Honest answers about online rent collection
How to collect rent online without making your tenants pay a fee, what late-fee rules apply in your state, and why the "free" rent platforms aren't actually free. No fluff, no upsells — just the math and the statutes.
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How to collect rent online (the small-landlord guide)
Setup steps, what tenants see, ACH vs. card trade-offs, and the math behind each fee. Written for landlords with 1–25 units who don't want a full property-management suite.
Read the guide →ACH vs. card rent payment — what each costs, who pays, and why
Bank-transfer ACH is almost always the cheaper rail, but the cost can land on you, on your tenant, or on neither. Here's how to read the fee structure of any rent platform.
Read the guide →Free vs paid rent collection apps — the hidden cost of "free for landlords"
Free platforms aren't free — they bill your tenants $2–$2.50 per ACH. The math, the autopay erosion that follows, and when paid actually beats free.
Read the guide →How to switch rent collection platforms (30 minutes per property)
Step-by-step migration playbook. Export, set up, notify tenants, run a proof cycle, cancel the old. Most landlords are switched in a single rent cycle.
Read the guide →How to set up rent autopay — the landlord and tenant guide
The single biggest predictor of on-time rent is autopay enrollment. Here's how it works, why tenants opt out (it's the fee), and how to get them to stay.
Read the guide →Stripe Connect for landlords — what it is and why it matters
Plain-English explainer of Stripe Connect Standard. Why it matters that the landlord owns the Stripe account, and why this is the foundation of safer rent collection.
Read the guide →Rent late fees by state — caps, grace periods, all 50 states
Side-by-side reference of state late-fee caps and grace-period requirements. Direct statute links where available. The single page that links every state guide.
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Rent collection by state
Late-fee caps, grace-period requirements, and security-deposit rules for each U.S. state. Sourced from each state’s own statutes — citation linked on every page.
- Alabama (AL)
- Alaska (AK)
- Arizona (AZ)
- Arkansas (AR)
- California (CA)
- Colorado (CO)
- Connecticut (CT)
- Delaware (DE)
- Florida (FL)
- Georgia (GA)
- Hawaii (HI)
- Idaho (ID)
- Illinois (IL)
- Indiana (IN)
- Iowa (IA)
- Kansas (KS)
- Kentucky (KY)
- Louisiana (LA)
- Maine (ME)
- Maryland (MD)
- Massachusetts (MA)
- Michigan (MI)
- Minnesota (MN)
- Mississippi (MS)
- Missouri (MO)
- Montana (MT)
- Nebraska (NE)
- Nevada (NV)
- New Hampshire (NH)
- New Jersey (NJ)
- New Mexico (NM)
- New York (NY)
- North Carolina (NC)
- North Dakota (ND)
- Ohio (OH)
- Oklahoma (OK)
- Oregon (OR)
- Pennsylvania (PA)
- Rhode Island (RI)
- South Carolina (SC)
- South Dakota (SD)
- Tennessee (TN)
- Texas (TX)
- Utah (UT)
- Vermont (VT)
- Virginia (VA)
- Washington (WA)
- West Virginia (WV)
- Wisconsin (WI)
- Wyoming (WY)
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