Imara Property Suite

Know what you own.
Know what you're owed.

Tenant disputes you can't resolve. Arrears you didn't know existed. A move-out with no paper trail. These aren't rare events — they're what happens when property is managed without a system. IPS gives every payment, lease and tenant a proper record, so nothing can disappear.

IPS · May 2026
Live
48
Units tracked
92%
Occupancy rate
UGX
Rent in Uganda Shillings
4
Properties
Apartment B-03 · Nalubega K. Paid
Shop S-07 · Tumwine R. Overdue
Apt A-11 · Lease renewal Due in 14 days
Unit C-02 Vacant
The honest picture

What property management looks like without a system.

✕  Without IPS
A tenant claims they paid last month. Your caretaker's notebook says they didn't. The tenant shows a mobile money confirmation. You have no independent record — so it turns into a standoff with no resolution
A tenant moves out owing three months' rent. You have no signed lease to enforce, no payment history to present, and no deposit record to offset the loss. The dispute ends in a write-off
A lease expired six weeks ago. Nobody flagged it. The tenant is still in the unit on informal terms — paying whatever they feel, with no legal footing to enforce the original agreed rate
Payments arrive by mobile money, cash and bank transfer. By the time any of it reaches you, nobody can say with certainty which payment belongs to which unit or which month
Your bank asks for 12 months of rental income to support a loan application. You spend two weeks calling caretakers, reconciling M-Pesa statements and filling in gaps from memory
✓  With IPS
Every payment is timestamped and linked to the exact tenant, unit and period. When a dispute arises you check the system — the record is either there or it isn't. No argument, no standoff
Move-out is closed against the original lease: deposit logged on arrival, deductions recorded during tenancy, final balance calculated by the system. The tenant signs off against a clear record, not a handshake
Lease end dates show on the dashboard with a countdown. IPS flags renewals 60 days out — enough time to negotiate a new rate, formalise the continuation, or find the next tenant before the unit sits idle
Every payment is allocated at the point of capture — method, amount, period, running balance. Cash, mobile money or bank transfer: it all ends up in the same structured record
Income reports, arrears summaries and occupancy data are generated from the system in minutes — already structured, already accurate, already ready for your bank, your accountant, or your own board
What IPS is

A practical system for serious property operations.

Imara Property Suite is a structured, web-based property management system built for landlords and property managers in Uganda. Most property here is managed through a combination of notebooks, phone calls and trust. IPS doesn't replace the trust — it gives the trust something solid to stand on.

Built for rentals, commercial properties, hostels and mixed portfolios
Designed for the East African market — not a Western product adapted and resold
Works on mobile or desktop — no app to install, no device to buy
Modular — start with rent tracking, expand into reporting, expenses and beyond
System modules
Properties & Units
Portfolio, unit inventory, status, valuations
Live
Tenants & Leases
Profiles, lease terms, renewals, history
Live
Rent & Payments
Collections, receipts, balances, arrears
Live
Expenses & Maintenance
Costs, repairs, vendor tracking
Live
Reports & Analytics
Income, arrears, occupancy, decisions
Live
Core features

Everything your team needs to stop guessing.

Each module solves a real property management problem — and they all connect in one place.

Rent tracking that makes arrears impossible to hide
Every payment is logged against the right tenant, unit and period the moment it is recorded. The system maintains a running balance — so you don't find out a tenant is three months behind at the end of the quarter. You see it on day one, and you can act on it before it compounds.
Payment logging Arrears dashboard Receipt generation Balance history per tenant
The paper trail that ends every dispute.
Tenant profiles hold the original lease amount, deposit paid, rent agreed and every payment since move-in. When a tenant claims they paid, or disputes what they owe on departure, the answer is already in the system — timestamped, unambiguous, and not subject to anyone's memory.
Tenant profiles Lease tracking Deposit records
48
Units managed
0
Missed renewals
Your entire portfolio — before your caretaker calls
Every property, every unit, every status — occupancy, rent due, lease stage — visible from the dashboard. You know what's happening across your properties without waiting for a weekly report or a phone call that may or may not be complete.
Know what your properties actually cost to run
Log repairs, maintenance and vendor payments against each property. When you see your rental income, you also see what it cost to earn it — giving you a real picture of profitability, not just cash collected.
Reports ready for your bank, your accountant, or your board
Income summaries, arrears breakdowns and occupancy rates generated from structured records — not assembled from memory and M-Pesa screenshots the night before you need them. When the bank asks, you open IPS.
Who it's for

Built around the people who carry the property.

IPS gives every role exactly what they need — without burying anyone in information that doesn't concern them.

PO
Property Owner
The one asking the hard questions

"I own units in Ntinda and Kisaasi. Last year a caretaker I trusted was pocketing rent. I had nothing in a system — nothing to show what should have come in versus what did. That was my wake-up call."

PM
Property Manager
The one responsible for everything running

"I manage properties for three different owners. Every month I rebuild the same summary in Excel — who paid, who didn't, what's due. By the time I send the report, some of it is already out of date."

CT
Caretaker / Agent
The one on the ground, every day

"Tenants pay me and I write it in the book. But the book only works if the owner completely trusts me. IPS gives both of us a record that neither of us controls — which is actually better for everyone."

AC
Accountant
The one who has to make it all add up

"Every December I have the same conversation: what did the properties earn this year? Then I spend two weeks collecting notebooks, reconciling M-Pesa records and filling in what nobody wrote down. A real system would fix that."

Why it matters

What actually changes when property gets a real system.

1
Version of the truth
Not the caretaker's notebook version, not the tenant's M-Pesa history, not the owner's best guess. One system holds the record — and when there's a dispute, everyone looks at the same place.
0
Unresolved move-out disputes
Because the original lease, the deposit amount, every payment and every recorded deduction are already in the system, a tenant's departure is a calculation — not a negotiation.
Audit readiness
Bank loan. Tax return. Family partnership. New investor. Every time someone asks you to prove what your properties earn, the answer is in the system — not assembled from memory under pressure.
How it works

From zero to running in three steps.

Imara Systems handles the setup. Your team just needs to log in and start.

1
We set it up for you
IPS is configured with your properties, units, tenant data and rent structure before your team ever opens the system. No technical work on your side.
2
Your team gets onboarded
Owner, manager and caretaker each get their own login and view. Every role sees exactly what they need — nothing more, nothing overwhelming.
3
You start with a pilot
Begin with one property or block. Validate the workflow with a real rent cycle. Expand across your portfolio when the team is confident and the data is clean.
Try it first

See it working before you decide anything.

The demo is a live instance of IPS, preloaded with sample properties, tenants and payment records. Log a rent payment, check the arrears view, open a tenant profile, pull an income report — see exactly what your team would use every day. No pitch. No guided tour. Just the system.

No sign-up required — credentials are below
Full system access — every module is open
No sales call needed to unlock anything
Real workflows, real data — not a slideshow
Test drive IPS
Log in as an administrator and explore the full system.
Login URL
https://ips.imara.systems
Email
admin@imara.systems
Password
Admin@IPS01
Open IPS →
Questions? Write to us at hello@imara.systems

Stop managing your properties on trust alone.

Start with a pilot — one property, one rent cycle. See what it feels like to have a record for everything: every payment, every lease, every conversation that matters. Then decide if you want it across the rest of your portfolio.