Track maintenance requests with radar-like visibility and auto-escalations for unresponsive landlords.
College students in off-campus rentals face unresponsive landlords and tracking glitches in proptech apps when submitting maintenance requests.
LeaseLynx lets college students submit, track, and escalate maintenance requests via a simple dashboard that pings landlords automatically. It provides real-time status updates and public timelines to pressure slow responses. Glitch-free tracking ensures no requests get lost in proptech black holes.
College students renting off-campus apartments or houses
Visual 'radar' dashboard with AI-predicted response times unique to student rentals.
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Upload photos, describe issues, and submit requests to landlords instantly.
Visual timeline showing request status with color-coded alerts.
Automatic reminders and escalations to landlords after set delays.
Push/email notifications for all updates.
Simple view for landlords to respond and update status.
Track landlord responsiveness scores.
Pre-built request templates for common issues.
Generate PDF reports for legal escalation.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| name | text | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| address | text | No |
| landlord_email | text | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| title | text | No |
| description | text | No |
| status | text | No |
| property_id | uuid | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/requestsCreate new maintenance request
/api/requestsList user's requests
/api/requests/:idUpdate request status
/api/propertiesAdd rental property
/api/escalate/:idTrigger escalation
No escalations
Solo use
Up to 6 users
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 150 | 1.5% | $45 | $540 |
| Month 6 | 1,200 | 4% | $1,200 | $14,400 |
LeaseLynx tracks maintenance requests with radar precision and auto-pings slackers.
Post in college subreddits like r/UCLA, r/berkeleyhousing targeting off-campus threads; DM student Facebook groups admins for shoutouts; Offer free Pro access to first 10 signups from campus Discord servers.
Robust for pros
Too complex for students
Student-focused, cheap, visual tracking
Integrated listings
Glitchy tracking
Reliable radar + escalations
Data on landlord response times creates network effects for benchmarking.
Rising off-campus rentals post-COVID + proptech glitches exposed in student forums.
Low adoption if landlords ignore
Public sharing feature for pressure
Email deliverability issues
Use Resend + multiple channels
Landlord spam complaints
Opt-in escalations only
Success: 70% confirm pain + willing to pay $9
Success: 50% retention week 2
Success: 100 signups week 1
Success: 3% conv rate
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