How do I enter historical rent data about my tenants when I set up RentRight?
In the Tenant’s Rent Folder, set up recurring charges. For each charge, set the start date as the first full month that the tenant rented from you. For example, put in 8-1-2000 as the start date if you want the charges to go back to August of 2000. Close the Tenant Form and open the Income Form for this same tenant. You will now see the charges listed one by one in the Outstanding Charges box (i.e. 8-1-00 and 9-1-00). Now that the charges are listed, you can collect them. First put in the actual payment date of the first payment in August, 2000 and the payment amount, then put that same amount in the apply amount column beside the August charge. Then press the Done button. When you have collected a payment, it will show in the Payment History box. You can not type in that box, it just shows payments you have collected. One by one, record the dates of payments, and apply the payments to the correct charges. You will now have an accurate history of this tenant’s payments. If the tenant’s
