Properties

Rent-to-Rent Properties

If you rent a property from its owner (on a lease, company let or management agreement) and let it on to your own tenants or to a council, mark it as rented from the owner. You stay the landlord for your tenants; RentFig tracks the head lease, the rent you pay the owner, and your margin.

Getting Started

Turn it on — Properties → the property → Edit → switch on 'Rented from the owner (rent-to-rent)'. Enter the owner's name and email, the rent you pay them and how often, and the lease's start, end and next break date.
Put the rent you pay into your accounts — On the property page, the 'Rented from the owner' panel has 'Add rent to accounts'. It creates one recurring bill under the Rent expense category, from today to the lease end (nothing is back-dated).
Watch your margin — The same panel shows rent in from tenancies that have started, less the rent to the owner, as a monthly figure. For a council let billed per night, the 'rent in' is the monthly figure you entered on the council's tenancy, not what the council actually paid.
Get reminders — RentFig reminds you on the dashboard and by email before the lease ends and before a break date, using Settings → Reminders → Lease Expiry. Notice to use a break is often due months before the break date.
See it in reports — Accounting → Property Comparison can show only rented-from-owner properties. Reports → Yield & Return leaves them out of yield and loan to value and lists them by margin instead.

Common Questions

Why are the Mortgages and Valuations tabs hidden?

They belong to the owner, not you, so they're hidden for these properties unless something was already recorded there.

I changed the rent I pay the owner. Does the bill change?

No — RentFig never changes the bill by itself. The panel says when the bill and the lease no longer match; change or end the bill in Accounting → Bills, and check any bill already raised for the coming period.

What does 'Tenure' mean then?

Tenure stays how the property itself is owned (freehold, leasehold and so on) — the national landlord register asks that separately. The owner's name and email are what it asks for as your superior landlord.

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Rent-to-Rent Properties

Getting Started

Turn it on — Properties → the property → Edit → switch on 'Rented from the owner (rent-to-rent)'. Enter the owner's name and email, the rent you pay them and how often, and the lease's start, end and next break date.
Put the rent you pay into your accounts — On the property page, the 'Rented from the owner' panel has 'Add rent to accounts'. It creates one recurring bill under the Rent expense category, from today to the lease end (nothing is back-dated).
Watch your margin — The same panel shows rent in from tenancies that have started, less the rent to the owner, as a monthly figure. For a council let billed per night, the 'rent in' is the monthly figure you entered on the council's tenancy, not what the council actually paid.
Get reminders — RentFig reminds you on the dashboard and by email before the lease ends and before a break date, using Settings → Reminders → Lease Expiry. Notice to use a break is often due months before the break date.
See it in reports — Accounting → Property Comparison can show only rented-from-owner properties. Reports → Yield & Return leaves them out of yield and loan to value and lists them by margin instead.

Common Questions

Why are the Mortgages and Valuations tabs hidden?

They belong to the owner, not you, so they're hidden for these properties unless something was already recorded there.