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Money10 min readLast reviewed Oct 14, 2026

Your Doorvest Wallet

What each home holds, which bills need your money, and how to pay bills, top up reserves, turn on auto-replenish and move funds between homes.

Open Wallet
On this page14 sections
  • How your Wallet works
  • Getting started
  • What you will see
  • What the numbers mean
  • Check what a home has available
  • Pay a bill
  • Top up a reserve or make a contribution
  • Turn on auto-replenish
  • Move funds between homes
  • Let Doorvest move cash between your properties
  • Confirm a payment went through
  • Find past transactions and statements
  • Getting help
  • Common questions

How your Wallet works

Your Wallet is one page that shows what each of your homes holds, which bills need your money, and where your recent payments are. Three ideas explain everything on it.

  1. 1

    Money is held per home

    Each home you own has its own operating account and reserve. Rent lands there, bills are paid from there, and the rest is distributed to you.
  2. 2

    Your reserve is held back

    A small reserve stays in each home's account so recurring work like utilities and landscaping never pauses. When bills draw it down, we ask you to top it up.
  3. 3

    Payments take a few days to show

    Bank payments post to your ledger in a few business days. Card payments post when they settle. Until then, the payment shows in your Wallet as On its way and is not yet counted in your balance.

Getting started

Two ways in: the sidebar, or the direct link.

  1. 1

    Sign in

    Go to doorvest.com and sign in with the email you use for Doorvest.
  2. 2

    Open Wallet

    In the sidebar, open My Homes and choose Wallet. On a phone, the same list is under Menu. You can also go straight to doorvest.com/wallet.
  3. 3

    Bookmark it

    Save the page so you can come back in one click.
Open Wallet

What you will see

From top to bottom, these are the areas of the Wallet. Each answers one question. Some only appear when they apply to you.

The areas of the Wallet
AreaWhat it showsQuestion it answers
Summary card (top of the page)What it showsHome funding, for example “3 of 4 homes funded”. A home is funded once its balance covers its reserve. Below it, a Reserves box (what is held and what is still short) and a Bills box (what is due). This card also holds the Pay all bills, Make a contribution and Move funds buttons, your saved payment methods, and your auto-replenish status.Question it answersAm I in good shape overall?
Needs your moneyWhat it showsAny balance still open on a home Doorvest no longer manages. When more than one reserve is short, pressing Top up lists those homes here too, each with its own Add funds button.Question it answersWhat should I fund first?
Let Doorvest move cash between your properties (only when it applies to your homes)What it showsA setting that lets us move money between your homes to pay a bill on time. See how it works.Question it answersCan one of my homes cover another's bill without me?
HomesWhat it showsOne row per home, with its Balance, Reserve and Bills. Balance includes the reserve. Open a row to see the breakdown, including Free to use, payments On its way, and links to View ledger and Statements.Question it answersHow much does each home have right now?
BillsWhat it showsEvery open bill, grouped by home, with a Pay button on each. Payments you have made that have not posted yet are listed as in progress. Shows No bills due when you are all caught up.Question it answersWhat do I owe?

If you own more than one home, you may also see Cover bills with money you already have. These are suggested moves from a home with spare money to a home with bills, each with its own Move button.

What the numbers mean

Open a home's row to see how its balance breaks down, in this order. These are the words the page uses.

An opened home in the Wallet: operating funds, minus the amount held for the reserve, leaves the amount free to use. Below, rent received and a payment on its way are listed as not in the balance yet, with links to the ledger and statements.
An opened home, with example figures. Free to use is what is left after the reserve.
Balance
Cleared cash in this home's account, including its reserve but not tenant fees owed to Doorvest. Open a home to see what is free to use.
Operating funds
Cleared cash in this home's operating account. It includes the reserve we hold back and any tenant fees owed to Doorvest, both shown below.
Tenant fees owed to Doorvest
Late fees, returned payment (NSF) fees and reimbursements a tenant paid into this home's account. They are owed to Doorvest and leave the account once Doorvest's bill for them is paid, so they are not part of your balance.
Held for reserve
The amount we hold back from your operating funds to keep recurring maintenance such as vacant home utilities and landscaping running.
Free to use
Operating funds minus the reserve and any tenant fees owed to Doorvest. This is what can pay bills, be distributed to you, or be moved to another home.

Below that, under Not in your balance yet, the row lists money that is not counted in any of the numbers above yet.

Rent received, clearing
Rent or other money we have received for this home that has not finished depositing yet. It becomes available once it clears.
On its way
Payments you have made that have not posted to this home's ledger yet. Bank payments can take a few business days; card payments post when they settle. This is never added to your available balance.

Check what a home has available

  1. 1
    Open your Wallet and find the home in the Homes list.
  2. 2
    Open the home's row. The Balance shown on the row still includes the reserve.
  3. 3
    Read Free to use. Operating funds minus the reserve and any tenant fees owed to Doorvest. This is what can pay bills, be distributed to you, or be moved to another home.

Pay a bill

  1. 1
    Click Pay all bills in the summary card, or scroll to Bills and click Pay next to a single bill.
  2. 2
    Choose how to pay:
    • Available funds uses the home's own balance, with no fee. If it would dip into the reserve, it says so first, and we will ask you to top the reserve up afterwards.
    • Bank Account has no fee and takes a few business days to post.
    • Credit Card adds a 4% processing fee, and card payments are limited to $15,000 including the fee.
  3. 3
    Review and confirm. Bills paid from available funds are sent to the payee on our weekly payment run.

Top up a reserve or make a contribution

When a reserve is short, use the Top up button in the Reserves box. If more than one home is short, it lists them under Needs your money, each with its own Add funds button. To add your own money to any home for another reason, use Make a contribution.

  1. 1
    Click Make a contribution in the summary card at the top of your Wallet, or click Top up on a reserve that is short.
  2. 2
    Choose the home you want to contribute to. A top-up picks the home and amount for you.
  3. 3
    Enter the amount and pay by bank or card. Cards carry a 4% processing fee and are limited to $15,000 including the fee; banks have no fee.

Turn on auto-replenish

Auto-replenish tops up a home's reserve from your bank account automatically whenever it runs short, so you don't have to watch it. It uses your bank account only, so there is no fee, and we send you a heads-up before every top-up.

  1. 1
    Go to auto-replenish in your settings. Your Wallet also has two shortcuts: while a reserve is short, the summary card shows an Auto-replenish line with Set up, and when several homes are short and you press Top up, Set up auto-replenish appears under Needs your money.
  2. 2
    Choose the bank account, the homes it covers, and the most a single top-up can be.
  3. 3
    Confirm. Homes with a top-up scheduled show Auto top-up and a date in the Reserve column.

Skipping one top-up

Choose Cancel this one next to the scheduled top-up in your Wallet. Auto-replenish stays on for the next one. To change your cap or turn it off, use the same settings page.

Move funds between homes

If you own two or more homes in the same state and with the same legal owner (the same LLC, or you personally), you can move money from one home to another with Move funds. This is a quick way to cover a bill or top up a reserve using money another home already has. Unpaid bills are paid from each home's balance before distributions. Moving money into a home covers its bills. Moves between homes in different states are not available yet. Homes held by different legal owners always keep their money separate.

  1. 1
    Open your Wallet and click Move funds, next to the Make a contribution button. If the button is greyed out, the ⓘ beside it explains why.
  2. 2
    Choose the home to move money from. Only the money free to use can be moved; its reserve stays in place.
  3. 3
    Choose the home to move money to. All your homes are listed. A home that can't receive the money is greyed out, with the reason beside it.
  4. 4
    Enter the amount (at least $1, or click Move all), review it, and confirm.

This posts to both ledgers right away. You can move it back the same way if you change your mind.

Let Doorvest move cash between your properties

When it applies to your homes, your Wallet also shows a card with this setting. When one of your homes is short on cash for a bill and another has a surplus, we can move money between them so the bill gets paid on time instead of going past due. In the card's own words:

  • Money only ever moves between properties you own, and only between properties held by the same legal owner. Cash never moves between you and another investor, and never between two different entities you own, such as from you personally to an LLC.
  • We never move more than a property actually has available.
  • Every transfer appears on both properties' ledgers, and you can see them here in your Wallet.
  • You can turn this off at any time. It does not affect transfers you make yourself.

To turn it on or off, tick or untick the box on that card. If your property moved to Doorvest from another manager, it may already be on because of the agreement signed at the handover, and the card says so. You can untick it at any time.

For example

Say your Cleveland home owes $340 for a plumbing repair but only holds $95, while your Toledo home is sitting on $1,200 it does not need this month. With this on, we move $245 from Toledo to Cleveland and the repair bill clears. Both ledgers show the transfer. With it off, the bill waits for you.

Confirm a payment went through

  1. 1
    Give it time to post. Bank payments take a few business days to post; card payments post when they settle. While it is posting, it shows as On its way inside the home's row and as in progress under Bills.
  2. 2
    Open the home's row in the Homes list and click View ledger.
  3. 3
    Find the payment in the home's ledger. Once it shows there, it has posted.

Find past transactions and statements

  1. 1
    Open the home's row in the Homes list and click View ledger or Statements. You can also go to My Homes, then Ledger & Docs, in the sidebar.
  2. 2
    Pick the home if asked.
  3. 3
    Open the ledger, a statement or a document.
Open Ledger & Docs

Getting help

On a computer, use the Feedback button at the bottom right of the Wallet page. From any device, you can also reach your Doorvest team at success@doorvest.com. When you are signed in, you can message them from Messages too.

Common questions

Why is a balance negative?
Bills were paid out of the reserve we hold back for that home. Use Top up or Make a contribution, or Move funds from another home in the same state with the same legal owner, to bring the reserve back to its target.
Why has my balance not moved after I paid?
Bank payments take a few business days to post and card payments post when they settle. In the meantime the payment shows as On its way. Once it posts, you will see it in the home's ledger (open the home's row and click View ledger).
Where do I see past transactions?
Open a home's row and click View ledger or Statements, or go to My Homes, then Ledger & Docs, for the full ledger, statements and documents for every home.
Why can't I take out my whole balance?
The reserve stays in each home's account so recurring work keeps running. Only the amount that is free to use can be distributed.
What happens to bills I don't pay?
Before each distribution, any bills still unpaid are paid from that home's balance, if it has enough. Whatever is left is distributed to you.
Is there a fee to pay by card?
Yes. Card payments carry a 4% processing fee and are limited to $15,000 including the fee. Bank payments and payments from a home's available funds have no fee.
Can I use money from one home to pay another home's bills?
Yes, if both homes are in the same state and have the same legal owner. Use Move funds to shift money from one home to the other. Moves between states are not available yet, and homes held by different legal owners keep their money separate.
On this page
  • How your Wallet works
  • Getting started
  • What you will see
  • What the numbers mean
  • Check what a home has available
  • Pay a bill
  • Top up a reserve or make a contribution
  • Turn on auto-replenish
  • Move funds between homes
  • Let Doorvest move cash between your properties
  • Confirm a payment went through
  • Find past transactions and statements
  • Getting help
  • Common questions
Go to the app
  • Open Wallet
  • Open Ledger & Docs

Still stuck?

Email your Doorvest team at success@doorvest.com and we will get back to you.

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