Your tenant has software. Your house doesn't.
Every rental tool on the market manages your tenant. homewisers manages the house: what is in it, what it needs, and what you have put into it.
$79.99 a yearKeep the apps you already useYou approve every action
Tell homewisers once. homewisers remembers.
The question underneath this whole page is why pay for this when a chat window is free. A general assistant gives you a genuinely good answer, then asks you for the model number again the next time, because it has nowhere to keep it. You stay the one holding the facts, and a better model does not change that.
March, standing in the basement
Furnace filter is 16x25x1.
August, from the car
What filter does the furnace take?
16x25x1. You recorded it in March along with the model number, and the last service was in October.
The point is not that it answered. It is that you said it once, five months earlier, and were never asked again.
A built illustration of the assistant, not a screen recording.
Four different jobs.
These are not four versions of the same product. They do different work, and only one of them is about the building.
| homewisers$79.99/yr | Free rent apps$0 to you1 | Property softwarefrom $744/yr7 | A property manager8 to 12% of rent, plus placement and repair fees11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is about | Your property | Your tenant | Your tenant, at scale | Your tenant, for a fee |
| What it counts | Properties | Doors and leases | Doors and units | Doors |
| What you get | An assistant that knows this house | The same screens as everyone | The same screens as everyone | A person, for a cut of the rent |
| The tenant side | ||||
| Collect rent online | No. Keep what you use | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Screen a tenant | No. We point you to it, $25 to $4912 | Yes, your tenant pays $40 to $552 | Yes, $17 to $45 per application8 | Yes |
| List the unit and syndicate it | No | Yes | Higher tiers only | Yes |
| State-specific lease and e-sign | No. We point you to it | Some, some tiers | Yes | Yes |
| The house side | ||||
| What is in the house: furnace, water heater, filter size, roof age | Yes | No | No | They know, you don't |
| Age, expected life, warranty and replacement cost per system | Yes | No | No | No |
| Service history per property, with photos | Yes | Limited | Add-on, $99 setup plus $40 to $95 a month9 | Their record, not yours |
| Ask a plain question about your own house | Yes | No | No | Call them and wait |
| A record of what you have put into the place | Yes | Some | Yes | A year-end statement |
| The money | ||||
| Works if you own exactly one property | Yes | Yes | Priced from, and one won't sell below 50 units10 | Yes |
| Who pays the fees | You, and that is all | Your tenant | You, and your tenant | You |
| What it costs you a year | $79.99 | $0, tenant pays | $744 and up7 | $1,700 to $2,600, and $900 to $1,800 more in a year it turns11 |
Free has a payer.
The rental apps that cost you nothing are paid for by your tenant. Screening runs $24.99 to $553. A bank transfer costs $2.00 to $2.504. A card costs 3 to 3.5% of the rent5.
On two of them the free tier is deliberately worse for your tenant than the paid one. TurboTenant charges your applicant $55 to be screened on the free plan and $45 once you subscribe2. Avail charges $2.50 a transfer until you pay $9 a unit, then nothing6.
homewisers has no tenant to charge, because it never touches your tenant. You pay for it, and that is the whole arrangement.
Buy the rest when you need it.
A screening runs $25 to $4912, once, from a service that does nothing else. A state-specific lease comes free with several of the rent apps you may already have1. You need those a few times a year, not every month, and paying a subscription to keep them waiting is how a small portfolio ends up funding software built for fifty doors7.
Keep the app. Add the record.
Keep the app you use for rent. homewisers is the record underneath it.
Set up my propertyQuestions landlords ask about homewisers
What is homewisers?
homewisers is landlord software for people who self-manage up to three rental properties. It keeps everything about each property in one record: the furnace and water heater, the lease dates, every repair and who did it, what you paid, and the receipts and photos. You tell homewisers once, then ask what needs your attention.
Is homewisers property management software?
Yes, it is AI assistance for managing the property itself, but unlike most others, it focuses on your house, not just tenants. homewisers keeps the house record, the dates, the repairs, the vendors and the money you put in to make it easier to organize and care for your rental.
How is homewisers different from ChatGPT?
homewisers remembers your property, and a general chatbot doesn't. Ask ChatGPT about your furnace and you get a good general answer, then it asks for the model number again next time. Tell homewisers once, and what comes back is about your house, your lease and your vendors rather than houses in general.
Can I use homewisers with TurboTenant, Avail or another rent app?
Yes. Keep the app you use for rent, screening and leases. homewisers doesn't touch any of that. homewisers keeps the record those apps don't: what's in the house, what it needs, what broke, who fixed it and what it cost.
How much does homewisers cost?
homewisers costs $79.99 a year or $9.99 a month, and one subscription covers up to three properties. There's no per-property fee and no cut of your rent. The annual plan saves $39.89 a year. If it isn't for you, tell us within 30 days of any charge and we'll refund it in full.
Is there a free trial?
No. Instead, every charge comes with a 30-day full refund: use homewisers for a month, and if it isn't for you, tell us and we refund the whole charge. If you'd rather start with something free, the 12-month rental maintenance calendar is yours to download.
Can homewisers handle more than one rental property?
Yes, up to three properties on one subscription, at no extra cost. Each property keeps its own record, so nothing bleeds between houses.
How do I add my property information?
Talk, type or take a photo. Say what happened while you're standing there, photograph the water heater label or the receipt, or type a line. Setup asks one thing at a time, and you can skip anything you don't know yet.
Can homewisers help with move-in and move-out condition reports?
Yes. Walk the unit room by room, say what you see and photograph it as you go. Each note and photo lands on the right room, next to what you recorded at move-in, and the walkthrough carries its date and who did it to help you document your reports.
Is my rental property data private?
Yes. Your records are private to your account. We don't sell them, we don't share them with other customers, and we don't use them to train AI models. You can download everything or delete your account at any time.
Can I cancel and keep my records?
Yes. Cancel any time from your account. You can download everything, including the Command Center workbook and every photo and file, and after your subscription ends you can still sign in, read and download for 120 days.
Does homewisers contact my tenant or act on its own?
No, on purpose. homewisers works when you open it and ask, or when you forward something to homewisers. homewisers never contacts your tenant or anyone else for you, never pays, and never watches. When homewisers writes a message, you send it yourself. You decide what happens next.
Does homewisers write leases or give legal advice?
No. homewisers organizes your figures, evidence and dates, but it doesn't draft leases, notices or other legal documents, and it doesn't give legal or tax advice. Produce the lease, notice or deposit statement through a legal document service or your own attorney. For anything contested or high-dollar, use a licensed landlord-tenant attorney in your state. Create your document on LawDepot. We may earn a commission if you use a legal document service we link to, at no extra cost to you.
Sources, checked September 11, 2026
- 1. Free rent apps cost the landlord nothing on their entry tiers. turbotenant.com/pricing, avail.com/pricing, innago.com/pricing, hemlane.com/pricing, baselane.com/pricing. Read September 11, 2026.
- 2. Tenant screening $40 to $55, paid by the applicant: TurboTenant $55 on the free tier and $45 once you subscribe, Hemlane $40. turbotenant.com/pricing, hemlane.com/pricing. Read September 11, 2026.
- 3. Screening range $24.99 to $55, from Baselane at the low end to TurboTenant at the high end. baselane.com/pricing, turbotenant.com/pricing. Read September 11, 2026.
- 4. Bank transfer fee $2.00 to $2.50: Baselane $2.00, Avail $2.50. baselane.com/pricing, avail.com/pricing. Read September 11, 2026.
- 5. Card fee 3 to 3.5% of the rent: Hemlane 3%, Avail 3.5%. hemlane.com/pricing, avail.com/pricing. Read September 11, 2026.
- 6. Avail charges the tenant $2.50 a transfer on the free tier and nothing on the $9 a unit plan. avail.com/pricing. Read September 11, 2026.
- 7. Property software from $744 a year, which is Buildium at $62 a month. Buildium publishes this as a "starting at" figure, so it is a floor and not what a one-unit owner definitely pays. buildium.com/pricing. Read September 11, 2026.
- 8. Screening $17 to $45 per application: Buildium $17 to $20, DoorLoop $45 on Starter. buildium.com/pricing, doorloop.com/pricing. Read September 11, 2026.
- 9. Inspections add-on, $99 setup plus $40 to $95 a month. buildium.com/pricing. Read September 11, 2026.
- 10. AppFolio states a 50 unit minimum and publishes no price. appfolio.com/pricing. Read September 11, 2026.
- 11. Property manager 8 to 12% of rent, which is $1,700 to $2,600 a year on an $1,800 rental. The same source puts tenant placement at one half to one month's rent, $900 to $1,800 here, charged each time the unit turns, and repairs commonly marked up 10 to 15%. allpropertymanagement.com. Read September 11, 2026.
- 12. A la carte screening $25 to $49: MySmartMove $25 to $49, RentPrep $29 to $49. mysmartmove.com/pricing, rentprep.com/pricing. Read September 11, 2026.