> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://zenorent.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Rental

> Properties, tenants, leases, rent invoices, payments, and vendor bills

Rental is for property managers who need one place for buildings, tenants, leases, rent billing, tenant payments, vendor bills, and property documents. Start with the property hierarchy, then let invoices, payments, bills, documents, tasks, and reports attach to those records.

## Sidebar

| Item | What it's for |
| - | - |
| **Dashboard** | Property-level summary, pending documents, and rental tasks |
| **Properties** | Buildings, units, leases, and tenant history |
| **Tenants** | Tenant list, lease context, balances, and eviction tracking |
| **Receivable** | Rent invoices and tenant balances |
| **Vendors** | Rental-scoped vendors |
| **Payable** | Vendor bills and payments |

## Setting up properties

Create each building in **Properties**, then add the units inside it. Unit records hold the folder paths Zeno uses for rent checks, leases, and eviction files.

Add tenants from a unit page. A tenant can have an initial lease, future rent escalations, payment plans, attached documents, and eviction events. See [Properties & Tenants](https://zenorent.com/docs/management/properties-and-tenants.md) for the full setup path.

## Billing tenants

Use **Receivable** to create rent invoices, one tenant at a time.

Invoice amounts come from the tenant's rent escalation, preferred rent, or latest lease amount. Once an invoice is issued, edits go through **Amend** so the ledger keeps an audit trail. See [Invoices](https://zenorent.com/docs/workflow/invoices.md) for invoice fields and amendments.

## Recording payments and credits

Tenant payments can come from the [Inbox](https://zenorent.com/docs/workflow/inbox.md) when you scan rent checks, or from manual entry for Zelle, cash, ACH, credit card, money order, or check. Open the payment to apply it to one or more invoices.

Credits reduce a tenant balance without recording new cash. Use credit memos for concessions, error corrections, refunds, late-fee waivers, and similar adjustments. See [Payments & Credits](https://zenorent.com/docs/workflow/payments.md) for applications, overpayments, and credit memos.

## Paying vendors

Use **Vendors** for supers, plumbers, landscapers, and other rental payees. Their bills live under **Payable** and can be created manually or from an approved Inbox document.

Rental bills and payments post to [Books](https://zenorent.com/docs/books.md) like the rest of Zeno. Use [Reports](https://zenorent.com/docs/reports.md#rental) for property statements, rent roll, payment reports, invoice reports, and rental aging.

## Working with documents

Rental files are searchable from [Document Center](https://zenorent.com/docs/workflow/document-center.md), reached from **More → Documents**. Filter it to the Rental module for the rental-only view.

Send rent checks, leases, bills, and other files through the [Inbox](https://zenorent.com/docs/workflow/inbox.md) when you want Zeno to route them to the right rental record during review.

## Settings

Rental setup that affects billing and filing lives in **Settings**:

* **Settings → Rental** for automated rental tasks
* **Settings → Items** for default GL accounts on rental invoice line types
* **Settings → Bank Feeds** for bank and credit-card feed mapping
* **Settings → QuickBooks** for property, tenant, invoice, and payment linking


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