What Happens After Adding Your First Property?

Congratulations! You successfully added your first property on the Properties page. But a property in Landager is just a shell — a physical location with empty spaces waiting to be filled.

To make your dashboard fully functional, you need to take three key steps to define what's inside that property.

Step 1: Define the Units

As explained in the Terminology Guide, rent is tracked at the Unit level, not the Property level.

1. Click on the property you just created to open its Detail View.
2. Click Add Unit for each rentable space.
3. For each unit, enter:
   • Unit Number/Identifier (e.g., "101", "Suite A", "Basement")
   • Layout: Bedrooms, Bathrooms, Square Footage
   • Rent Amount and Currency
   • Status: Vacant, Occupied, or Maintenance
   • Optional Notes

Pro Tip: Input the rent amount for each unit now. It saves time later when creating leases.

Step 2: Add Tenants

With your units defined, head over to the Tenants page.

1. Click Add Tenant.
2. Enter the tenant's personal details:
   • First Name and Last Name
   • Email and Phone
   • Assigned Unit
   • Move-In Date and Move-Out Date
   • Status: Active, Past, or Pending
3. Add Emergency Contacts — you can add unlimited contacts per tenant, each with Name, Phone, and Email.

Step 3: Create a Lease

The Lease is the most important record — it connects a Tenant to a Unit and defines the financial terms.

1. Navigate to the Leases page.
2. Click Add Lease.
3. Select the Unit and Tenant.
4. Define the terms:
   • Start Date and End Date
   • Rent Amount and Security Deposit
   • Late Fees: Fixed Amount or Percentage
   • Lease Type: Fixed-term or Month-to-Month
   • Rent Due Day: 1st through 28th
5. Upload the Lease Document (signed agreement PDF, image, etc.).
6. Upload Unit Condition Photos (JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC — up to 30 MB total) to document the unit's starting condition. These photos protect you against security deposit disputes at move-out.

Check Your Dashboard

With a Property, Units, a Tenant, and an active Lease in place, your Dashboard comes alive:

• Total Properties and Units In Use update
• Active Tenants and Occupancy Rate reflect your new lease
• Rent Collected progress bar shows expected revenue
• Recent Activity Feed logs everything you just did

What's Next?

Your property is fully set up. From here you can:

• Log Rent Payments as they come in and share receipts with tenants
• Track Expenses and upload invoices for bookkeeping
• Create Maintenance Requests when repairs are needed
• Add Vendors to your directory for contractor management

For multiple properties, use the Layer Cake Method to efficiently build out your entire portfolio.