Set up pre-authorized debit (PAD) and autopay

Collect rent automatically from a tenant's bank account by pre-authorized debit (PAD).

Before you start

• PAD and autopay are a Pro and up feature. During the soft launch the paid tiers are "Coming soon", so you can see it now and turn it on when the paid tiers open.
• The tenant authorizes the debit through a secure bank step. Wealtharu never sees or stores the full bank account number. That stays with the payments processor.

Steps

1. Open the lease from Leases and start PAD setup.
2. The tenant confirms their bank, authorizes the debit in the secure window, and signs the pre-authorized debit form.
3. Turn on autopay so each month's rent is collected on its due date.

What happens next

• On each due date, the rent is collected and recorded against the charge. A bank debit clears over a day or two, so it shows as processing first, then paid once it settles.
• A returned debit, for example from insufficient funds, is not silently retried. It hands off to your reminder ladder so you can follow up.

Notes

• The collection is protected against repeats, so an outage or a retry can never charge a tenant twice.
• Tenants can stop PAD at any time, as the rules require.