A lease is not a PDF in a drawer. It is the operating record for a tenancy: who lives there, what they pay, when the term started, when it ends, whether rent is current, and how much deposit you are holding. When that information lives in email, a spreadsheet, and a folder labeled “leases 2024,” you cannot answer a simple question—what is due on Oak Unit A?—without reconstructing the file.
Manor Keeper treats the lease as a first-class object. Each record is linked to a property, a unit, and the tenants on that household. The landlord dashboard shows term length, monthly rent, security deposit, start and end dates, arrears, and status in one view, with a portfolio list so you are not clicking into every building to find the lease that is late or ending soon.
Arrears are computed from rent you have already recorded in the books versus the rent the lease says is due. That keeps the lease dashboard honest: it reflects what you logged, not a separate shadow ledger. If a tenant is current, you see it. If they are behind after the grace window, the lease is flagged in arrears without waiting for a year-end surprise.
Renewals start from the existing record. You copy rent, deposit, term, and tenants into a draft instead of retyping the tenancy. E-sign still lives with documents for now—the lease page points you there and leaves a hook for reminders and envelope status on the same dashboard later.
Competitors center operations on the lease because landlords do too. A vacancy, a late rent call, a deposit dispute, and a renewal all start from “which lease is this?” Manor Keeper’s lease record is that starting point: list, detail, tenants, money, dates, and a place to grow renewals and signatures without inventing a second system of record.