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New Highlighted Features and Enhancements
NEW - Rent Increase Process
Property Managers now have the ability to increase rent on one or many leases by going through a step by step process where you can increase rent by a percentage or flat amount. In addition, you can also increase any other recurring charges as needed.
The process allows you to create a rent increase letter for each lease by using a built in rent increase letter template or one that is customized by you.
Optionally download and print the letters and/or email the letters to all the residents on the lease(s)
This process seamlessly updates the end dates of any current recurring charges that are applicable on the lease(s)
Provides an option to reverse/delete the rent increase, which will revert all modifications made.
Introduced a new field on leases named “Increase Eligibility Date”
New rent increase card can be found on the lease detail view page that allows you to easily track rent increases on leases
Multiple places to initiate a rent increase: Lease list view page, Lease details view page and the rent increase card
NEW - Use generative AI to rewrite highlighted text
Select and highlight text
Gives you the option to rewrite, expand, shorten or change the tone of the selected text.
This feature is currently available on the property description card in the marketing tab of a property/unit. It will be made available to other sections of the software over time
NEW - Marketing Tab within a property has been redesigned to enhance both the user and mobile experience
Includes launching a streamlined, step-by-step procedure for activating a listing, designed for quick and efficient completion of key details necessary to promptly advertise a property
All cards have been redesigned, including the syndication and property features cards to provide more information and to make it easier to navigate when selecting options
General
Pages below have been restructured to enhance both user experience and mobile accessibility. Most have been added to the 'Recently Viewed' menu, ensuring they appear if accessed recently.
Bills tab on property view page
Recurring ledger transfer detail view page
Recurring journal entry detail view page
Settlement detail view page
Management fee charge detail view page (ledger mode)
Bank transfer detail view page
Returned owner payment detail view page
Returned tenant payment detail view page
Deposit release credit detail view page
Payout return detail view page
Ledger transfer detail view page
Returned other payment detail view page
Journal entry detail view page
Bank fee detail view page
Reports List view page
Added ability to provide feedback on generative AI responses by providing a thumbs up and thumbs down
Updated UI of global search bar
Updated quick actions and recently viewed tooltips
Added a clickable link in the reminder view details page, which directs you to the associated work order
Removed type applicant from dropdown list on batch portal invite page
Owner Statements
Introduced a new Ledger module that can be added to owner statements. This module shows all transaction details in date order. They are not grouped by property, unit or owner.
Ledger report can now be added as a report that can be attached to owner statements when published
Portfolios
Improved the ledger interface on the ledger tab view page for better mobile compatibility, enabling scrolling on a mobile device to access all ledger data conveniently
Properties
Canadian addresses are now included in the address lookup on the new property page
Modified hyperlinks on property detail view page
Marketing
Introduced a new syndication feed for marketing rentals: the Apartments.com network is now available as a selectable option.
Added ability to add an extension to the marketing contact phone number
Screening and Applications
Phone numbers of applicants are now visible on the application detail page and can be clicked on to start a voice call.
Added ability to print landlord verification response from landlord
Added ability to re send a landlord verification to the landlord
Added “lease” column on the applications list view page to show if an application was converted into a lease
Leases
Introduced a new permission setting in roles to manage who is authorized to handle the move-out process on a lease.
Implemented a feature to generate a work order directly from the lease detail view using the green actions menu.
Accounting
New Security Deposit Release account setting added to accounting global settings within the leases section
Added a "Security Deposit Release" account setting in the accounting global settings under the leases section.
This new feature lets you specify a default Chart of Account / General Ledger account for security deposit releases, prior to it being applied to charges or refunds.
The functionality is particularly beneficial for displaying security deposit releases and refunds on owner statements and ledgers. For example, you can choose a non-held liability general ledger account to achieve this.
Added a feature to display a warning for potential duplicates when entering a recurring bill.
Added ACH to the eCheck payment type option on the Tenant Payment page
Added reference column to the payment details view page
Added “active” filter to the bank account list view page. Defaults to show active bank accounts
Added feature that allows an electronic lease return to be recorded even if the lease payment associated with the return has a refund associated with it.
Introduced a new functionality enabling the recording of an electronic lease return in cases where the associated lease payment has a linked refund.
Added a feature to print a vendor invoice as a PDF when that vendor invoice was created in the vendor portal
Introduced a new field on the Lease Payment view page: the "Name on Account" field. This field displays the name associated with the credit card or eCheck used for making payments through the resident portal.
Introduced an "Exclude Payee" filter feature on the Pay Bills page, enabling the exclusion of one or more payees while processing bill payments.
Communications
Revised the optional notification sent to an owner when a resident makes a payment through the resident portal to exclude the payment amount.
Removed (NSF) from the returned payment notification that is sent to property managers if the return was not due to a NSF
Added name of contact next to number on text message select field
Implemented a notification to inform vendors when a work order assigned to them has been canceled.
Maintenance
Added new filter options to the work order list view page
Shared with Tenant
Shared with Owner
Added vendor closing comments to work order detail view page on the vendor details card
Changed description text field to a text area on work order projects
Added “scheduled maintenance window” column to the work order list view page
Introduced a feature that allows you to hover over a description in the work order list view page to read the full details of a work order
Added ability to change the status of a work order when assigning a vendor. The status field is now available when assigning a vendor
Reports
Enhanced the Create Scheduled Reports page with a search functionality for contacts. This feature enables you to easily find and select from your existing contacts in Rentvine when deciding recipients for scheduled reports
Added a new Income Statement Portfolio Comparison report - Allows you to run an income statement report to compare multiple portfolios in one report
Property and Unit reports - added “date contract begins” and “date contract ends” as filter and columns options
Vendor payment report - added portfolio as a filter and column option
Budget report - added a vacancy loss insight to the report
Listing and Vacancy reports - added “county” as a filter and column option
Lease Charges report - added “property group” filter and column as an option
Vendor report - added “contact tag” as a column option
Property report - added the following filters and columns as options
Portfolio reserve amount
Portfolio additional reserve amount
Portfolio additional reserve description
Rent Roll report - added “lease tag” as a filter and column option
Vendor ledger report - added the following filter options
Portfolio
Property
Unit
Property report - added “units” filter as an option
Listing report - added “days on market” as a filter and column option
Work Orders report
added “vendor closing comments” as a filter and column option
Added “days open” as a column option
Added “rating” as a filter and column option. Allows you to see the vendor rating on a work order if there is one
Lease Payment report - added “date settled” column as an option
Modified some verbiage on the scheduled report detailed view
Aged Receivables report - renamed “total receivables” to “total receivables due” to better reflect the amount that is being presented and also restructured the query to produce better results
Lease Tenant report - added tenant “address” as a column option
Resident Portal
Renamed menu items
Renamed “Switched Portals” to Switch Contacts”
Renamed “Switch Account” to Switch Portals”
Owner Portal
Renamed menu items
Renamed “Switched Portals” to Switch Contacts”
Renamed “Switch Account” to Switch Portals”
Vendor Portal
Renamed menu items
Renamed “Switched Portals” to Switch Contacts”
Renamed “Switch Account” to Switch Portals”
Bug Fixes
Fixed a saved reports table row link broken issue
Fixed an application merge issue where the application ID was not being saved in the core DB
Fixed issue where some settlement detail view pages were not rendering
Fixed pagination issue on the deposit detail view page
Fixed issue where you could not edit the marketing description from a Mozilla browser
Fixed pagination issue on vendor list view page
Fixed issue where the status column on the Rentsign detail status report was not showing the correct status
Fixed ImageManager delete button showing incorrectly
Fixed maintenance limit showing on work order detail view page on vendor portal if setting is set to not show it
Fixed paying of invoices on admin portal using saved payment method when a saved payment method has not been defined
Fixed multiple sentry errors
Fixed issue where file upload component throughout the software was not functioning
Fixed multiple UI issues on admin portal
Fixed property group filter search on the allocate by property section when adding a new bill
Fixed issue on maintenance schedule settings page to not allow 0 number of windows
Fixed issue where single action button was missing green color
Fixed mobile nav rerenders & multiple notification request
Fixed IOS mobile portfolio ledger table scroll
Fixed marketing details edit modal not saving text
Fixed notes error message showing incorrect character limit number not matching the character number shown on the notes box
Fixed broken link on returned owner payment page and the original owner payment page showing the wrong return date
Fixed issue where the cash flow and income statement per property reports were not running because it was falsely asking to provide a filter
Fixed issue where main photo on a property/unit was changing automatically
Fixed add recurring bill page crashing
Fixed issue where application report would not run if no units were defined on RV account
Fixed MapLink component width is taking up all available whitespace
Fixed issue where files tab on the lease credit view was showing all of the files attached to the lease
Fixed issue where posting bulk management fees page was not loading
Fixed an issue where applying a lease payment to charges failed
Fixed an issue where notification when a work order is assigned was not functioning on a single RV account
Fixed issue where preview of mass letter was not showing the info that was created
Fixed issue where a settlement was not being created for a single RV account
Fixed issue where lease fee was not correctly showing on the last page of the move in process
Fixed issue where chat notification was not being sent to email if no phone number existed
Fixed issue where payer was not showing on the recent payments module for other payment types
Fixed issue where a mass letter was not emailed it to all recipients on the list
Fixed issue where portal invitations would expire before 30 days
Fixed issue where moving the due date column on the work order list view page was not rendering correctly
Fixed issue when using percent of rent on a lease fee during move in process
Fixed viewing of bills issue on owner portal
Fixed sharing issue on lease files tab that unshared owners or tenants inadvertently
Fixed issue where tenant names were not showing on the lease view print
Fixed issue where sharing a file with tenant would unshare it with the owner and vice versa
Fixed issue where notifications not being received by assignee of work order when owner approves or rejects a work order estimate
Fixed issue where Not In filter on reports with custom fields was not working properly
Fixed issue where you could only see the 1st page of the invoice on the add bill page.
Fixed issue where live ledger setting would not update when modifying it
