Adding Properties

Simple Landlord supports a flexible hierarchy of property types to match how your portfolio is actually structured.

Property hierarchy

Properties are organized in a tree. You build the tree top-down by adding children to existing nodes.

Property Tree - Example Portfolio

          🏢 Sunrise Property Group  (Company)

             🏢 Oakwood Apartments  (Building)

                🚪 Unit 101  (Unit)

                   👤 Martinez, Elena  (Tenant)

                🚪 Unit 102  vacant

             🏠 14 Maple Lane  (Single Family Home)

                👤 Thompson, Greg  (Tenant)

Node types

Type	Use for	Can contain
Company	Top-level grouping for your whole portfolio or an LLC	Buildings, Single Family Homes, Commercial buildings
Building	A multi-unit apartment or rental building	Units, Suites, Bays, Storage units
Single Family Home	A standalone house rented to one tenant	Tenants (directly)
Commercial Building	An office or retail building	Suites, Bays
Unit / Suite / Bay	An individual rentable space inside a building	Tenants
Storage Unit	A storage-only space	Tenants
Tenant	A person renting a space	Nothing (leaf node)

Adding a node

Right-click (or tap ...) on any existing node in the tree.
Choose the type of child to add from the menu.
Enter a name or address and tap Save.

Tip: The menu only shows child types that make sense for the selected node. You won't see "Add Unit" on a tenant, for example.

Property detail fields

Selecting a building or unit opens its detail page. Key fields:

14 Maple Lane - Single Family Home

$1,450

Monthly Rent

Thompson, G.

Occupant

$0.00

Balance

Aug 31

Lease End

Name

14 Maple Lane

Address

14 Maple Lane

City

Springfield

State

Zip

62701

Field	Description
Name	Display name shown in the tree
Address / City / State / Zip	Physical address, used in reports and documents
Bedrooms / Bathrooms	Unit-level fields (shown on units and single family homes)
Notes	Free-form text, not shown in reports

Deactivating vs. deleting

When a property is no longer rented but you want to keep its history, deactivate it instead of deleting it. Inactive nodes are hidden from the tree by default but can be shown by toggling Show inactive.

Delete permanently removes a node and all its history. A node can only be deleted if it has no children and no financial history.

Rule of thumb: Deactivate when done renting. Delete only if you added something by mistake.