ERP for UAE real estate and property management

Rent cycles, post-dated cheques, owner statements and the split between exempt residential and standard-rated commercial VAT do not fit a generic ledger. Zeyto handles the money and the books today, and builds the property-specific lifecycle around them as a custom ERP.

Real estate & property management

Rent, cheques and statements, off the spreadsheet

Property finance has its own shape, and most off-the-shelf accounting tools ignore it.

A property portfolio runs on rent cycles, post-dated cheques, owner and landlord statements, service charges and a VAT treatment that changes depending on whether a unit is residential or commercial. Managing that across spreadsheets and a bank folder is where errors and disputes start. Zeyto takes the finance you can standardise today and puts it on solid double-entry footing: tenant invoicing, receipts, balances, mixed VAT and branded statements, all on your own PC. Where you need the property-specific lifecycle, unit and lease tracking, a proper PDC register and owner-association accounting, that is built to fit as a Zeyto Custom ERP on the same foundation.

Today, in the packaged product

What the packaged Zeyto handles now

The money side of a property business, on real accounting, running offline.

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Tenant invoicing

Raise rent and service invoices to tenants with the correct VAT treatment and your own branding on the PDF.

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Owner and account statements

Produce statements by party so an owner or landlord can see charges, receipts and running balance at a glance.

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Receipts and balances

Record payments against invoices and keep each tenant's outstanding balance current and clear.

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Mixed VAT handling

Apply exempt treatment to residential leases and standard 5% to commercial, correctly separated for the FTA return.

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Multi-currency and multi-company

Run several companies or entities and handle foreign-currency receipts, with everything booked back to AED.

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Branded documents

Send invoices and statements to tenants and owners over WhatsApp or email from inside Zeyto.

Where custom ERP fits

Unit, lease and PDC tracking, built to your portfolio

The property-specific lifecycle is exactly the kind of work Zeyto Custom ERP is made for. Rather than bend a generic ledger, we build the model your business actually uses: units and their leases, tenancy contracts and renewal dates, a post-dated cheque register with due-date visibility, service-charge apportionment across a building, broker commission tracking and owners-association accounting. It runs on the same offline-first, data-stays-yours foundation, so the property lifecycle and the books are one connected system.

  • Unit and lease lifecycle with contract and renewal dates
  • Post-dated cheque register with due-date visibility
  • Service-charge apportionment across a building or community
  • Broker commission tracking and owners-association accounting
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How UAE property VAT is treated

Zeyto's VAT engine handles each of these treatments on the right invoice line.

Property typeGeneral VAT treatment
Residential leaseExempt
First supply of new residential (within the first three years)Zero-rated
Commercial property (lease or sale)Standard-rated at 5%
Bare landExempt

General guidance only, not tax advice. Confirm the treatment of a specific supply with your tax adviser or the FTA.

The rent cycle

A monthly cycle that keeps itself straight

1

Raise the rent invoice

Invoice the tenant for rent and service charges with the right VAT treatment for the unit.

2

Record the payment or cheque

Log the receipt against the invoice, and in a custom build, register post-dated cheques with their due dates.

3

Track what is outstanding

See each tenant's balance and what is overdue without opening a spreadsheet.

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Produce the owner statement

Give the owner a clear statement of charges, receipts and balance for their property.

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File VAT and keep the books

Every transaction posts to the ledger and rolls into the FTA VAT return automatically.

Offline-first, and your data stays yours

The property business survives a total loss of connectivity and never rents out its own records.

  • Invoicing tenants and recording receipts works with zero internet
  • Owner and tenant statements print offline on demand
  • The FTA VAT return is prepared from posted transactions locally
  • All tenant, owner and financial data lives on your own PC
  • Zeyto Cloud holds only your licence, telemetry opt-in and encrypted backups
  • Losing the cloud never means losing access to your books
FAQ

Straight answers

Does Zeyto have a built-in lease or property management module?
The packaged product handles tenant invoicing, receipts, balances, owner statements, mixed VAT and accounting. A dedicated lease and unit lifecycle, with contracts, renewals and a post-dated cheque register, is delivered as a Zeyto Custom ERP built to your portfolio on the same offline-first foundation.
How does Zeyto handle post-dated cheques?
In the packaged product you record receipts against invoices and track outstanding balances. A proper PDC register, with each cheque's due date and status followed through to clearance, is built as part of a Zeyto Custom ERP for property firms that run largely on post-dated cheques.
Is residential rent VAT-exempt in Zeyto?
Zeyto's VAT engine can apply exempt treatment to residential leases and standard 5% to commercial property, keeping them correctly separated for the FTA return. This is general guidance; confirm the treatment of a specific supply with your tax adviser or the FTA.
Can Zeyto produce owner and landlord statements?
Yes. Zeyto produces statements by party, so an owner or landlord can see charges, receipts and a running balance for their property. The layout is branded through the document and report designer and can be sent over WhatsApp or email.
Does the property finance keep working offline?
Yes. Zeyto is offline-first by design. Tenant invoicing, receipts, statements and VAT preparation all run on your own PC with zero internet, and all tenant, owner and financial data stays on your premises rather than on a rented server.
When should a property business choose Zeyto Custom ERP?
When the property-specific lifecycle matters as much as the money: unit and lease tracking, renewal management, PDC registers, service-charge apportionment across a building, broker commissions or owners-association accounting. Custom ERP builds those to your exact requirements on the same offline-first, data-stays-yours base.

Put your rent roll on real books and a plan for the rest

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