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Leasing and Rent Collection

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Email Fund Transfers (EFT) for Rent Payments

The landscape of rent collection is constantly evolving, with landlords increasingly seeking efficient and secure digital solutions. Electronic Fund Transfers (EFTs), particularly through the Automated...

  • 8 Min Read
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ACH Direct Deposit: Landlord’s Guide to Payments 2025

Collecting rent can often be a time-consuming and fragmented process for landlords, involving everything from paper checks to various online transfers. However, the Automated Clearing...

  • 11 Min Read
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What Are Rent Comps and How to Use Them in 2025

Setting the right rental price for your investment property is crucial for profitability and minimizing vacancy. In a constantly shifting market, relying on guesswork is...

  • 8 Min Read
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What Is Gross Rent Multiplier GRM in Real Estate: How to Calculate and Use it

Understanding key financial metrics is essential for successful real estate investing. As a landlord or property manager, analyzing potential rental properties goes beyond simply looking...

  • 8 Min Read
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Automated Clearing House (ACH) Payments for Landlords

As a landlord or property manager, efficiently collecting rent is fundamental to your success. Traditional methods like paper checks often lead to delays, manual reconciliation,...

  • 10 Min Read
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Best Ways to Mitigate Risk as a Rental Property Owner in 2025

Owning rental property offers significant potential for income and wealth building, but it also comes with inherent risks. Successfully navigating the challenges of property management...

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Best Rent Payment System for Landlords 2025

If you’re wondering how to collect rent from long-distance tenants, online payment systems are the easiest option. They put money in your account faster, track...

  • 14 Min Read
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Best Rental Billing Software for Real Estate Finances

Managing rental properties involves a long list of responsibilities, but few are as critical or as time-consuming as billing and collecting rent. If you’re still...

  • 10 Min Read
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Best AI Lease Abstraction Tools and Prompts for 2025

Managing rental properties involves mountains of paperwork, and leases are arguably the most critical documents. Manually sifting through pages to extract key details like dates,...

  • 6 Min Read
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Best Rent Management Software for Landlords 2025

Managing rental properties often means balancing a lot at once—screening tenants, collecting rent, logging expenses, and staying on top of maintenance. While spreadsheets and manual...

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Baselane is a financial technology company and is not a bank. Banking services provided by Thread Bank, Member FDIC. The Baselane Visa Debit Card is issued by Thread Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. and may be used anywhere Visa cards are accepted. FDIC insurance is available for funds on deposit through Thread Bank, Member FDIC. Pass-through insurance coverage is subject to conditions.

1Your deposits qualify for up to $3,000,000 in FDIC insurance coverage when placed at program banks in the Thread Bank deposit sweep program. Your deposits at each program bank become eligible for FDIC insurance up to $250,000, inclusive of any other deposits you may already hold at the bank in the same ownership capacity. You can access the terms and conditions of the sweep program at https://thread.bank/sweep-disclosure/ and a list of program banks at https://thread.bank/program-banks/. Please contact customerservice@thread.bank with questions regarding the sweep program. Pass-through insurance coverage is subject to conditions.

2The Annual Percentage Yield (APY) on your Savings Account is accurate as of 6/1/2025. Total balances across Checking Accounts and Savings Accounts are used to calculate APY tier, but only money in Savings Accounts is eligible for interest. Total balances less than $10,000 earn up to 1.56% APY for Savings Accounts. Total balances between $10,000 and $24,999 earn up to 2.35% APY for Savings Accounts. Total Balances between $25,000 and $49,999 earn up to 2.72% APY for Savings Accounts. Total balances of $50,000 or more earn 3.35% APY for Savings Account. Rates are variable and are subject to change after account opening. An APY bonus is applied to accounts that collect rent via Baselane banking within the prior calendar month.

4Some states require an interest-bearing escrow account for security deposits while some don’t require interest. User is responsible to check state laws along with rules for collecting and reimbursing a refundable security deposit. A brief overview of security deposit laws for escrow accounts in all 50 states can be found here.

6 Only new Baselane banking customers are eligible to receive the bonus. To receive the bonus, you must deposit $500 into your Baselane Business Deposit account and maintain this balance for 30 days before 12/31/2025. Once you have met this requirement, the $100 bonus will be paid out within 30 days. See terms for details.

*All testimonials, reviews, opinions or case studies presented on our website may not be indicative of all customers. Results may vary and customers agree to proceed at their own risk.