{"id":2165,"date":"2026-09-29T23:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/?p=2165"},"modified":"2026-09-29T23:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:01:13","slug":"unified-inbox-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/fr\/unified-inbox-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Use the unified inbox (email, SMS, WhatsApp, Messenger)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"993\" src=\"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upload-inbox-redacted.png\" alt=\"Unified inbox screenshot with tenant email addresses blurred out\" class=\"wp-image-2145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upload-inbox-redacted.png 1920w, https:\/\/bilterm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upload-inbox-redacted-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/bilterm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upload-inbox-redacted-1030x533.png 1030w, https:\/\/bilterm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upload-inbox-redacted-768x397.png 768w, https:\/\/bilterm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upload-inbox-redacted-1536x794.png 1536w, https:\/\/bilterm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upload-inbox-redacted-1500x776.png 1500w, https:\/\/bilterm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upload-inbox-redacted-705x365.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tenant conversations live everywhere: email for the formal stuff, SMS for the quick stuff, WhatsApp and Messenger because that\u2019s where people actually reply. The <strong>Inbox<\/strong> puts all four in one thread list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open <strong>Inbox<\/strong>. Conversations are on the left; click one to read it \u2014 \u201cSelect a conversation to view messages in main.\u201d<\/li><li>Unread counts show on each thread. Work top-down, oldest unread first.<\/li><li>Reply right in the thread. Your reply goes back out through the channel the message came in on \u2014 a WhatsApp message gets a WhatsApp reply.<\/li><li>Use <strong>internal notes<\/strong> for the stuff the tenant should never see: \u201cTenant claims the noise is the upstairs unit \u2014 check with 85B before responding.\u201d<\/li><li>Email attachments land on the thread. Save the important ones to Drive rather than leaving them buried in a conversation.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The inbox is also where maintenance photos arrive. When a tenant sends \u201chere is the photo you asked for,\u201d it\u2019s already attached to the thread \u2014 reference it when you create the maintenance request.<\/li><li>Internal notes are your institutional memory. Six months from now, \u201cwe agreed to repaint in spring\u201d as a note beats your memory of the conversation.<\/li><li>Message threads update live. If you\u2019re coordinating a repair with a superintendent in real time, you don\u2019t need to refresh.<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tenant conversations live everywhere: email for the formal stuff, SMS for the quick stuff, WhatsApp and Messenger because that\u2019s where people actually reply. The Inbox puts all four in one thread list. Tips<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2166,"href":"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165\/revisions\/2166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilterm.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}