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Learn how Rentloop organises your rental portfolio with properties, blocks, and units — and how billing scales with your unit count.
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WhatsApp usWhen you start managing rentals in Rentloop, the first thing to understand is how your portfolio is organised. Rentloop uses a three-level hierarchy: Properties → Blocks → Units. Once this clicks, everything else — from adding tenants to understanding your bill — makes complete sense.
Every unit belongs to a block, and every block belongs to a property. This structure is flexible enough to represent a single family home or a 200-unit apartment complex in exactly the same system.
When you create a property in Rentloop, the first decision is its type.
A Single property is a complete housing space rented to one family or tenant as a whole. Think of a standalone house, a villa, a compound, or a self-contained bungalow.
When you create a Single property, Rentloop automatically creates the underlying block and unit for you. You don't need to manage blocks or set up units manually — the property is effectively the unit. This keeps things simple for landlords who own and rent individual houses without complex internal structure.
A Multi property is divided into separate spaces rented by multiple tenants independently. This covers apartment complexes, hostels, office buildings, mixed-use developments, and any property where multiple people rent different parts of the same place.
With a Multi property, you manually add blocks and units to match your physical layout. This gives you full control over how your portfolio is structured.
In Rentloop, a property represents a physical location — typically a site or address where your rental assets sit. One property can contain a single building or multiple buildings at the same location.
Some examples:
The key idea is that a property is what you'd describe as a single site or address in the real world.
Blocks are how you organise units within a Multi property. They map to the physical divisions of your property — buildings, towers, wings, floors, or any meaningful grouping.
For example:
Each block has its own name, description, status (Active, Inactive, or Maintenance), and shows a count of its units. From the blocks listing page, you can drill into each block to view and manage its units directly.
For Single properties, Rentloop creates a hidden "Main" block automatically. You never see or interact with it — it's just infrastructure to keep the data model consistent.
Units are the actual spaces tenants rent. Each unit belongs to a block, has its own configuration, and is billed individually.
Rentloop supports five unit types to cover both residential and commercial rentals:
Each unit has its own:
Units can be duplicated with one click, which is useful when you have many similar units in the same block.
Here is the most important thing to understand about Rentloop pricing: you are billed per unit, not per property or block.
Properties and blocks are free organisational containers — you can create as many as you need. What determines your billing tier is the total number of units across your entire portfolio.
A few examples to make this concrete:
| Scenario | Properties | Blocks | Units | Monthly Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landlord renting out a single house | 1 | 1 (auto) | 1 | Free |
| 3 houses in different locations | 3 | 3 (auto) | 3 | Free |
| Small apartment block with 8 units | 1 | 1 | 8 | GHS 99 – 399 |
| Two apartment complexes, 30 units each | 2 | 4 | 60 | GHS 400 – 899 |
| Large hostel with 120 rooms | 1 | 6 | 120 | GHS 400 – 899 |
Your first 3 units are free. From 4 to 50 units, you’re on the Starter plan (GHS 99–399/month). From 51 to 150 units, you move to the Growth plan (GHS 400–899/month). For portfolios above 150 units, reach out for a custom Enterprise plan.
See the full pricing breakdown for details.
Kofi owns three houses in Accra, each rented to a different family. He creates three Single properties in Rentloop. Each auto-creates its own unit. He manages all three from one dashboard — tracking rent payments, maintenance requests, and lease documents — paying nothing since his total is 3 units or fewer.
Ama owns a complex in Tema with two buildings. Building A has 12 apartments and Building B has 18 apartments. She creates one Multi property, adds two blocks (Block A and Block B), and adds units to each. Her 30 total units fall in the 4–50 Starter range, so she pays GHS 99–399/month.
A developer manages an office park with three sections: a commercial ground floor (8 retail units), a first floor of offices (12 units), and a second floor of studios (10 units). One Multi property, three blocks, 30 units across residential and commercial types — all managed in a single property dashboard.
A hostel operator has 150 rooms across 5 floors. One Multi property, five blocks (one per floor), 30 units per floor. At 150 units total, the portfolio falls in the 51–150 Growth range, so they pay GHS 400–899/month. Rentloop applies the right plan automatically.
Setting up your portfolio in Rentloop takes minutes. When you create a property, the wizard walks you through choosing Single or Multi, adding your property details and address, and getting to the dashboard.
From there, Multi properties let you add blocks and units one by one — or duplicate existing units to speed things up. Your billing updates automatically as you grow.
Create your account and start building your portfolio today. The first 3 units are free, forever.