Rent comes from the lease
Rent is driven by active leases, not by the unit. The lease's rent, frequency and dates are what make rent fall due on schedule.
If rent is not being raised for a property, there is no active lease on the unit — or the lease has passed its end date and was never terminated.
Recording receipts
Rent shows what is due across your portfolio and what has been collected. Record each receipt against the lease it pays, not as a loose payment.
That matching step is what clears the tenant's balance, feeds the owner's payout, and keeps arrears honest. A payment recorded straight to the bank without being matched leaves the tenant still showing as owing.
Record part payments as they arrive. The balance stays outstanding and keeps appearing, which is exactly what you want.
Scheduled increases
Where a lease includes an escalation, record it on the lease so the increase happens on its date rather than depending on somebody remembering.
Instalment plans
Where an amount is agreed to be paid in stages — a deposit by instalments, or arrears cleared over months — Installments tracks the schedule and what remains, so the plan does not live in somebody's memory.
Chasing arrears
Arrears are simply rent due that has not been received. Work from the rent screen rather than memory, and record every payment as it lands.
A tenant chased for rent they already paid is a relationship you do not get back.
The money chapter of the EstateIQ manual covers invoices and expenses too.