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    Rental property maintenance software for self-managing landlords

    Your rental has a maintenance line. It should not be your phone.

    Tenants report. HomeRelay triages the problem, contacts your trusted vendors, coordinates access, catches silence, and brings you only the decisions you chose to keep. Built for self-managing landlords across the U.S.

    No tenant appYour vendorsYou set the control levelNationwide U.S.

    The repair reaches you here

    Owner decisionUrgent, not emergency
    ReportedTriagedVendorDecision

    Unit 2 / water heater leak

    Northside Plumbing can arrive 10-12.

    The tenant confirmed access. The estimate is above the approval limit you set for plumbing.

    Estimate$340
    Your limit$250

    Nothing is sent or spent until you choose.

    Tenant starts itQR or web, no app
    HomeRelay runs itTriage through follow-up
    Your crew does itTrusted vendors first
    You govern itAuto, approve-first, or manual

    One routine repair on Full Auto

    This repair moved five times. The landlord touched it zero.

    The tenant reported it. HomeRelay triaged it, caught a silent vendor, moved to the next name on your backup roster, and carried the accepted window back. The plumbing rule had already been set.

    A plumber tightening a residential pipe fitting

    Illustrative repair receipt

    Full Auto

    From report to booked visit, with the owner off the thread.

    Sample times, real event types. HomeRelay records every move shown below.

    8:12 PMTenantReport sentSlow drip at the water-heater inlet. Photo and entry permission attached.
    8:13 PMHomeRelayTriaged and routedPlumbing / routine. Inside the Full Auto limit already set.
    8:17 PMHomeRelayFirst vendor stayed silentThe wait window ended. The next vendor on the backup roster was contacted.
    8:26 PMVendorNorthside acceptedTuesday, 10-12 proposed to the tenant.
    8:29 PMTenantVisit confirmedThe tenant chose the window. Both sides received the booking.
    Next morningBooked for Tuesday, 10-12
    Owner taps in this sample0

    You set the plumbing rule once. This repair stayed inside it, so HomeRelay carried the thread and left the full record.

    Your property's operating memory

    Every repair makes the next one smarter.

    Bring the paper trail with you: leases, invoices, warranties, closing records, even old AI chats. HomeRelay proposes the useful parts; only what you confirm enters the private record you own, and chat imports stay notes. When a new issue arrives, open the Property Notebook for confirmed facts or ask the Assistant about recorded ticket history.

    Illustrative landlord review

    Landlord private

    Unit C / no hot water

    Past work is context, not destiny. Today's evidence controls.

    Today's report

    Current evidence
    Unit C · No hot water

    The shower and kitchen taps are cold. Breaker is on. The tenant reported no leak, gas smell, smoke, or alarm.

    Earlier work on this unit

    Recorded history

    Two exact-unit ignition-related outcomes are already in Unit C's record:

    • Igniter cleanedHot water restored
    • Flame sensor replacedHot water restored

    Private next check

    For your review
    1. Unit C firstConfirm heater power and whether the burner attempts ignition before deciding what to do next.
    2. Scope checkCheck whether any other unit currently has the same report before treating the issue as shared.

    The earlier outcomes are context, not today's diagnosis or a warranty verdict.

    Review source · Today's ticket + exact-unit record

    Authority · Your saved operating rules

    This private review does not change triage or contact a vendor. Your saved operating rules stay in control.

    Today leads

    The tenant's current report controls triage, urgency, and the reply.

    History informs

    Your private exact-unit record shows what happened before. It does not decide today's cause.

    Your operating rules decide

    Full Auto, Approve First, or Manual, set trade by trade. Your saved mode, limits, and current roster control vendor contact.

    Your rent stays yours

    HomeRelay takes no cut of rent and holds none of it. The flat subscription is the whole business model.

    One loop, many kinds of work

    Maintenance is more than emergencies.

    The same operating loop handles a leaking heater, a slow drain, spring gutters, turnover work, and a vendor who does not show. What changes is urgency and how much control you keep.

    HomeRelay stays deliberately narrow: maintenance coordination for independent landlords across the U.S. It is not a property manager, legal service, or vendor marketplace.

    Maintenance boardSystem watching 5 open loops

    No heat / Unit 4

    Emergency workflow

    HVAC vendor acceptedWatching

    Slow kitchen drain / Unit 1

    Routine repair

    Waiting on tenant timeNone

    Spring gutter service / 3 buildings

    Recurring work

    Second visit bookedNone

    Turnover / Unit 3

    Paint, locks, deep clean

    Two estimates receivedChoose

    Water heater / Unit 2

    Vendor did not arrive

    No-show confirmedAlerted

    The trust test

    A trustworthy system gets loud when the work stalls.

    HomeRelay does not turn a failed handoff into a green checkmark. It shows what was tried, what is still unknown, and the exact choice that gets the repair moving again.

    Vendor coverage stopped11:40 PM

    Three plumbers tried. None accepted.

    The tenant has been told the job is still unassigned. HomeRelay paused before widening beyond your vendor list.

    • Northside PlumbingNo reply / 11:08
    • Miller Home ServiceDeclined / 11:19
    • Quick Fix PlumbingNo reply / 11:32
    Add another vendorCall the tenant nowTake over this repairExplore this account in the demo

    No vendor is represented as reached without a recorded response.

    Built from the actual problem

    "I paid a property manager and still ended up chasing repairs from the other side of the world. I built the missing middle."

    Straight answers

    Before you hand over the maintenance line.

    HomeRelay is built to remove coordination, not your authority.

    Do tenants need to download an app?

    No. QR code on the fridge, mobile web form. No app, no login, no account.

    Can I use my existing vendors?

    Yes. Add them in 2 minutes. HomeRelay contacts them via SMS, and they don't need an account either.

    What happens after hours?

    HomeRelay triages reports 24/7. A gas smell, fire, or similar danger tells the tenant to get out and call 911, alerts the landlord, and sends no repair vendor during the incident. A habitability issue such as no heat takes the faster repair path, with a landlord alert if vendor contact cannot be confirmed.

    How do cost controls work?

    Three tiers: small jobs auto-approved, medium jobs need your text approval, large jobs require a call. You set the thresholds.

    Will it send a vendor for every little thing?

    No. The AI flags tenant-responsibility items, like a dead smoke-alarm battery or a tripped breaker, and tells the tenant how to handle it. It only dispatches a pro when the job actually needs one. You set the rules.

    Can I try it before paying?

    Yes, two ways. The full interactive demo needs no sign-up and runs on realistic sample data. When you do sign up, you add a card but it is not charged until HomeRelay has cleared 5 real things off your plate, or 30 days after the first one. If nothing ever comes through, the trial closes itself with no charge.

    Does it work with vendor tools?

    Vendors can connect Google Calendar so HomeRelay can check availability before dispatching. Confirmed visits include a one-tap calendar link that works with Google, Apple, and Outlook; HomeRelay does not silently create provider events.

    Is my data secure?

    Encrypted in transit and at rest. Isolated per account. CSRF protection, rate limiting, and input sanitization on every request.

    What else does it do?

    Lease management, expense tracking, vendor analytics, recurring services, monthly digests, weather tips, and more. Try the demo.

    Judge the loop, not the pitch

    Follow one repair through the sample account.

    Open a sample account and inspect its import receipt, Property Notebook, ticket-history Assistant answer, current ticket, and saved operating rules.

    No credit card needed to explore the demo. See what HomeRelay does not do.

    Start for $69/mo →