Q&A
Every “where do I…?”, answered
Grouped by topic, each answer tells you the exact screen. New here? Start with the tutorial.
🔑Accounts & login
Where do I download the apps?+
Owner app: search “Sejals Property Owner” on Google Play or the App Store. Tenant app: “Sejals Property PG Hostel Flat”. Easiest way to get tenants on board — send them sejalsproperty.com/get, which opens the right store for their phone.
📍 Google Play / App Store
How do I log in — do I need to create an account?+
No account creation. Enter your mobile number, type the SMS code, and you're in. Owners use the owner app or sejalsproperty.com; tenants use the tenant app.
📍 Owner app / Website → Login
How does my tenant get access?+
Add the tenant with their mobile number. They install the free tenant app and sign in with that same number — their tenancy opens automatically, no approval step. Use “Send app link” on the tenant's page (WhatsApp, SMS or copy) any time — the link opens the right store for their phone.
📍 Tenants → tenant → Send app link
How does my manager or caretaker get the app?+
Right after you invite staff, a share sheet offers the owner-app download link by WhatsApp, SMS or copy — resendable anytime from the share icon on their staff card. They sign in with their own number; access is free under your subscription.
📍 Staff → share icon
My tenant changed their phone number — what now?+
Edit the number on the tenant's profile. Their login follows the new number immediately.
📍 Tenants → tenant → Edit
What can tenants edit themselves?+
Personal details only: their photo, alternate phone, occupation, college/company, emergency contact and permanent address — from Profile → Edit my details in the tenant app. Room, rent, deposit, documents, name and login number can only be changed by the owner; tenants use “Request a correction” for those.
📍 Tenant app → Profile
I got a new phone — is my data gone?+
No. Everything is stored in the cloud. Sign in on the new phone (or this website) with your number and it's all there.
🏠Property, rooms & beds
Where do I see which beds are vacant?+
Rooms & Beds shows one coloured chip per bed: grey is vacant, green paid-up, amber has dues, red overdue, blue on notice. Filter by floor, AC, or vacant-only.
📍 Rooms & Beds
Can I edit my property after creating it?+
Yes, everything — name, type, address, rent-due day, notice period, electricity rate, late fees and UPI ID under Settings → Property details. Floors and rooms have pencil icons on Rooms & Beds: rename a floor, change a room's number, floor, AC, rent or sharing anytime.
📍 Settings → Property details / Rooms & Beds
Can I delete a property, room or floor?+
Yes. Empty rooms and floors delete from their pencil menus (blocked while beds are occupied or rooms remain). A whole property can be permanently deleted from Settings → Property details — you type DELETE to confirm, because it erases every tenant, bill and receipt in it forever. Your other properties are untouched.
📍 Settings → Property details → Delete
How do I add 20 rooms quickly?+
Use “Add many rooms”: count, starting number, sharing and rent — a live preview shows exactly what will be created.
📍 Rooms & Beds → Add many rooms
🧾Rent, bills & receipts
Do I have to create bills every month?+
Never. Bills generate automatically on your rent-due day, including pro-rata amounts for tenants who joined or left mid-month, electricity shares, and late fees after your grace days.
📍 Tenant → Bills
How do I record a cash payment?+
Collect Payment (dashboard), the Dues list, or the tenant's profile — amount, mode (cash / UPI / bank), date. A numbered receipt is issued instantly.
📍 Dashboard → Collect Payment
Where does the tenant get their rent receipt?+
In the tenant app under Payments — every receipt is a downloadable PDF with a serial number like SP/2026-27/0001.
📍 Tenant app → Payments
I recorded a wrong payment — can I fix it?+
Open the payment and cancel it. The ledger keeps the cancellation visible — nothing is silently deleted, so your books stay trustworthy.
I added a tenant by mistake — can I remove them?+
Yes, while nothing financial has happened. “Remove tenant (added by mistake)” on the tenant's menu deletes the entry, its auto-generated bills, and frees the bed. The moment any payment or deposit is recorded, removal is blocked — real move-outs go through Settle & vacate so history is never lost.
📍 Tenant → ⋮ menu → Remove tenant
💰UPI & dues
Does the app hold or transfer my money?+
Never. Tenants pay by UPI directly to your UPI ID from their own UPI app. Sejal's Property records the payment; the money never passes through us. No commission.
How do tenants pay me by UPI?+
Set your UPI ID once in Settings. Tenants then see a one-tap pay button and a scan-to-pay QR with the exact dues pre-filled. When they tap “I have paid”, you approve it and the receipt is issued.
📍 Settings → UPI ID
How do I remind everyone who owes rent?+
The Dues screen lists all defaulters. Tap WhatsApp for a pre-written message with their exact amount, or “Push reminder to all” to notify every defaulter at once in their language.
📍 Dues
⚡Electricity & meters
How is electricity split between tenants?+
Create a meter per room (or shared across rooms), enter the closing reading monthly, and units are split by bed-days (fair for mid-month joiners) or equally — your choice. Shares land on the next bill at your per-unit rate.
📍 Meters
I forgot to enter last month's reading.+
Enter it now — late readings post to the current open bill. Meter replaced or reset? Mark it and continue; calculations stay correct.
📍 Meters → Add reading
🧑💼Managers & staff
Can my manager use the app without my password?+
Yes — invite their mobile number under Staff and they sign into the owner app with their own number, free under your subscription. They see only the properties you invited them to, with only the permissions you switched on (9 separate switches, from collecting payments to viewing financials).
📍 Staff → Add staff
What do the roles (manager, caretaker, cook…) actually mean?+
The role is a label for your records; the permission switches control what they can do. Picking a role pre-sets sensible switches — a manager starts with most things on (financials and deletions off), a caretaker with complaints and meter readings, cook/cleaner with none (add them just to keep your staff register in one place). Tap the ⓘ on the Staff screen for the full explainer.
📍 Staff → ⓘ
Can I edit or remove a staff member?+
Edit their name and role anytime from their card. An invite that was never accepted can be removed outright; once someone has joined, deactivate them instead — access ends instantly and their activity history stays for your records.
📍 Staff → staff card
Can one manager handle some properties and another the rest?+
Yes. Staff are invited per property — invite each manager only on the properties they run. A manager invited on many properties switches between them in one app.
How do I see what my staff did?+
Every staff action is recorded in the property's activity log — who collected what, who edited what, when.
📍 Staff → Activity log
📤Leaving & deposits
A tenant wants to vacate — what's the process?+
They submit notice from their app (or you record it). The bed shows “on notice”, and on the last day you run Settle: final pro-rata rent and dues are set against the deposit, with any deductions you add. Both of you get a line-item settlement PDF, and the bed turns vacant.
📍 Tenant → Give notice / Settle
A tenant left overnight without any notice — now what?+
Run Settle & vacate directly — no notice step needed. The app charges rent up to the leaving day, automatically adds a notice-shortfall charge for your FULL notice period (waivable with one switch for genuine emergencies), takes your damage deductions, and sets it all against the deposit. If dues exceed the deposit it shows “Tenant owes ₹X”, and their complete ledger, documents and settlement PDF stay on record forever.
📍 Tenant → Settle & vacate
They left their belongings behind — should I settle?+
Not yet. Set the bed to Blocked (with a reason) instead — it can't be re-let by mistake and rent keeps accruing per your policy. Settle once the room is actually cleared, adding any disposal or storage costs as “other deductions”.
📍 Rooms & Beds → bed → Blocked
An absconded tenant paid me back later — can I record it?+
Yes. Vacated tenants who still owe appear in Collect Payment (marked “Vacated”) — record the recovery like any payment and it settles against their remaining bills, so your books close properly even months later.
📍 Dashboard → Collect Payment
A tenant has stopped paying but won't leave.+
The app can't evict anyone — only due legal process can. What it does is build your case automatically: late fees accrue, dues ageing shows how long they've owed, every reminder is timestamped, and the tamper-proof ledger is your evidence. Settle only once they've actually moved out. Fake “I have paid” UPI claims cost you nothing — nothing counts as paid until you approve it.
📍 Dues / Tenant → Ledger
Tenant gave notice, then changed their mind or left on a different date.+
Changed mind: Cancel notice on their menu — everything returns to active. Left earlier: settle on the actual date; the shortfall is charged only for the notice days they fell short of. Staying longer: the bed stays “on notice” and billing simply continues.
📍 Tenant → ⋮ menu
Where do I see how much total deposit I'm holding?+
The dashboard shows deposit held across active tenants, and Reports has a full deposit register.
📍 Dashboard / Reports
🌐Pricing & languages
What does Sejal's Property cost?+
Free for tenants and staff, always. Owners subscribe: ₹500/month or ₹5,000/year on the web (₹699/₹6,999 inside the app, billed by the app store). One plan covers unlimited properties, tenants and staff — no ads, no commission on rent.
📍 See the Pricing page
Do I need separate subscriptions for the app and the website?+
No — one subscription per owner covers everything: unlimited properties, the mobile app AND this web dashboard, with the same phone-number login. Subscribe wherever you prefer; both unlock together.
📍 Pricing / Settings → Subscription
What happens if my subscription lapses?+
Nothing is deleted. You, your staff and your tenants can still see every record — adding or changing anything simply pauses until you renew, and then everything unlocks again. Tenants are never affected: their app keeps working fully.
Does it work in Hindi?+
Fully. You and every tenant choose English or हिन्दी independently — screens, notifications and receipts follow each person's choice.
📍 Settings → Language
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