Adding a tenant
Tenant and lease details are captured in one flow. Add co-tenants up front, pick a main contact, and know that details can't be edited afterwards.
A tenant and a lease are always created together, as one flow: there's no way to add a lease without naming a tenant, and no way to add a tenant without a lease.
During property setup
Tenant and lease setup runs as part of the property wizard when you choose I have a tenant or My tenant moves in soon. See Add your first property for the full step-by-step walkthrough, screenshots included.
In short, you'll work through:
- Tenant info: full name, email, and optional phone, for each tenant on the lease
- Main contact (only shown if you add more than one tenant): who's the lead
- Lease terms: fixed or periodic, dates, payment frequency
- Financials: weekly rent, bond, advance rent paid
- Review, then tap Add Tenant to confirm
Add a tenant to a property that isn't leased yet
For a property that's never had a tenant, Propero puts an Add Tenant entry point directly on the property hub:
- the Tenancy card's Add Tenant row
- the Add your tenant row on the attention card, if the hub has one pinned at the top
Both open the same setup flow as during property setup.
Once a lease has run its course and ended, the Tenancy card goes back to showing Vacant with no add-tenant row. Instead, open Lease Overview and tap Start New Lease, see Renewals & ending a tenancy.
If the property currently has an active lease, there's no add-tenant entry point at all. Bringing on a different tenant means ending the current tenancy first.
Adding more than one tenant
To put more than one person on the same lease, add them all at the tenant info step, before you submit: tap Add another tenant for each additional co-tenant. You can't add someone to a lease that's already active later, everyone named on a lease has to be entered up front. Every named tenant shows up on Lease Overview with their own Email and Message buttons, and receives any formal notice generated for that tenancy.
Main contact
If you name more than one tenant, a dedicated step asks Who's the main contact? Pick whichever tenant should be the lead: they become the default recipient for rent receipts, condition reports, and anything else you send from within Propero. With a single tenant, that step is skipped entirely, they're the lead by default.
The lead tenant is flagged wherever tenants are listed, though the badge text differs by screen: it reads Primary on the setup review step and Lead on Lease Overview. Both refer to the same person.
Tenant details can't be edited after setup
There's no tenant profile screen to fix a typo'd email or change who's the lead once you've confirmed. If something needs to change, end the tenancy and start a new lease, which runs the same setup steps again with fresh details.
Related guides
- Add your first property for the full setup walkthrough
- Leases & tenancy agreements
- Setting up rent
Tenants & leases
A tenant and lease are always set up together, one active lease per property. Tenants don't get Propero accounts, so there's no tenant login or app.
Leases & tenancy agreements
Lease Overview holds read-only terms, everyone named on the lease, and your signed agreement as a PDF under 5 MB. Changing terms means a new lease.