Adding units
Step 2 of the setup checklist. Units are what you actually lease — occupancy, rent roll and vacancy are all counted per unit, not per property.
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What a unit record is
A unit sits under a property and represents one leasable space — an apartment number, a suite, or (for a single-family property) the whole house. Every lease is written against a specific unit, so a property with no units yet has nowhere for a lease to attach.
If you checked “This property is a single unit” while adding the property, its one unit already exists — this step is done automatically and there's nothing further to add here.
Adding one
From a property's detail page, open the Units tab and choose Add Unit. Fill in:
- Unit number (e.g. “101”, “A1”, “Suite 200”) and, optionally, floor.
- Bedrooms, bathrooms and square feet.
- Monthly rent and security deposit — these become the defaults a lease for this unit starts from; you can still override either amount on the lease itself.
- Available date, if it isn't ready to lease immediately.
The first-run checklist links here under the property you already added; if you haven't created a property yet, it sends you there first.
Common questions
I have twelve near-identical units — do I have to type each one in? Add the first one, then use Copy from that unit's menu. The copy keeps every field and generates the next unit number automatically (“101 (Copy)”, then “101 (Copy 2)”) — rename it and adjust anything that differs, like floor or rent.
Can I bulk-import units from a spreadsheet instead? Yes — the CSV importer (Settings → Import/Export) handles units the same way it handles properties; see Getting started.
What if the unit isn't ready to lease yet? Add it anyway with its expected available date and leave it without a lease — it still counts toward your unit total, and you can lease it whenever it's actually ready.