For owners and homeowners

Rent out part of your home

How this works

You (landlord or manager)Wealtharu

Renting out a basement suite or a spare room for the first time? Here is the simple path.

One-line goal

Set up your home so Wealtharu handles the rented part, then start collecting rent.

You live in this home, and you are renting out one part of it. That is fine. You do not need to be a professional landlord.
Sign up for free. The Free plan includes one property, and your home counts as that one.
Have a few basics ready: the rent amount, the move-in date, and your tenant's name and email.

Add your home as a property. From the menu, select Properties, then add your home. The address autocomplete helps you get the postal code right.
Set its use to "Mixed use (rental + owner)." This tells Wealtharu you live here and rent out a part. The rental tools then appear only for the rented unit, not your whole home.
Add the rented unit. This is the basement suite or the room you rent. Give it a name you will recognize, like "Basement suite."
Add your tenant, then create a simple lease. The lease links your tenant to the rented unit and records the rent, the deposit, the due day, and the term.
Start collecting rent. Add the rent charge and record or collect the payment. The balance updates as money comes in.

Your tenant can be invited to their own portal to pay rent and see their lease and receipts.
Deposits are checked against your province's rules as you enter them, so you do not have to memorize the limits.
Rent reminders and receipts are fine to send your tenant. These are about their tenancy, so they do not need the marketing consent that a sales message would.

I do not see the rental tools. Check the property's use is set to Mixed use (rental + owner). If it is set to your primary residence only, the rental tools stay hidden.
I only rent a room, not a whole suite. That is fine. Add it as a unit anyway, and name it for the room you rent.

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