Tired of being a landlord? The problem is the job, not the property.
Most landlords who type "tired of being a landlord" into a search bar are not tired of owning rentals. They are tired of the unpaid dispatcher job attached to them: the 11pm text, the plumber who answers on the third try, the schedule that never lines up. HomeRelay runs that job for self-managing landlords, at a flat $69/mo for 1 to 4 units or $99/mo for 5 and up, so the asset keeps working without the job eating you.
Why am I so tired of being a landlord?
Most landlords who are tired of being a landlord are tired of one specific part of it, the maintenance phone tag, and that part is the job HomeRelay was built to take. The returns did not change. What wears people down is the coordination: for every repair you run two conversations, one with the tenant and one with the vendor, and neither happens on your schedule. The calls land during work, at dinner, on vacation. Being on call has no off switch, and nobody is paying you for those hours.
Should I sell my rental or hire a property manager?
Not before pricing the third option, because HomeRelay's whole premise is that most burned-out landlords have a broken workflow, not a broken investment. Selling a performing property to escape phone tag trades your best asset to fix a fixable problem. Hiring a property manager works, but look at the math first: 8 to 12% of rent is about $120 a month on a single $1,200 unit, placement and renewal fees stack on top, and the most common complaint landlords have about property managers is communication. You stop doing the work and start chasing updates on the work.
Is there a third option between selling and hiring a property manager?
Yes. HomeRelay is the third option: software that runs the maintenance loop while you keep ownership, control, and every dollar of rent. A tenant scans a QR code and reports the problem, with no app and no login. AI reads it, works out the trade, urgency, and a rough cost, then contacts your own vendors, chases a response, reassigns if someone no-shows, and settles the schedule between the tenant and the vendor. You get a summary, not a thread to manage.
What does HomeRelay take off my plate, and what stays on it?
HomeRelay takes the coordination: intake, triage, vendor contact, escalation, scheduling, follow-up, and the paper trail. What stays is what should stay: you decide who is on your vendor bench, what spend needs your sign-off, and how hands-off to be, trade by trade. Set plumbing to Full Auto, keep HVAC on Approve First, and pause everything with one switch when you want it quiet. HomeRelay is leverage for a landlord who knows what they are doing, not a replacement for one.
What happens to the 2am call?
With HomeRelay, the 2am report goes to the QR portal instead of your phone, and what happens next depends on what it is. If a tenant describes something dangerous like a gas smell, the AI tells them to call 911 first, and the request goes straight out to a vendor. Emergencies are never held for approval. A dripping faucet reported at midnight is not an emergency. The drip waits until morning. The gas leak does not.
How much does it cost to stop being the dispatcher?
HomeRelay is a flat $69/mo for 1 to 4 units, or $99/mo for 5 and up, for your whole account, up to 10 properties, with no per-unit fee and no cut of your rent. The first 100 landlords get the Founder's Club rate: $49/mo for 1 to 4 units or $69/mo for 5 and up, locked for 24 months. You can start a free trial with a card that is not charged until the trial converts. Weigh that against what one deflected after-hours call a week is worth to you.
One thing we will say plainly.
HomeRelay is new. We would rather tell you that than dress it up. What we are sure of is the design: maintenance, run end-to-end, for landlords who manage their own units, with your rent and your vendor relationships left in your hands. Try the live demo with sample data and judge it yourself before you pay anything.
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