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Plain guides for small landlords on receipts, cash payments, and keeping a ledger that holds up. Not legal advice; check your state and county.

• Rent receipt template: what a rent receipt must include

  The fields every receipt needs, with a free generator that fills them in.

• Free rent receipt template (PDF)

  What a receipt must include, why it matters in a dispute, and a generator for the PDF.

• Do landlords have to give rent receipts? State overview

  Where receipts are required, where they are just smart, and what to write on them.

• Tenant paid cash? How to document it properly

  A dated receipt every time, what to record, and how to keep the ledger consistent.

• How to keep a rent ledger as a small landlord

  A simple ledger layout, what to log per payment, and the yearly total per tenant.

• Partial rent payments: what to put on the receipt and how to track the balance

  Why a partial receipt must name the period and the balance still owed, how to allocate one payment across two months, and what never to write on it.