Landlord software that earns its keep

If you self-manage a few rentals, you don't need enterprise property-management software. You need landlord software that quietly does the repetitive work: collecting rent, chasing the late month, and keeping the books straight. Here is what that should look like.

What landlord software should actually do

• Collect rent without you. Tenants link a bank account once and pay by ACH, on autopay if they want. You should never match a Zelle deposit to a month in a spreadsheet again.
• Chase late rent automatically. Reminders should follow each lease's own grace period and late-fee rules, not a generic blast you have to remember to send.
• Keep the books as it goes. Every payment, maintenance cost, and expense should land in a per-property report you can hand to your accountant.
• Hold the paperwork. Leases, tenant details, and documents in one place, filled in for you instead of retyped.

Built for 1 to 25 doors, not 500

Most property-management platforms are priced and designed for professional managers with hundreds of units: tiered plans, per-seat pricing, onboarding calls. Lotts is the opposite. It is landlord software for people who own the properties they manage, whether that is one duplex or twenty-five houses.

AI does the tedious parts. Scan a lease PDF and the rent, charges, and late-fee rules fill themselves in. Late-rent messages draft themselves in your tone. Maintenance requests, vendors, and alerts live in one place instead of your text history.

What it should cost

A property manager takes 8 to 10 percent of rent. On a $2,000 rental, that is up to $200 every month. Lotts is free for your first property, then a flat $2.50 per property per month, with every feature included. No tiers, no add-ons, no percentage of your rent.

Where to start

Add your first property, upload the lease, and invite your tenant. Rent collection, reminders, and reports run from there. If you mostly want the rent piece, start with our guide to collecting rent online.