Tethered is a powerful bookkeeping tool for rental owners who work with one of our CPA partners, or with our property management team. Log rent, expenses and receipts as they happen, see what every deduction saves you, and give your CPA books they can work from.
Have an invitation? Use the link in your email, or log in.
See it in under a minute: your receipts turned into deductions, what each one saves you, and the questions to ask your CPA.
Tax season is short and busy, so judgment calls that need your details are often handled the simple way: spread over years instead of deducted now. That isn't wrong, just not always the most you could save. Tethered brings each one to your CPA with what's at stake. Your CPA makes the call. You make sure it gets asked.
Examples only. Estimates at the tax rate you pick; your CPA decides what applies to you.
No shoebox of receipts in March, and no rebuilding last year's numbers from memory. Here's the app with sample numbers.
A walkthrough of the real app with sample numbers. Explore the sample ledger.
Connect your bank once and payments arrive already sorted into tax categories. Snap or forward a receipt and Tethered reads it for you, and every entry shows what it saves you in tax.
Your ledger shows your CPA's name and logo. Judgment calls go straight to them with what's at stake, and their answers show up in your books and your year-end report.
Each tenant gets a private portal to pay rent and ask for repairs. Rent checks itself off as it arrives, and every repair bill lands in your books with the tenant's photos as proof.
One PDF and spreadsheet per property, by Schedule E line, with depreciation, carryover, mileage, 1099 payees, a rent roll, a repair log and your CPA's answers. Every receipt in one zip.
Because it works best as a partnership between you and your CPA. Every client is connected to a CPA who can see their books and answer their questions, so the judgment calls go to someone who knows your full picture. Your CPA sends you a personal invitation by email.
Tethered is included with your invitation, through your CPA partner or our property management team. There's nothing else to sign up for. Your CPA can tell you more about how they offer it.
Only if you want to. Connecting your bank is optional. If you do, you sign in through Plaid, the service behind apps like Venmo, and Tethered never sees your password. It's read-only: nothing can move money. Or skip it and snap receipts, type entries, or import a statement as a PDF.
No. Type what it was in everyday words ("plumber", "new fridge") and Tethered picks the tax category, explains what it means, and shows what it saves. When something is your CPA's call, it tells you what to ask.
No, it makes your time with them count. Your CPA still prepares and files your return; you arrive with clean records, a tax-ready report, and the questions worth asking. Figures in Tethered are estimates, not tax advice.
We built Tethered to keep the books for our own family's six-unit rental, and tax season stopped being a scramble. Now we offer it to the clients of the CPAs we partner with, and to every owner whose property we manage.
Tethered is available only to clients of our CPA partners and of our property management team. Your CPA sends you a personal invitation, and your ledger comes connected to them from day one.
A property management client of ours? Ask us for your invitation. A CPA? Become a partner.
Tethered is a costly tool to build and run, which is why we offer it through CPA partners. But we started it to keep our own family's books, and we'd like to help other families too. If you keep your own books and could use it, email us. Just ask, nicely. 🙂
Your property is one of the biggest investments you'll ever make. We help you set it up like a business, keep every dollar working for you, and run it with the same open books as Tethered, so you always know exactly where you stand.
| Oct 1 | Rent received | $2,450.00 |
| Oct 6 | Disposal repair receipt | −$186.40 |
| Oct 14 | Smoke detector check | $0.00 |
| Oct 31 | Management fee | −$196.00 |
| Paid to you | $2,067.60 |
A sample monthly statement. Figures are illustrative.
We guide you through forming an LLC for your property and moving it in, step by step. It's optional, but it's one of the most helpful moves you can make to protect your assets and get the most out of every deduction. Already have an LLC? We'll start from there.
Every rent payment, repair and receipt goes straight into your Tethered ledger as it happens. You see it all, every month, and your year-end report is ready before your CPA asks for it.
We pay the property's bills for you, from property tax and insurance to utilities and HOA dues, before they're due. Each one is logged with its bill or receipt, so every deductible dollar is counted and nothing is missed or late.
When something breaks, we don't call one contractor and send you the bill. We get quotes from several trusted pros, compare price and quality, and show you the bids. Anything over your limit waits for your yes, except true emergencies.
Each year we walk you through what your deductions and depreciation are expected to save, what we expect your tax bill to be, and why, line by line. You and your CPA can plan ahead, set aside the right amount, and make sure you never pay more than you owe.
Rent and security deposits are held in a separate trust account, never mixed with company funds, and reconciled every month. You can see where every dollar is at any time.
Open books, honest prices and a plan for your taxes. That's how we'd want our own property run, and it's how we'll run yours.
For owners renting out a house or condo.
Duplexes through roughly twenty units.
Retail, office and mixed-use space.
Every property we manage comes with Tethered, so you and your CPA always see the books.
Tell us about your property and we'll reply within one business day with next steps and our fees spelled out. Thinking about an LLC? Mention it, and we'll include it in the plan.