RentNest: running two thousand co-living beds without a single rent register

RentNest's founder had grown the business building by building. Each property manager kept a spreadsheet of beds, residents and rent. Rent came by bank transfer with vague references, so reconciling who had paid took days each month. Maintenance requests arrived on WhatsApp and were forgotten. Move-ins required printed agreements and a bundle of photocopies.

Residents — mostly young professionals and students — wanted what they got everywhere else: pay by UPI, raise a request in an app, see when it would be fixed. Managers wanted automatic rent reconciliation, a single view of vacancies and fewer calls about the same broken tap.

RentNest models every bed with its status, resident, rent and history. Bookings on the website reserve a specific bed, agreements are signed digitally, and move-in checklists record the room's condition with photos. Rent is collected through UPI Autopay mandates, so payments reconcile automatically to each resident.

Maintenance requests from the resident app go to the building's technician with photos, and residents see progress until the request is closed.

A compact product team, launching one building at a time.

Agreed with the founder and head of operations.

Everything that shipped for residents, managers and the operations team.

Two buildings went live first. Existing residents were moved to UPI Autopay at their next rent cycle with a small welcome credit. Month-end reconciliation, which had taken days, became a review of a handful of exceptions.

Automate the money first. Autopay removed the most time-consuming work for managers.

Visible maintenance builds loyalty. Residents renewed when they saw requests handled.