Understanding Month-to-Month Leases in AppFolio

Overview

AppFolio's API exposes lease start and end dates, but month-to-month lease designations are not identifiable through the Appfolio API.

The Challenge

When property managers extend leases to month-to-month in AppFolio, this change is not clearly exposed in the Appfolio API. The lease may appear to have ended according to the original end date, even though it continues on a month-to-month basis.

How to Identify Month-to-Month Leases

The most reliable way to determine if a lease has transitioned to month-to-month is to monitor the end date over time. If the end date changes or extends periodically, this typically indicates a month-to-month arrangement, however, this is not a reliable deterministic approach.

Recommended Action

We recommend contacting your property manager to understand:

• How they handle month-to-month leases in AppFolio

• Whether they update lease end dates for month-to-month tenants

• What workflows or reporting they use to track these leases

This information will help you work with Propexo support to develop the best approach for handling month-to-month leases based on your property manager's specific practices.