Books that close
themselves.
Every dollar in, every receipt scanned, every late fee applied. Smartlord.ai watches your cash flow, sorts it into IRS Schedule E lines automatically, and hands your CPA a clean export in January.
Auto-categorizing
Rent / Sarah Jenkins
5 Pine, 2A / ACH
+$1,500.00
Income / Line 3
Home Depot receipt
Scanned via mobile
$145.32
Repairs / Line 14
Late fee / Michael Ross
Auto-applied per lease
+$50.00
Other income
Vendor / Mike's Plumbing
Inv #4128 / ACH payout
$483.00
Repairs / Line 14
Money moves. The books close themselves.
Four steps from a tenant's bank to a CPA-ready ledger. No spreadsheets, no manual entry.
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Money moves
Rent ACH lands. A Home Depot receipt gets snapped. A vendor invoice ships out. Every dollar event flows through Stripe and Smartlord.ai.
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2
AI sees it
OCR reads receipts. Stripe webhooks parse rent. Vendor invoices land with metadata attached. No manual data entry, ever.
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3
Schedule E line picked
The AI maps each transaction to the right IRS Schedule E line: Repairs, Insurance, Utilities, Cleaning, Auto, Mortgage interest, Depreciation.
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4Automated
CPA-ready export
Year-end is one click: Schedule E PDF, line-item CSV, QuickBooks IIF, and 1099-NECs for every vendor over $600. Done.
Snap. We do the rest.
Bought paint at Home Depot? Tape at the hardware store? A new fridge for the unit? Snap a photo from your phone. The AI reads merchant, date, line items, and totals in under two seconds, then drops it on the correct Schedule E line.
Reading receipt
Try it with a real receipt.
Drop a receipt photo or describe an expense. The same AI that runs inside Smartlord.ai picks the IRS Schedule E line, with a confidence score and the reason behind the call.
Your expense
IRS Schedule E lines
Line 14
Repairs
Line 9
Insurance
Line 17
Utilities
Line 7
Cleaning & maintenance
Line 6
Auto and travel
Line 11
Legal & professional fees
Line 12
Mortgage interest
Line 18
Depreciation
Smartlord.ai supports all 21 Schedule E expense lines, plus Form 4562 depreciation.
Cash flow you can see in real time.
No month-end close, no spreadsheet rebuilds. Your portfolio P&L updates the moment a transaction hits.
YTD Income
$0K
YTD Expenses
$0K
Net operating
$0K
Cap rate
0%
January arrives. You don't panic.
Your CPA package is already built. 1099-NECs are pre-filled. Schedule E maps every line. One click to send.
1099-NEC tracker
Vendor YTD totals
Mike's Plumbing
W-9 on file
$0
1099 ready
Northstar Electric
W-9 on file
$0
$188 to threshold
Casa Painters
W-9 missing, payouts paused
$0
Hold
CPA Export Preview
Schedule E, Form 1040
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