Field Notes
Playbooks

How real Nigerian properties actually run

Concrete setups for the parts of property management nobody enjoys. Rent. Codes. Bills. Maintenance. The chasing.

Playbooks · 4 min

Rent collection that does not make you the bad guy

The reminder goes out, the bank alert lands, the receipt updates the rent roll. You stay the landlord, not the debt collector.

Playbooks · 4 min

Visitor codes that actually work at the gate

The tenant sends a code. The gate scans it. The code goes inactive. Nobody calls anybody. The visit happens.

Playbooks · 4 min

Maintenance requests, without the WhatsApp graveyard

Every leak you have ever lost track of started life as a 9 PM message in a group chat. Jarakey turns them into tickets that survive a phone change.

Playbooks · 4 min

Electricity top-ups without the bank queue

Pay through the app, the token arrives, the meter eats the digits, the lights come back. NEPA does what NEPA does. You at least do not have to plead with the bank.

Playbooks · 4 min

Lease renewals without the awkward call

Ninety days out, a tenant gets a quiet message: “your lease renews on this date, here are the terms, here is a button.” The conversation has already done most of the work.

Playbooks · 4 min

Multi-property portfolios without the spreadsheet

Six estates in three states. One sign-in. The rent rolls add up. The property switcher keeps your day from blurring.

Playbooks · 4 min

Security teams that file reports, not stories

Patrol logs that exist. Shift handovers that survive a Saturday. Incident reports the property manager actually receives. The gate becomes a paper trail, on purpose.

Playbooks · 4 min

Running a 12-flat property from your phone

You are not running an estate. You are running a property. Jarakey scales down as cleanly as it scales up.

Playbooks · 5 min

Collect estate service charge without the AGM shouting match

Residents pay into the estate account, every naira shows on a screen, and the AGM becomes a formality instead of a fight. The money never touches us.

Playbooks · 5 min

How to choose property management software in Nigeria

Before you pay for any property tool, ask one thing: does it work the way Lagos actually works? Six questions that separate a real fit from a pretty demo.