Welcome. NestBord is built around a small set of objects that mirror how real property management actually works: Properties contain Units, Units host Listings and Leases, and Leases connect Tenants to Units. Once you understand that shape, everything else slots in.
1. Add your first property
From the sidebar, open Properties and click Add Property. You'll enter the building name, type (Residential, Commercial or Mixed), and the street address. Canadian provinces appear in the dropdown because forms and legal defaults adapt to where the property is.
On the next step, add one or more units. Each unit has a number, rent amount, and optional bed/bath/square footage. You can also upload photos here — they're stored in S3, served via CloudFront, and automatically appear on any listings you create for those units.
2. Create a listing
Once a unit is marked as Vacant or Listed, you can create a public listing. Open Listings → New, pick the unit, and the form will pre-fill rent + title. A short AI-generated description writes itself based on what you've told NestBord about the unit (beds, baths, amenities, location). Photos are inherited from the property — no re-uploading.
3. Invite a tenant
From the homepage quick actions or the Tenants page, click Invite Tenant, enter a name and email, and submit. Today this creates a tenant record; a welcome email with login credentials is coming next.
4. Create a lease
Open Leases → New. The form auto-detects the property's province and swaps the form for the correct provincial lease (Ontario's Form 2229E, BC's RTB-1, Alberta's Standard Tenancy Agreement, and so on). Step through parties, term, rent, deposits and utilities. Send it to the tenant for e-signature when you're done.
That's the core loop. Maintenance requests, vendors, owners and reports all attach to these objects — you'll meet each in their own article.