Add your first building and units

Everything in Bilterm hangs off the building-and-unit structure: leases attach to units, the rent ledger rolls up to the building, maintenance is filed per unit. Set this up first and the rest falls into place.

1. Go to My Buildings (the portfolio overview) and click Add building.
2. Work through the guided setup: building name, address, and a photo. Add the building metadata you have — roof age, boiler type, tax ID — in the detail fields; you can fill in the rest later.
3. Open the new building. The detail page shows a map card, a KPI strip, and three tabs: Units, Maintenance, Rent.
4. On the Units tab, click Add New to create your first unit.
5. In the Add New Unit dialog, enter the Unit Number (required), plus Type, Level (defaults to Ground Floor), and a Description. Save.
6. Repeat for every unit in the building. Each appears as a card showing photo, rent per month, status chip, bedrooms, floor, tenant, and lease end.
7. Use the sort and filter controls — by floor, by problems, by lease status — and the unit search once the list grows.

Tips

• Add all units before creating leases: the lease form attaches to a unit, and it’s faster when the full list exists.
• Unit numbers are the backbone of the ledger descriptions (e.g. “Unit 85A, J. Tremblay — Aug 2026”), so use the numbering your tenants actually recognize.
• The building’s Files & Photos section is a good home for the deed, insurance certificate, and exterior photos — click Add file while you’re setting up.