The Landlord Ledger
Practical landlording, written by Charlie Lee — licensed Florida Real Estate Broker & landlord.
July 11, 2026 · 1 min read
TenantCloud Alternatives for Small Landlords (2026)
An honest tour of TenantCloud alternatives for 1–20 unit landlords — including when to just stay put, and when AI-first tools earn the switch.
July 11, 2026 · 1 min read
How to Build a Rent Roll (Free Template + the Smart Way)
What belongs on a rent roll, a copy-paste template, the spreadsheet formulas that break — and the smart way: AI builds it from your leases.
July 11, 2026 · 1 min read
Partial Rent Payments: Track Them Without Losing Your Mind
Accept partials or not, how to record them so balances stay true, late-fee interactions, and the ledger pattern that makes splits painless.
July 11, 2026 · 1 min read
Florida Landlord Laws Every Self-Manager Should Calendar
The Florida statute dates with teeth: §83.49 deposit deadlines, §83.56 notices, §83.575 renewal windows — and how to make them impossible to miss.
July 11, 2026 · 1 min read
Section 8 Landlording: What the Software Needs to Handle
HAP and tenant portions on one ledger, recertification changes mid-year, inspection-ready records — the bookkeeping shape voucher landlording demands.
July 11, 2026 · 2 min read
We Fed 50 Leases to an AI: What It Got Right and Wrong
We ran 50 test leases through our production extraction and scored all 450 fields against a known answer key. Here are the real numbers.