{"id":570,"date":"2025-01-20T21:15:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T21:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rentalincomeexpense.com\/blog\/?p=570"},"modified":"2025-01-20T21:15:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T21:15:59","slug":"free-landlord-accounting-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentalincomeexpense.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/20\/free-landlord-accounting-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Landlord Accounting Software"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.rentalincomeexpense.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-Software.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-572 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentalincomeexpense.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-Software.png 512w, https:\/\/www.rentalincomeexpense.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-Software-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rentalincomeexpense.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-Software-150x150.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 512px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 512\/512;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">www.RentalIncomeExpense.com is free landlord accounting software.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This blog is for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentalincomeexpense.com\/\">RentalIncomeExpense.com,<\/a> which is a free and easy rental income and expense tracking tool for landlords. It was introduced in 2016 as free landlord accounting software and continues to serve landlords today.  Landlords are business owners.  It is important to track income and expenses to understand how well the business is doing.  Another very real need to track accounting information is for tax purposes as landlords are required to file taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Property management software like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentecdirect.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renttec Direct<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tenantcloud.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tenant Cloud<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildium.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buildium<\/a>\u00a0is not free and can be quite expensive.  It can also be overkill for the small landlord and time consuming in trying to understand all of the bells and whistles of complicated software. On the other hand, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zillow.com\/rental-manager\/resources\/rental-income-and-expense-worksheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Excel spreadsheet<\/a> isn\u2019t nearly powerful enough. \u00a0Spreadsheets are one dimensional making it challenging to easily generate\u00a0different reports a landlord needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.RentalIncomeExpense.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RentalIncomeExpense.com<\/a> is the best of all worlds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Easy to use<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FREE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Designed for landlords<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instant reports that matter (e.g., profit &amp; loss and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/instructions\/i1040se\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1040 Schedule E<\/a> helper)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accessible from your smartphone while on the go<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Landlords can set up a free account and immediately start tracking income and expenses today at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.RentalIncomeExpense.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.RentalIncomeExpense.com<\/a>! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog is for\u00a0RentalIncomeExpense.com, which is a free and easy rental income and expense tracking tool for landlords. 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