Stop texting tenants on the 1st.
Set it once and it runs forever.
Cronote sends your tenants a rent reminder by text or email on the 1st of every month, automatically. They confirm with one tap, no app and no account. If someone has not answered by the 3rd, you get a notification, so you find out on the 3rd instead of the 10th.
Free for your first unit. Monthly forever, the calendar never stops. These are payment reminders, not legal notice. Sending reminders since 2010.
You own the building. You should not also be the alarm clock.
Most self-managing landlords remind tenants from a personal phone, month after month. It works, until the month you forget, travel, or just get tired of being the one who asks.
The 1st, the 3rd, and you, in the loop.
- Create the rent-day reminder: "Rent is due today. Have you sent it? Sent or Not yet." Set it to repeat monthly on the 1st, forever. There is a ready-made template to copy.
- Add your tenants: Phone numbers or emails. Tenants get a normal text or email and confirm with one tap in their browser. No app, no account, no password.
- See who confirmed: Every answer lands in one place, unit by unit, month by month. No more guessing what silence means.
- No answer by the 3rd? You find out: Set a no-answer deadline of two days. If a tenant has not confirmed by then, Cronote notifies you so you can follow up while it is still early.
- Confirm your email: One tap after you sign up, so your reminders are never held. This is the step people skip and regret.
Three reminders that cover the whole month.
Set them up once. They run every month on their own, and you only hear about the exceptions.
The rent-day check-in
On the 1st at 9am: "Rent is due today. Have you sent it? Sent or Not yet." One tap back and you know. If there is no answer by the 3rd, you get a notification instead of an uneasy feeling.
Moment→
Decision
The heads-up before the 1st
A few days early: "Heads up, rent is due on the 1st." Friendly, expected, and it catches the tenants who pay the moment they think of it.
Moment
The professional follow-up
For the months someone slips past the grace period: a firm, professional payment reminder you send once, by hand, without rewriting it from scratch at 11pm. A reminder, not a legal notice.
Moment
Free for your first unit.
Every feature is free, with unlimited app and email delivery. Text messages use one credit each: buy a one-time pack, no monthly fee, and credits never expire.
Free
- Monthly reminders, forever
- One-tap tenant confirmation
- No-answer notifications
- Email delivery included
- 10 free text credits to start
100 texts
- A year of rent-day texts for 8 units
- Credits never expire
Common questions
Is this a legal late-rent notice?
No. Cronote sends payment reminders, not legal notice. Many states regulate exactly how a formal notice to pay must be written and delivered, and a text message usually does not qualify. Use Cronote to keep good tenants on schedule, and talk to a local attorney when a situation needs a formal notice.
Do my tenants need to install an app?
No. The reminder arrives as a normal text message or email, and tenants confirm with one tap in their browser. There is nothing for them to install, sign up for, or remember.
What happens when a tenant does not answer?
You choose a deadline, like two days after the reminder goes out. If a tenant has not confirmed by then, Cronote sends you a notification so you can follow up personally. Tenants who confirm on time never trigger it.
Does Cronote collect the rent or track payments?
No. Cronote is not a payment processor or a bookkeeping ledger. It sends the reminder and collects each tenant's one-tap confirmation that rent was sent, which is the part most landlords are doing by hand today. Keep collecting rent however you do now.
How much does it cost for multiple units?
Cronote is free, including unlimited app and email delivery, so a first unit typically costs nothing. Text messages use one-time credit packs that never expire: a $5 pack of 100 texts covers a year of monthly rent-day texts for about 8 units. There is no subscription.
Can I set it up once and forget it?
Yes. A monthly reminder with no end date repeats on the 1st forever. You can pause it, edit it, or end it any time a tenant moves out.
Set it up before the next 1st.
Ten minutes today and rent day runs itself every month from now on. Free for your first unit, no card required. Remember to confirm your email so delivery is never held.