What changed in our Terms
A dated record of every revision to the Rentari.ai Terms of Service. Each entry lists the version, the date it took effect, and a plain-English summary of what changed and why. Read newest first to see how the agreement has evolved.
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Completed the reversed-payment clause so it covers every way a balance can end up owed to us, and how an unpaid one is collected.
- Section 5: added reimbursement for a fraudulent, erroneous, or duplicate transaction, not only for a payment a bank reverses.
- Section 5: listed the ways an amount owed may be recovered, including the payment method on file for the Rentari.ai billing account and any other lawful means.
- Section 5: confirmed that instructing a third-party collection agency is one of those means.
- Section 5: made the landlord responsible, where the law allows, for the reasonable costs of collecting an unpaid amount.
Added how we recover a rent payment that a tenant's bank reverses, including when we may debit a landlord's linked payout account and what we will never take.
- Section 5: added a Recovery of reversed payments clause authorizing recovery from the connected account balance, from future transfers, and from the linked payout bank account.
- Section 5: stated that we may act on a notice of dispute alone, because bank-initiated ACH reversals are final and cannot be appealed.
- Section 5: capped recovery at the amount the landlord actually received, and confirmed we keep no processing fee on a reversed payment.
- Section 5: added a $30.00 reversal fee, charged to the landlord on their Rentari.ai billing account, stated plainly as our own fee rather than a pass-through of the bank's charge.
- Section 5: committed to returning the recovered amount if the reversal is later resolved in the landlord's favour.
- Section 5: confirmed a reversed payment does not extinguish the tenant's obligation to pay rent under the lease.
Spelled out Stripe Connect role, fee structure, and automated late-fee triggers; clarified Rentari.ai is a tech intermediary, not a money services business.
- Section 4: added explicit Stripe Connected Account Agreement and Stripe Services Agreement references.
- Section 4: documented automated late-fee and progressive delinquency notice workflows.
- Section 4: clarified landlord responsibility for chargebacks, NSF, and fraud losses.
- Section 2: strengthened AI-document disclaimer and attorney-review recommendation.
First version with FCRA tenant-screening certification and adverse-action notice obligations.
- Section 3: added FCRA permissible-purpose certification for landlords using Checkr.
- Section 3: required landlords to issue adverse-action notices on denial.
Initial publication of Rentari.ai Terms of Service.
- Sections 1, 2, 5 published: acceptance, AI disclaimer, limitation of liability.