Built for 1–20 doors

Landlord software,
minus the enterprise bloat.

Plain-English reviews for independent landlords ready to retire the spreadsheet—without paying for a system built for 500-unit operators.

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✓ Tenant-fee honesty✓ Unit-count fit✓ No pay-to-rank
Our small-landlord test01–20
Can you collect rent without surprising tenants?A
Can you track repairs without text-message chaos?A
Will tax-time records replace the spreadsheet?B+
Does the price still make sense at 3 doors?A−

We grade the fit for a small DIY portfolio—not the length of a feature list.

Start here · Updated September 2026

The best free property management software for 1–10 units

“Free” can mean a useful $0 landlord plan, a one-property teaser, or a bill shifted to your tenant. We checked current provider pricing pages, graded eight realistic options, and separated actual free plans from free trials.

Best all-around freeInnago
Best for leasingTurboTenant
Best for booksStessa
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The directory

Shortlists, not software soup.

Our first detailed profiles. More are added as we verify the details—not to inflate a listing count.

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Innago

A genuinely broad free toolkit for rent, leases, maintenance, screening, and basic reporting—with tenant-paid transaction fees.

Best for
2–10 units
Free plan
$0 landlord subscription
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SA−

Stessa

The accounting-first free pick for owners who want bank feeds, property reporting, documents, and rent ledgers.

Best for
1–10 units
Free plan
Essentials is free
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TA−

TurboTenant

A strong free leasing funnel with listings, applications, screening, rent collection, and maintenance requests.

Best for
1–10 units
Free plan
$0 core plan
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BB+

Baselane

Banking-plus-books for DIY landlords: free Core for accounts, rent collection, and Schedule E–ready reporting—with the best economics when rent lands in Baselane.

Best for
1–20 units wanting landlord banking
Free plan
Core is $0/mo
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How we stay useful
01

We grade for your size.

Trust accounting for 1,000 units is irrelevant if you need a clean rent ledger for four.

02

“Free” gets unpacked.

We show subscription, payment, screening, and tenant-facing fees separately.

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Commercial links stay visible.

Affiliate placeholders and sponsored placements are labeled. They do not buy a grade.