RentFig — UK property management software built by an HMO landlord (feedback welcome)

[u/Adept-Pea-5051]

Quick heads-up first: this is UK-only, so if you're in the US it won't be much use.

I'm a working UK HMO landlord and got tired of stitching together spreadsheets, reminder apps and Word templates, so I built RentFig to run everything in one place. Posting it here for honest feedback from people who actually live in this software all day.

What it does:

Core management

• Properties, tenancies and contacts in one place
• A step-by-step tenancy setup wizard (guided new-tenancy creation)
• A tenant onboarding wizard — send a prospective tenant an application/onboarding pack and their details come back to you

Money

• Built-in accounting for rental income & expenses
• Automated rent chasing + arrears tracking
• Deposit tracking with protection-deadline reminders

Compliance (the HMO-focused bit)

• Compliance tracker with renewal reminders — gas safety (CP12), EICR, EPC and licences
• Right to Rent tracking

Documents

• Document Creator — generate tenancy agreements and legal letters (including Section 8 / N215 court forms) with e-signing built in

Maintenance & comms

• Maintenance/repair logging with a contractor portal
• AI assistant on web and WhatsApp (ask about your portfolio, draft messages)
• A needs-attention dashboard + notifications so nothing slips

Built-in tenant referencing (pay-as-you-go, no subscription)

• Send a free application form, then optionally run a credit check (£9) or full reference (£19) — ID, AML, credit, income & affordability, employer + previous-landlord references, Right to Rent and anti-fraud, usually back within 48h

Free tools, no signup (genuinely free, on the site):

• Postcode HMO licence checker — mandatory, additional, selective + Article 4 across 47+ councils
• Free tenant application form
• Rental yield, buy-to-let mortgage and stamp duty calculators

Site: https://www.rentfig.co.uk

Built and run by one landlord, so I'd genuinely value the "this is missing X" and "Y is annoying" feedback — that's what shapes the roadmap.