Working document
The landlord repair record template
One page per work order that captures the four dates and the two photos a deposit case, a code file or an insurance question will ask you for.
Free resources
Resources for owners running 2 to 40 rental units
Everything here is built for the owner who takes the maintenance call personally, not for a management office with staff.
Start with whichever question is loudest. If you are choosing software, the comparisons lay out where LeakTicket fits against full property management platforms, landlord leasing suites and maintenance tools built for management companies, framed as a fit question rather than a pitch. If you are budgeting, the calculators turn last year of invoices into a per door figure and turn your door count into weekly hours.
If you just want to run tighter records starting this week, take the repair record template. It is the paper version of what LeakTicket does automatically: four dates, the tenant's own description, before and after photos, the vendor and the invoice, filed under the unit. The Repair Log covers the rest, from EPA lead rules in older buildings to what happens after a winter no heat complaint reaches code enforcement.
Free tools
Calculators for owners of 2 to 40 rental units
Two numbers decide whether your maintenance operation is healthy: what it costs per door and what it costs you in hours.
Comparisons
LeakTicket compared with the tools landlords actually shop for
Most small owners are not choosing between maintenance products, they are choosing between a full back office platform, an all in one leasing suite, and a tool that only handles the repair.
Main guide
How to Document a Repair So It Holds Up in Small Claims Court
It settles exactly what a small landlord should record for every repair, from the first tenant message to the final vendor invoice, so the file stands up when it is challenged.
Magazine
The Repair Log
Field notes on maintenance work, habitability rules, and repair economics for owners running 2 to 40 rental units.
About
Who writes all of this
A short page on who writes these repair guides and landlord calculators, the years spent around small multifamily buildings and vendor invoices, and why every page here comes back to a dated photo filed under the unit.
See a tenant report land with photos attached
The template and the calculators on this page cover the decisions you make before the first ticket arrives. Watching a stained ceiling come in from a unit link, dated and passed to your plumber, covers the rest. Book a short walkthrough and we will use one of your own addresses, and everything here stays free either way.