How do I save a new lease, and what happens next?

ForLandlordsProperty managers

Who can do this

Landlord, Organization admin, Organization members with Create Leases.

Where to find it

The Add lease button in the composer header.

Steps

  1. Answer every required step. Add lease enables when the lease is complete.
  2. Click Add lease.

What happens next

  • Record-only lease: toast "Record-only lease created". No email to anyone (unless guest signing is on). The lease page shows the Invite tenants to Kera card.
  • Invited lease: toast "Lease created and 1 tenant invite sent" (or "… 2 tenant invites sent"). Status Awaiting acceptance. New tenants get the email "<manager name> invited you to Kera" linking to this lease; tenants already on Kera get "You have a lease to review on Kera" and an in-app "Review your lease".
  • Deposit already received: the toast ends with "Deposit recorded."
  • Rent schedule on: a second toast "Rent schedule set up".
  • Document with signature fields: signing emails go out and the Signatures card appears.
  • Kera adds the lease's automatic tasks (for example a renewal review before the end date, by province). See the Tasks chapter.

Troubleshooting

  • The save is rejected (for example offline): the composer stays open with every answer kept and one error toast. No lease is created.
  • "Lease saved, but the invitation wasn't sent" / "Use Invite to Kera on the lease to send it again to <email>.": the lease exists. Resend from the tenant row on the lease page. Don't create a second lease. With several tenants, the toast names which invitations failed.
  • "Lease saved, but its rent schedule wasn't": set it up from the lease page.
  • "Lease saved, but not sent for signature": send it from the lease page.
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