings.

Start free: the Tax Deductions Cheat Sheet

Every Schedule E line in plain English, the repairs-vs-improvements trap, and the write-offs landlords miss — on one page.

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From the guides

The rent tracker spreadsheet that actually works

Why month-grids fail and payment logs don't.

Schedule E, line by line (2026)

Every expense line in the words your receipts use.

The 7 write-offs small landlords miss

Including the mileage math nobody does.