Tool settings: every tool’s settings in one place

Where to find the settings of every Seayora tool — holding deposits, payment plans, evictions, projects, on call, resident surveys, commissions and more — in one list under Settings, on the website, the iPhone and Android.

Most tools in Seayora have a few settings of their own — how long a home is held for an applicant, who is paged for an emergency, what a resident is asked after a repair. Each tool keeps them on its own screen, and Settings → Tool settings gathers all of them in one place, so you do not have to remember which page a switch lives on.

Open Tool settings

On the website: Settings → Tool settings.
On the iPhone or Android: Settings → Work → Tool settings.
Pick a tool to open its settings. They are the same settings as on the tool’s own screen: saving in either place changes the one setting.

What is in it

Only what your account can change is listed. A tool your account does not use, one switched off for your account, or one your role on a team cannot change is left out.

Leasing

Lease signing (landlords and management companies) — Signing order, reminders, consent and the completion certificate.
Holding deposits (landlords and management companies) — What a new request starts with: the amount, how long the home is held and what happens if they withdraw.
Move-in funds (landlords and management companies) — When the keys can be handed over, and who is told the move-in money has cleared.
Pricing suggestions (landlords and management companies) — How a suggested asking rent is worked out for a vacant unit.
Renters insurance (landlords and management companies) — Whether new leases require it, the minimum cover and the reminders.
Commercial leases (landlords and management companies) — Rent changes, sales reports, certificates and critical-date reminders.

Rent & money

Payment plans (landlords and management companies) — Whether residents may ask to spread a month, and the limits you allow.
Evictions (landlords and management companies) — When a case may be opened on your tenancies, and who your lawyer is.

The building

Projects (landlords and management companies) — Budget alerts, change orders, work orders and the weekly digest.
On call (landlords and management companies) — Who is paged for an emergency, how long they have to answer, and office hours.
Unit turns (landlords and management companies) — When a turn opens by itself, the days to ready it and the default checklist.

Residents & contacts

Utility setup (landlords and management companies) — Reminding residents to set up and close their utilities when they move.
Resident surveys (landlords and management companies) — Asking residents how a repair went, and the questions you ask.
Marketing spend (landlords, management companies and contractors) — Whether listing advertising counts as spend, and the months the report opens on.

Compliance

Income certifications (landlords and management companies) — Recertification reminders, HUD limits and what households see.
Housing programs (landlords and management companies) — When you are warned about a filing, on which channels, and who it escalates to.

Your business

Operating settings (contractors) — Your business name, trade, license, how far you travel and your standard rates.
Commissions (contractors) — How often commission is worked out into a statement.
Accounting settings (contractors) — Invoice numbering, terms, tax defaults and the books’ rules.

Lease signing moved here

Signing settings used to have a Leasing group of their own in Settings. They are now under Tool settings with everything else, and an old link to them still opens the same settings.

The Lease Center’s tabs are grouped

The Lease Center on the website had fifteen tabs in one row. They are eight groups now — Leases, Renewals, Pricing, Specials & concessions, Deposits & move-in, Applicants, Insurance, and Templates & signing — and a group with more than one part shows its parts in a second row. Every tab is still there, and links to a tab still open it.

Related features and guides

Seayora AI: Repairs, Lease Questions, Briefs and Reports in Plain Words — Documentation. What each Seayora AI tool does — describing a repair, asking about a lease, briefing a visit, checking an invoice, summarizing a month, turning a sentence into a report, reading a lease PDF, writing a campaign and the day’s brief — where to find them on the website and in the iPhone and Android apps, what happens before anything is sent, and what is kept.
Using Seayora in Spanish, French or Chinese — Documentation. Switch Seayora’s screens to Spanish, French or Chinese on the website, the iPhone and Android — what is translated, what stays in English, and how to read a message, a building notice or a repair request written in another language.
The Seayora Assistant: Asking About Your Account in Plain Words — Documentation. How to ask Seayora about your account in plain words — typed or spoken — on the website and in the iPhone and Android apps, what the assistant can look up, how anything it prepares waits for your approval, what it will not do, how your conversations are kept, and how they help Seayora AI improve.
Notifications: In-App, Email, Push & SMS — Feature. In-app, email, push, and opt-in SMS notifications, with per-property and per-role settings so managing fifty units does not mean fifty times the noise.
New Jersey Landlord-Tenant Law: Good Cause, Deposits and Notices — Guide. New Jersey rules for landlords: good cause under the Anti-Eviction Act, the 1.5-month deposit cap and 30-day return, Truth in Renting and flood notices.
Voice Notes in Messaging — Feature. Record and send voice notes in any Seayora conversation. Transcoded server-side so they play on iPhone, Android, and desktop alike, stored with the thread, and searchable as part of the property record.