Stessa
Stessa helps real estate investors manage property portfolios with bookkeeping, reporting, rent collection, leasing, and tenant screening.
What Stessa is
Stessa helps real estate investors manage property portfolios with bookkeeping, reporting, rent collection, leasing, and tenant screening. It imports, categorizes, and indexes rental transactions and supports single-entry bookkeeping. Financial dashboards and reports include an Income Statement, Net Cash Flow, Schedule of Real Estate Owned, and Tenant Ledger. Landlords can collect rent online with automated reminders and late fees; tenants can pay by ACH, credit card, or debit card.
Leasing tools include state-compliant agreements, legal forms, templates, and e-signatures, with limits that depend on the plan. RentPrep integration offers background and credit checks. Stessa says it connects to banks, lenders, credit cards, and property managers to consolidate financial data. Its iOS and Android apps support receipt scanning and transaction management, alongside the web service.
The free Essentials plan includes unlimited properties, one portfolio, and five receipt scans per month; state-compliant leases cost $15 each. Manage costs $12 per month when paid annually or $15 monthly. Pro costs $28 per month annually or $35 monthly. Stessa describes encryption, optional multi-factor authentication, backups, fraud monitoring, and role-based access controls.
Good
- Free Essentials plan includes unlimited properties
- Reports cover income, cash flow, and tenant ledgers
- Tenants can pay by ACH, credit card, or debit card
- iOS and Android apps support receipt scanning
- Integrates RentPrep tenant screening
Watch out
- Free plan is limited to one portfolio
- Free plan includes five receipt scans monthly
- Manage costs $12/month billed annually
- Leasing features have plan-specific limits
Who it suits
Stessa suits real estate investors and landlords who want to manage property finances, collect rent, or handle leasing from web and mobile apps. The plans may suit different portfolio and receipt-scanning needs.
Verdict
Stessa brings rental bookkeeping, reporting, rent collection, leasing, and screening together for property investors. Compare plan limits and billing terms against your portfolio and receipt-scanning needs.
Plans and prices
From Stessa's own pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | Free | Unlimited properties · automatic bank feeds · basic reports · vacancy marketing · tenant screening · maintenance · online rent collection · up to 2.02% APY |
| Manage | $12 a month | Everything in Essentials · 1 eSignature/month · Schedule E report · 60+ legal forms · accelerated rent payments · priority chat support · paid annually; $15/month paid monthly |
| Pro | $28 a month | Everything in Manage · unlimited portfolios · advanced reports · advanced transaction tracking · unlimited receipt scans · unlimited chart history · 7 eSignatures/month · up to 3.49% APY · priority phone support · paid annually; $35/month paid monthly |
The facts
Each one read from Stessa's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API and SDKs
- The official integration and help pages reviewed document AppFolio connectivity but provide no public REST API, SDK or developer portal.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Automated bookkeeping
- Bank and property-manager transactions can be imported, categorized and assigned to properties automatically.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Banking
- Stessa says banking services are provided by Thread Bank, Member FDIC, and eligible deposits may receive up to $3,000,000 in FDIC insurance through its deposit sweep program, subject to conditions.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Bookkeeping
- Stessa imports, categorizes, and indexes rental property transactions and supports single-entry bookkeeping.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Cancellation policy
- Subscription cancellations take effect at the billing-cycle end and Stessa says it does not issue partial refunds or prorated cancellation credits.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Cash Management
- Cash Management offers deposit accounts, property-specific debit cards, up to $3 million FDIC sweep coverage and cash-back rewards subject to stated terms.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- The Help Center contains setup, navigation, rent-collection, subscription and integration articles; paid tiers add priority chat or phone support.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Stessa says it uses 256-bit SSL encryption for data in transit and AES-256 encryption for data at rest.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integration: DocuSign
- Independent software directories list DocuSign as an integration for Stessa e-signatures.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Stessa says it connects to banks, lenders, credit cards, and property managers to consolidate financial data.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Leasing
- Stessa provides state-specific lease templates, vacancy advertising, Zillow syndication, applications, tenant screening and DocuSign e-signatures.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Legal developer name
- The Apple listing names Stessa, Inc. as developer, while Google Play identifies Roofstock, Inc. as the developer.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: accounting flexibility
- Reviewers cite non-customizable categories, weak split-transaction handling and difficulty recording owner loans or recurring rent entries.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: bank connectivity
- Reviewers report unsupported banks, broken links, delayed or missing transaction imports and cumbersome manual uploads.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: payment reliability
- An Apple reviewer reported processing delays of up to a week, failed-payment reversals and bugs affecting tenant applications.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: support responsiveness
- Independent reviews describe slow or generic support, including complaints that even Pro customers may wait weeks for help.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Maintenance
- The platform supports maintenance requests, tenant maintenance-portal invitations and maintenance tracking.checked 21 Oct 2026
The company
- Company address
- Stessa lists its address as 1255 Treat Blvd., Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94597.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- LinkedIn lists headquarters at 2001 Broadway, Suite 400, Oakland, California 94612, United States.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company ownership
- LinkedIn identifies Stessa as a Roofstock company.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Stessa at 11–50 employees.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- LinkedIn lists Stessa as founded in 2016.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Oakland, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Integration: AppFolio
- The documented AppFolio integration imports monthly income and expense transactions and synchronizes financial data.checked 21 Oct 2026
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