Renewing a Lease (Active and Expired)

When a great tenant reaches the end of their contract, you want to sign them for another year. Landager gives you two distinct ways to handle this renewal in the system, depending on if the terms of the contract changed.

Method 1: The Seamless Extension (Recommended)

Use this when: The tenant is renewing for another term, and the primary terms (including the rent amount) remain exactly the same.

Instead of cluttering your database with two nearly identical lease records, simply trace over the existing one:

1. Navigate to the LeasesIl-preview mhux disponibbli list and open their current expiring lease.
2. Click "Edit".
3. Extend the End Date out by another 12 months (or leave it blank for a month-to-month agreementIl-preview mhux disponibbli).
4. Upload the newly signed PDF renewal addendum to the Documents section of the lease.
5. Click "Save Changes".

By extending the End Date, the system never flips the Lease StatusIl-preview mhux disponibbli to Expired. The lease remains seamlessly Active, and your dashboard financial metrics see no interruption.

Method 2: The New Scheduled Contract (Required for Rent Increases)

Use this when: The tenant is renewing, but you are raising their rent, changing who is on the lease (e.g., adding a roommate), or fundamentally altering the terms.

Because Landager uses the legal Lease Rent field to calculate your historical and future expected revenue, you must not overwrite last year's rent amount if it has changed this year. If Sarah paid $1,000 all of last year, but you edit her active lease to $1,100 for the renewal, you forcefully rewrite her historical ledger.

The correct workflow for a rent increase renewal:

1. Go to the Leases page and click "New Lease".
2. Create a brand new contract for Sarah in her current Unit.
3. Set the new Start Date to begin the day after her current lease naturally expires next month.
4. Set the new Rent Amount to $1,100.
5. Save the new lease.

Sarah's active $1,000 lease continues seamlessly. Her new $1,100 lease hits the calendar in a dormant "Scheduled" status.

When the exact morning of the move-over date arrives, Landager's engine automatically flips the old lease to "Expired" and structurally elevates the Scheduled lease to "Active". You now have a perfect historical paper trail!