Landlord Studio is a cloud-based property‑management SaaS tailored for self-managing landlords. Launched in 2018 by Charles Chan, it offers mobile (iOS / Android) and desktop platforms for tracking income and expenses, collecting rent, processing maintenance, and screening tenants.

• Origins: Born from Charles's effort to manage his own rentals via Property Buddy. It organically grew after gaining traction on the App Store .

   

• Rebrand (2018): Transitioned to Landlord Studio to enable cloud sync, automation, desktop access, and scalability

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• Team & Reach: Now over 11–50 employees (Crunchbase) / ~19 (PitchBook), headquartered in Auckland, servicing ~196,000 users across 60+ countries

• Rounds:

   

  • Series Seed on Nov 2018;

     

  • Accelerator/Incubator July 2020;

     

  • Seed in May 2021 ($ undisclosed) led by Icehouse Ventures, with investors including Startmate and Angel HQ 

     

• Raised: Approx. ~$48.5K per PitchBook (likely a truncated figure) .

   

• Revenue: Estimated US $990K annually ($90K per employee) using Growjo

Landlord Studio’s tiered plans (GO, PRO, PRO Plus) include:

• Robust financial tools: income/expense tracking, mileage, bank feeds, receipt scanning, Xero sync 

   

• Tenant & lease management: lease tracking, automated reminders, tenant screening (TransUnion SmartMove) 

   

• Online rent collection: ACH payments with automated reconciliation and fee handling 

   

• Marketing & tenant tools: rental listing creation and syndication, applicant management, applications intake 

   

• Maintenance & document storage workflows, email/SMS notifications, multi-owner support 

   

• Generates accountant-grade reports: P&L, Schedule E, customizable exports

• 2022: Online rent collection & automated late-fee reminders 

   

• 2023–24: Listing syndication across platforms and tenant application management 

   

• Bank Feeds available in US, Canada, UK 

   

• Recent launch of in-app marketplace for services, with ongoing rollouts .

• Rooted in landlord-first product development—launched by and for landlords .

   

• Emphasis on listening to customer feedback, demonstrated by agile response to feature requests and quick bug fixes .

   

• Strong user support: 5-star reviews highlight “…wonderful … very responsive…" support and weekend deployment .

• Trusted by ~80,000 landlords in over 60 countries 

   

• Positive reviews on Capterra, App Store, SoftwareConnect with high marks for ease of use, scalability, and support 

   

• Engaged community via blog and input-driven feature roadmaps .