Frequently asked questions.

Everything you need to know about FourCasa — connecting a bank account, pricing, Casey, taxes, and what happens to your data.

Getting Started

10 questions
What do I need to get started?

Just a property address and, if you want automatic bank syncing, your online banking login. Add a property, connect a bank, or start uploading receipts, and Casey, FourCasa's AI, takes it from there.

How does FourCasa work, in two steps?
  1. Add your property — enter the address and FourCasa autofills the details from public data.
  2. Choose your transaction source — connect your bank via Plaid, forward statements by email, or upload receipts and documents. Casey takes it from there, categorizing everything and updating your dashboard and reports in real time.
What property types can I manage?
  • Single-family homes
  • Multi-family units (duplexes, triplexes, apartment buildings)
  • Condos
  • Townhouses
I sold a property — what do I do?

Selling a property doesn't mean losing its numbers. Mark it as sold instead of deleting it, and its full history stays put.

The property moves to your "sold" list but stays fully visible in your records. You can compare it against every other property you've owned, past and present.

You can still add transactions and documents to it for up to a year afterward, so closing costs stay on the books.

What happens if I remove a property instead of marking it sold?

Removing a property is permanent. It deletes all transactions and documents tied to that property, and this can't be undone.

If there's any chance you'll need those records later, mark it sold instead.

How do I group properties by city, area, or entity?

If you hold properties under different LLCs, or just want to see numbers by city or neighborhood instead of one flat list, group them.

  1. Go to the Groups section in the navigation bar.
  2. Click + to create a new group.
  3. Add the properties you want in it and save.
Can I bring over my records from AppFolio, Buildium, or another property manager?

Yes. Export your existing statements and send them to us:

  • AppFolio: Reports → Owner Statements, pick your date range, download as PDF or CSV.
  • Buildium: Rental Owner Statements, select the period, download.
  • Rentec Direct: Reports/Statements, pick the property and range, download.

Upload any document from any platform, or forward it to casey@fourcasa.com, and we'll import your information.

Do I need to be good with spreadsheets or accounting software?

No. If you can use a banking app, you can use FourCasa. We build FourCasa for people who hate spreadsheets and don't want to spend their time learning accounting.

Can I add receipts by forwarding an email instead of uploading them?

Yes — forward a receipt or invoice to casey@fourcasa.com and it's processed exactly like an upload.

Can I use FourCasa as my only bookkeeping system?

Yes — it's built to be the financial system of record for rental property owners: organizing transactions, tracking property finances, generating reports, and keeping records ready to hand to a CPA.

Pricing & Plans

3 questions
What are the plans, and what do they cost?
  • Advanced — $19.99/mo (or $16/mo, billed annually): up to 20 rental units, automated bookkeeping, unlimited document uploads and bank connections, 24/7 monitoring, CPA-ready reports, priority support.
  • Pro — starting at $99.99/mo: unlimited units, specialist-backed automation, custom analytics, concierge onboarding. Final pricing is customized to your portfolio.
Is there a free trial, and do I need a credit card?

Yes, there is a 14-day free trial where you get full access to the platform without requiring a credit card.

You only add payment details if you decide to continue after the trial.

How does this compare to hiring a bookkeeper or CPA?

FourCasa isn't built to replace your bookkeeper or CPA.

Instead, we provide automatic expense categorization, reconciliation, and tax-ready reports. It saves time for your bookkeeper or CPA and money for you.

Billing

3 questions
Can I cancel anytime?

Yes — easy cancellation, no extra fees or phone call required.

If I cancel, what happens to my books, and can I get everything out?

Cancelling stops billing — it doesn't delete anything. Your data and export access stay available after you cancel.

If you'd rather have your data permanently deleted, contact support and it'll be purged across every system.

If you want a full copy of everything before you go, contact support for that too.

Do you offer annual billing?

Yes — paying annually brings the Advanced plan down to about $16/mo, roughly 38% less than paying monthly.

Bank Connection

4 questions
Why connect my bank instead of just uploading receipts?

Once it's connected, you never have to touch it again — transactions import automatically, get categorized by property using rules you set once, and show up in your books within minutes.

Is it safe to connect my bank account?

FourCasa connects through Plaid — the same technology that Robinhood and Venmo use.

We only have read-only access and never store your login credentials. Plus, you can easily unlink anytime.

What happens if my bank connection breaks or goes down temporarily?

Bank connections generally resync automatically once restored, pulling in whatever was missed while the connection was down.

Can I disconnect my bank at any time?

Yes, from account settings, with no waiting period. Historical data you've already synced stays in your account unless you delete it.

Casey — Your AI Bookkeeper

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How does Casey turn my receipts and bank transactions into books?

Upload a receipt (or forward it by email) or connect your bank, and Casey extracts the vendor, amount, and category, applies your rules, and assigns it to the right property — usually within seconds for documents and minutes for bank transactions.

How accurate is Casey, and who reviews what it's not sure about?

Casey doesn't guess. Below 100% confidence on a categorization, a human expert reviews it before it ever hits your books — you get AI speed with human accuracy.

If Casey miscategorizes something, how do I fix it?

If Casey miscategorizes something from a document you uploaded, it goes to our expert verification.

If Casey miscategorizes a bank transaction, it comes to you first, and you can edit and recategorize everything. You can also set a rule so Casey remembers your selection and applies it to future transactions.

How does the anomaly detection work?

Casey watches your accounts continuously for things a spreadsheet wouldn't catch — a missing rent payment, a duplicate charge, or an unusual expense spike — and flags it against your normal pattern instead of waiting for you to notice.

Is my data ever used to train AI models?

No — your financial data is never used to train general-purpose AI models. Casey does use AI operationally on your data (matching transactions to documents, flagging anomalies) — that's the product doing its job, not training a model.

Security, Data & Reports

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Who owns my financial data?

You do. FourCasa doesn't claim any rights over your financial records beyond what's needed to provide the service.

What can I export, and in what format?
WhatFormatWhere
TransactionsCSVTransactions page
Cash Flow / Debt / Occupancy / Rent RollCSVReports
Schedule of Real Estate OwnedXLSXReports → SREO
Tax Report (Schedule E)ZIP (1 XLSX + 3 CSVs)Reports → Tax Report
DocumentsZIP / original fileDocuments page
How is my data backed up, and can it be restored if something's deleted?

Backups run continuously at the infrastructure level, protecting against a whole-system failure. There's no separate recovery path for a single deleted record today — once something is deleted, it can't be brought back.

You should export anything you'd hate to lose before you delete a property, delete a transaction, or cancel your account.

Is my data encrypted, and who can see it?

Yes. Your data is encrypted both in transit and at rest.

  • In transit: All traffic between your browser and FourCasa travels over HTTPS/TLS. This includes every page load, every API call, and every document upload.
  • At rest: All stored data is encrypted using AES-256 server-side encryption. This covers your transaction records, property and portfolio data, and every document you upload. All storage containing customer data has public access fully blocked at the infrastructure level.

Two categories of sensitive data never touch our servers at all:

  • Bank login credentials. When you connect a bank account, you enter your credentials directly into Plaid's secure interface. FourCasa never sees, receives, or stores them.
  • Card details. All payments run through Stripe's hosted checkout and billing portal. Your card number never reaches FourCasa's systems.
Who can see your data?

Access to customer information is restricted to the specific operational functions that require it.

One case is worth stating plainly: when a document you upload can't be read automatically with high confidence, a member of our verification team reviews it manually to ensure the extracted figures are accurate. This is part of how document processing works, and it means trained staff may view uploaded financial documents as part of delivering that service.

Beyond that, access is limited to the engineering and support functions needed to operate the platform, investigate issues you report, and maintain the service.

Which third parties handle my financial data?

Several, across categories: your bank connection (Plaid), cloud infrastructure and AI processing (AWS), payments (Stripe), product analytics, email, property data enrichment, and bot protection. A full breakdown is available on request.

Do you have SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification?

Not currently.

What reports can I generate?
  • Cash Flow Report — income and expenses visualized down to the transaction.
  • Income Statement — profitability by category and property.
  • General Ledger — a full transaction list for audits.
  • Tax Report — Schedule E, Cash Flow, Income Statement, and General Ledger together for filing.
  • Debt Report — loan details, DSCR, and net worth over time.
  • Occupancy Report — lease activity and rental income trends.
  • Rent Roll — every lease, every unit, always current.
  • Balance Sheet — what you own vs. what you owe, as of today.
  • Pro-forma vs Actual — where a property is beating or missing the numbers you bought it on.
  • What-If — model a refinance, sale, payoff, or renovation against your real numbers.
  • Schedule of Real Estate Owned (SREO) — portfolio-level, side-by-side view.

Still stuck on something?

Book a free 15-minute onboarding call — a real person walks you through it, no script.