I own a duplex in Southern California and built Keywise because the existing tools were either overpriced or underbuilt for landlords like me.
Before Keywise, I managed my rentals with a spreadsheet, Venmo, and a folder of PDFs. Collecting rent meant texting tenants. Tracking lease terms meant opening a PDF and searching for dates. Every renewal was a manual process from scratch.
I'm a software developer by trade, and after years of patching together tools that weren't designed for small landlords, I built what I actually needed: a single app that reads my lease PDF, sets up payments automatically, and handles the paperwork I used to do manually.
What I built
Keywise is AI-powered property management for independent landlords with 1-50 units. The core idea: upload your lease PDF and AI extracts everything — tenant name, rent amount, payment dates, late fees, deposit terms. No manual data entry.
From there: online rent collection via Stripe ($2 flat per transaction, not a percentage), built-in document signing, AI-drafted communications, tenant portal with auto-pay, and move-in/out inspections with photos and digital signatures.
Free for 1-2 units. $19/month for unlimited.
What I write about
The Keywise blog covers the practical stuff landlords actually deal with: writing late rent notices, security deposit laws by state, collecting rent online, and move-in inspection checklists. Everything I write comes from managing my own properties — not from researching what landlords probably want to hear.