Adding a property

A property is the building or home you manage. You add the property once, then add the units inside it — except for a single-family home, where Habitia creates the unit for you.

1. Open the Properties page

From the left sidebar, click Properties. If you haven’t added any yet, you’ll see an empty page with an Add property button in the middle. Otherwise, the button sits in the top-right.

2. Pick the property type

Click Add property. After the name, the first field is Type. Choose the one that matches the building:

• Single Family — a standalone house with one home inside it (one tenant household)
• Multi Family — a building with multiple rental units (a duplex, triplex, or apartment building)
• Condo — a single condominium unit you own and rent out
• Commercial — a storefront, office, warehouse, or other non-residential space
• Land — a lot you lease or manage

Tip: If you own two different condos in the same building, add each one as its own Condo property — not as a multi-family.

3. Fill in name and address

• Property name — what you’ll call it inside Habitia (e.g., “Calle Luna 12” or “Sunset Duplex”). Tenants don’t see this name.
• Street, City, State, ZIP, Country — the mailing address. For Puerto Rico properties, use PR as the state and the 5-digit ZIP.

Note: State and ZIP are optional, but fill them in if you’ll publish the unit on the public listings site — they show up there.

4. Add optional details

These are useful for reporting and tax tracking. You can leave them blank and fill in later.

• Year built
• Purchase price — what you paid
• Current value — your latest estimate (used in some reports)
• Notes — anything you want to remember about the property

5. Multi-family: organize by building (optional)

If you picked Multi Family, Condo, Commercial, or Land, a checkbox appears: Multi-building property.

Turn this on only if the property has clearly separate buildings — for example, a complex with “Building A” and “Building B.” For a single apartment building, leave it off.

Note: Most properties don’t need this. You can come back and enable it any time.

6. Single-family: fill in unit details

If you picked Single Family, an extra section appears: Unit details. Fill in:

• Bedrooms
• Bathrooms
• Sq ft
• Monthly rent ($)

Habitia creates the single unit behind the scenes when you save, so you don’t add a separate unit.

7. Save

Click Save property. You’ll be back on the Properties list with the new property at the top.

What’s next

• For multi-family, the next step is adding units inside the property.
• For single-family, the unit is already there — your next step is adding a tenant or listing the unit for rent.