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The product

Everything that happens in a rental, in one fair record.

Merit brings messaging, maintenance, payments, and a verifiable history into a single shared place, built so landlords and tenants always work from the same source of truth.

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Shared messaging

One thread. Both sides. Saved forever.

No more lost texts or "I never got that." Landlord and tenant message in a single shared thread that's saved to the record the moment it's sent, so the conversation is always there when it matters.

  • Live, shared thread both parties see identically
  • Every message time-stamped to the record
  • "Unsend" leaves a marker; nothing vanishes silently
  • No third-party chat app · your conversations are part of the record
Maya · Landlord
Hi Sam · welcome to Apt 1B! Everything for the tenancy lives here.
You · Tenant
Thanks! The kitchen sink is draining slowly though.
Maya · Landlord
Thanks for flagging · go ahead and file a request and I'll get a plumber out.
Saved to record · Jun 1, 2:14 PM
Kitchen sink draining slowlyResolved
Opened by Sam · photo attached · Jun 1
In progress · plumber scheduled · Jun 2
Resolved · trap cleared, draining normally · Jun 3

Requests & maintenance

Repairs, notices, and upkeep · all with a paper trail.

Not just repairs. Maintenance requests, notices of entry, and proof-of-insurance all run through one flow: photo-backed, status-tracked, and closed only when both sides agree it's done. And landlords can schedule recurring upkeep so nothing slips.

  • Typed requests · maintenance, notice of entry, proof of insurance · each with the right fields
  • Two-party resolution · a repair closes only when both parties confirm it's fixed
  • Preventive maintenance schedules · recurring upkeep with due & overdue tracking, sealed into the record
  • Full, un-editable status history and response times for both sides

The verified record

A record designed to be defensible.

Every consequential action writes to a tamper-evident chain. Either party can export the full tenancy record as a PDF and JSON, and independently verify that not a single entry has been changed.

  • One-click export to PDF + JSON
  • Cryptographic hash chain anyone can re-verify
  • Append-only: corrections are new entries, never edits
  • Clearly labeled "designed to be defensible," never overstated
Record integrity verified

42 events · hash chain intact · verified end-to-end

Tenancy documentsPrivate
Signed lease.pdf · hashed to record · Jun 1
Move-in photos.zip · 14 files · Jun 1
Sink repair invoice.pdf · Jun 3

Documents & storage

The paperwork, kept where it belongs.

Leases, move-in photos, receipts: stored in a private, encrypted bucket and fingerprinted into the record, so everyone can trust that the file they're looking at is the one that was filed.

  • Private storage, served only via short-lived signed links
  • Each file hashed into the tamper-evident record
  • Both parties keep access · no one holds the only copy

Live translation

Every conversation, in your language.

Landlords and tenants often don’t share a first language, and misread messages are how small issues become disputes. Merit renders the other side’s messages in your language, live, while the original stays the record.

  • 16 languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Bengali, Haitian Creole, Korean and Arabic
  • Each side writes and reads in their own language
  • Clearly labeled, with the original always one tap away
  • The original · never the translation · is what’s sealed into the record
Sarah · Tenant
Hi · the radiator in the bedroom makes a loud noise at night. Could someone take a look this week?
Translated from Spanish · See original
You · Landlord
Thanks for letting me know · I’ll have someone out Thursday morning.
Sarah reads this in Spanish · originals stay on the record
Water shutoff · Tue 9am–12pmSent to 6 tenancies
Apt 2A · delivered · sealed to record
Apt 2B · delivered · sealed to record
Apt 4A · delivered · translated to Spanish

Building announcements

Tell every tenant once · and prove it.

Write an update once · a water shutoff, an inspection, a repair schedule · and it’s delivered into every tenant’s private thread in the building, sealed into each tenancy’s record.

  • One announcement → a sealed message in every active tenancy’s record
  • Provable notice, per tenant · exactly what was sent, and when
  • Translated automatically for tenants who read in another language
  • Replies come back privately, in each tenancy’s own thread

Rent ledger

Rent, logged the moment it lands.

Log rent as it happens: payments confirmed by both parties, receipts required, and off-rail payments (Zelle, check, cash) attested and logged, so the history is complete and trusted by both sides.

  • Both-party-confirmed payments, sealed into the record
  • Receipts attached and fingerprinted into the record
  • On-time history that builds tenant reputation
  • Rent payment processing in Merit Coming soon
June rentOn time
$1,800 · paid Jun 5 · logged to record
Receipt shared to both parties
Added to Sam's payment history
Security deposit · Apt 1BReturned
Move-in condition report · agreed by both · Jun 1
Deduction $120 · broken blind · receipt attached
$1,680 returned · confirmed by both parties

Condition & deposits

Move-in to move-out, without the deposit fight.

Deposit disputes are the single most common landlord–tenant fight, because nobody can prove what the place looked like. Merit closes the argument before it starts.

  • Photo-backed move-in and move-out condition reports, agreed by both parties
  • A deposit ledger: deductions itemized with receipts, returns confirmed by both sides
  • A one-click dispute packet: the relevant record, organized and verifiable
  • Side agreements proposed, confirmed, and sealed · so “but we agreed…” has a receipt

Property operations

The building’s history, backed by receipts.

Every dollar of work on the building: logged with the receipt hashed into the record, photos attached, and equipment tracked so upkeep gets flagged before something breaks.

  • Capital work logged with hashed receipts: a verifiable capex history, not claims
  • Before/after photos, fingerprinted into the record like receipts
  • Equipment & predictive upkeep · know what’s due before it fails
  • Work between tenancies seals into a property-level record, so the building’s history never has gaps
Boiler replacementReceipt verified
ACME Heating · $8,200 · receipt hashed to record
3 photos attached · before / after
Property record · chain intact
Records prepared by MeritAwaiting your review
34 records staged from your receipts & spreadsheets
You review and confirm · only then are they written
Each labeled “Entered by Merit · confirmed by you”

Concierge onboarding

Hand us the shoebox. Keep the pen.

The reason record-keeping tools fail is data entry. So we do it for you: send us your receipts, spreadsheets, and history, and our team stages it in Merit · but nothing enters your record until you review and confirm it.

  • We enter your history · you confirm before a single record is written
  • Everything we touch is permanently labeled “Entered by Merit · confirmed by you”
  • Every staff access to your account is logged structurally, not as a policy promise
  • Included with private-beta onboarding
Sam R.
Response & communicationExcellent
Requests resolvedBoth-party agreed
Tenancies completed3
Verified byMerit record
Trusted· renter in good standing

The Merit Passport

Earn it. Own it. Share it.

Good renters rarely get credit for it. The Merit Passport turns a real rental history (how you communicate, how you care for the home, tenancies completed) into a portable reputation you own, built only from verified events. Share it with a prospective landlord as a read-only, time-boxed link. Payment history strengthens it as rent-through-Merit rolls out.

  • Built only from verified, real history · never guesswork
  • Owned by the tenant: share a live, expiring link and revoke it anytime
  • Helps thin-credit renters prove they're a safe bet

Property Score

A property that sells itself on proof, not adjectives.

Every well-run building earns a Merit Score: a 0–100 reputation computed only from the sealed record: how fast repairs are handled, how emergencies are answered, whether upkeep stays on schedule, and how fairly issues resolve. Share it with prospective tenants and agents with one verified link.

  • Receipts only · every point traces back to a real, sealed event
  • Scores responsiveness, emergency response, upkeep, resolutions, communication & privacy
  • Share a live, time-boxed verified link · no account needed to view
Property Score
88/100
Excellent
Responsiveness4h median
Emergency response1.5h median
Preventive upkeepon schedule
Repairs resolved80% resolved
Communicationfast replies

Computed from the sealed record, shareable as a verified link

Under the hood

How the tamper-evident record works.

Other platforms store your data. Merit proves it. Every action is linked into a cryptographic chain, so anyone can check the history is whole, without taking our word for it.

1

Something happens

A message, a repair update, a payment · any consequential action in the tenancy.

2

It's sealed into the chain

The event is hashed and linked to the one before it, then time-stamped to the shared record.

3

Anyone can verify it

Export the record and re-check the chain yourself. If a single entry was altered, the proof breaks.

event 01 · message.created · #a3f1…9c2
event 02 · maintenance.created · #b7d4…1e8
event 03 · status.resolved · #c0e9…4af
event 04 · payment.logged · #d5b2…77c
Chain valid · 4 of 4 events verified

Proof you can both trust

See it on a real tenancy.

We'll walk you through messaging, maintenance, and a verified export end to end · then let you check the record yourself.

No credit card · No pressure