When you create a manual rental, the Move-in Date field now accepts a recent date in the past, not just today or a future date. This is useful when a customer has already moved in before you have time to create their rental in Stortech.

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In the Create manual rental form, Move-in Date section: "Choose the tenant's actual move-in date. Recent past dates are allowed within the current billing period."

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If you choose a date in the past but still within the current billing period:

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a message confirms: "Backdated booking: within the current billing period, the subscription starts on this date and the total shown is what's owed as of today."

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billing starts on the actual move-in date chosen, not the date the rental was created;

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the total shown when creating the rental reflects what's owed from that date until today (rent, one-time fees, and applicable deposit);

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subsequent invoices then follow your facility's regular billing cycle.

This option is available no matter which payment method is chosen for the manual rental: credit card, pre-authorized debit (ACSS/PAD), or offline payment.

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You can't go back further than the current billing period. If the chosen date is too old, the form shows: "This date is outside the current billing period and can no longer be backdated. Choose a more recent date." and you'll need to choose a date closer to today.

For the other steps of creating a manual rental, see Create a manual rental.