When you sit down to check the rent, one of the first questions is likely to be: has the portfolio received what we expected?

Rent Performance already lets you compare expected rent with actual receipts for each property or room. We have now added a Portfolio total at the top of the table, so you can answer that first question without adding up the individual figures yourself.

Start with the whole portfolio

For each month in the period you are viewing, the total brings together expected and actual rent across your properties and rooms. It also follows your selected variance view and shows the combined balances when you choose to display them.

That makes a regular rent check quicker. You can scan across the months to see how receipts compare with expectations, spot a gap worth investigating, or check whether the overall position has improved since last month.

For example, if the portfolio expected £8,000 in rent and received £7,500, the £500 difference is immediately visible in the monthly variance view. The individual rows below then help you find where that difference comes from.

Keep the detail close

An overall figure is a useful starting point, but it cannot tell the whole story. A late payment at one property and an advance payment at another can offset each other in the total, even though both deserve a closer look.

Keeping the summary and the property detail together means you can move naturally from checking the portfolio to understanding a particular tenancy. There is no separate report to open or spreadsheet to assemble.

The total also includes archived properties and rooms, preserving their contribution to the figures. If you use the variance view that resets at the start of a tenancy, it combines each property’s or room’s variance since its own reset; those tenancy start dates may differ.

It is a small addition that should become a useful part of the routine: start at the top for the overall rent position, then follow the detail wherever it needs your attention.