Hey Product Hunt! I'm Rachid, founder of LeaseBase.
I built LeaseBase because I'm a landlord myself, and I was tired of the mental overhead remembering lease deadlines, tracking which laws apply to which property, coordinating repairs between tenants, vendors, and myself. Spreadsheets don't catch what's coming. Generic software doesn't know the rules.
What LeaseBase does:
LeaseBase watches your properties and surfaces what requires your attention before it becomes urgent.
Hey Product Hunt! I'm Rachid, founder of LeaseBase. I built this because of a $3,000 lawsuit.
Last year, a tenant sued me. The claim was wrong, but I spent an entire weekend digging through AppFolio exports, old Gmail threads, and my own memory trying to reconstruct what had actually happened. Work orders, entry notices, deposit records, compliance deadlines—everything was scattered across five different systems that didn't talk to each other.
I won the case, but it exposed a bigger problem. I'm a software engineer with 12 years of experience. If I struggled to stay on top of California's rental laws, how is someone with two or three rental properties supposed to?
What surprised me most was realizing that nobody really owns compliance for independent landlords. Most software helps collect rent or store documents, but when it comes to knowing which laws apply to your property, the responsibility still falls entirely on the owner.
That's why I built LeaseBase.
LeaseBase tracks rent caps, notice periods, deposit rules, required disclosures, and other compliance requirements based on where your property is located. It also manages the day-to-day work—leases, payments, maintenance, and tenant communication. The goal isn't just to record what happened, but to help you understand what needs attention next and why.
Everything you see today—the compliance engine, AI assistant, mobile apps, and platform—was built over the past few months by a single founder. I'm not trying to replace landlords or property managers. I'm trying to give independent landlords the kind of operational support that large management companies already have.
LeaseBase is free to get started, with no credit card required.
I'll be here throughout the day—I'd genuinely love your questions, feedback, and criticism.
@rachid_abadli I love how your misfortune drove you to build a tool to prevent it happening again and share with others who are potentially in the same boat. Hope today's launch goes well.