For self-managing landlords
Know what your rentals actually earn.
Most landlord software treats you as a rent collector. Kitespire treats you as an investor — investor-grade metrics and a tax-ready ledger, alongside the day-to-day tooling.
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Rent collection is the easy part.
Your spreadsheet tells you what came in. It doesn’t tell you whether to buy the next one.
Most landlord tools stop at the transaction. They’ll record the rent, chase the late fee, file the receipt — and leave you to work out, once a year and usually in a hurry, whether any of it was worth doing. Kitespire starts where they stop.
What makes Kitespire different
See your real return
NOI, cap rate, cash-on-cash, DSCR, and equity — calculated automatically for every property and across the portfolio, not a spreadsheet you maintain by hand.
AI that watches your portfolio
Kitespire flags what needs attention — a rent-roll gap, an expense outlier, a return that’s drifting — so you’re not re-checking a spreadsheet every week.
Use your own tools
Unlike rental platforms that force you to switch your banking to use them, Kitespire works with the bank and services you already trust.
The numbers that tell you whether it’s working.
Every metric below is calculated from what you already enter — purchase price, mortgage, rent, expenses. Per property and across the portfolio, updated as the money moves. These numbers come from the same ledger detailed below — not a separate spreadsheet to keep in sync.
$18,420
Net operating income (NOI)
Rental income minus operating expenses. The number that says whether a property earns its keep before financing.
6.4%
Cap rate
NOI against what you paid. The cleanest way to compare one property with another.
9.1%
Cash-on-cash return
Annual cash flow against the cash you actually put in. What the deposit is really returning.
1.38
Debt service coverage ratio (DSCR)
NOI against your mortgage payments. Below 1.0 and the property isn’t covering its own debt.
$74,300
Equity
Your initial down payment, market appreciation, plus every dollar of principal you’ve paid down since.
Every transaction lands on a Schedule E line.
Underneath the dashboard is a proper double-entry ledger — the kind an accountant would recognise. Every payment in and every expense out produces two balanced entries, so the books stay right whether the rent arrived by ACH, by check, or as cash you entered yourself.
Each entry carries an IRS Schedule E category from the moment it’s recorded. Rent received. Cleaning and maintenance. Mortgage interest. At the end of the year, a calendar-year export covering Schedule E lines 3 to 17 and 19 goes straight to whoever files your return.
Ledger entry → Schedule E line
Rent received · ACH
+ $1,850
Schedule E · Line 3
Rents received
Cleaning & maintenance
− $240
Schedule E · Line 7
Cleaning and maintenance
Mortgage interest
− $680
Schedule E · Line 12
Mortgage interest
Kitespire tags and exports your transactions. It does not file your taxes or generate the Schedule E form.
How it works
Set up in under twenty minutes.
- 1
Add your property
Address, type, purchase price, mortgage. The numbers the dashboard runs on.
- 2
Add the unit and the lease
Beds, baths, rent, deposit, late-fee terms straight off your lease.
- 3
Invite your tenant
They get their own portal for paying rent, viewing invoices and reporting problems.
- 4
Start collecting rent
ACH through Stripe. Cash, check, and Venmo payments land in the same ledger.
Who it’s for
Built for landlords who do it themselves.
You own residential rental property, you manage it yourself, and you hold for the long term. Whether that’s one unit or a dozen, the whole product is aimed at you. What it isn’t built for is short-term lets, or managing property on someone else’s behalf. Kitespire is built by a landlord who self-manages his own rental property — a platform built by a landlord, for landlords.
This is for you if
- You own residential rental property
- You manage it yourself
- You hold for the long term
- You’re on spreadsheets or a tool built a decade ago
- You want to know what the portfolio is actually returning
This isn’t for you if
- You manage property for other people
- You run short-term or holiday lets
- You own commercial property or large apartment buildings
- You need full business accounting beyond your rentals
At launch
What you get at launch.
Everything you need, live on day one.
Guided onboarding
Property to first rent collection in one pass, unassisted.
Properties and units
Addresses, purchase details, mortgage, beds, baths, photos.
Tenants
Profiles, contacts, documents, and a portal invitation.
Leases
Terms, deposits, and late-fee rules taken from your own lease.
Rent collection
ACH through Stripe, cards as a fallback, and manual entry for everything else.
Maintenance
Tickets from your tenants, photos, status, and the cost of each job.
Financial ledger
Double-entry, categorised, tagged to Schedule E, monthly and year-to-date.
Investor dashboard and AI-powered insights
Portfolio and property metrics, trends, occupancy, and a tax-ready export.
Documents
Leases, receipts and photos, filed by property, tenant or work order.
FAQ
Questions landlords ask.
Who is Kitespire for?
Landlords who manage their own residential rental property and hold it for the long term. It isn’t built for short-term rentals or for managing property on someone else’s behalf.
What financial metrics does Kitespire calculate for rental properties?
Net operating income, cap rate, cash-on-cash return, debt service coverage ratio, and equity — for each property and for the portfolio as a whole, with month-over-month trends and occupancy alongside them.
How does Kitespire help with Schedule E rental property taxes?
The platform tags every transaction to its IRS Schedule E line as it’s recorded and exports a tax-ready CSV for a calendar year. Your accountant, or your filing software, takes it from there.
How do tenants pay rent through Kitespire?
By ACH bank transfer through Stripe, with card payment as a fallback. Rent that arrives as cash, a check, or a Venmo transfer lands in the same ledger.
Is Kitespire mobile-friendly for landlords?
Yes. Everything runs in the browser and works on a phone. There’s no separate app to install at launch.
Is my rental property data private and secure?
Yes. Separation is enforced in the database itself, not in application code, so no query can reach another landlord’s records.
Pre-launch
We’re building it in the open.
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