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DocuStay
Property protection through documentation

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Worried About Squatters or Unauthorized Occupancy?

Manage your properties, tenant assignments, and guest authorizations with DocuStay. Record status and intent as events happen, preserve the history behind changes, and share a controlled view when permission is questioned.

Use DocuStay on its own or alongside your existing property-management tools.

Property management software for owners and managers

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Build the property record as you manage it.

  • Add properties and establish supported management relationships.
  • Record status, tenant assignments, guest authorization, and vacancy.
  • Preserve corrections and changes alongside earlier history.
  • Review or share the record the viewer is authorized to see.

DocuStay records these workflows when you use them. It does not automatically capture every possible real-world action.

What makes DocuStay different?

When someone claims they had permission, show what was already on record.

Share a Live Link or let an authorized viewer scan its QR code. The Quick Decision Layer shows the current recorded answer. From there, the viewer can follow the history for that property, unit, or person: when vacancy was recorded, who granted permission, when it applied, and what changed. When a correction is made, the earlier entry stays in the timeline.

Show the record to law enforcement at the property, or share it with counsel for review. See how it works in the fictional Wonderland example below.

This is what DocuStay actually records

Vacant before the dispute

DocuStay keeps a dated record of what was recorded at the property. It is not a legal determination of occupancy status, tenancy, or rights.

RecordSYN-404-WONDERLANDGenerated Apr 22, 2026, 5:00 PM

See the current answer first

DocuStay shows what the property is currently recorded as before you have to dig through the history. In this example, the property is recorded vacant, with its current Vacancy Intent, authorization state, and invitation activity visible up front.

Quick Decision Layer

Property address

404 Wonderland Lane

404 Wonderland Lane, Wonderland, WA 40400

Recorded owner · Avery Current

Current property status

VACANT

Vacant. No checked-in guest authorization or active tenant assignment is shown on this page. The assignment that ended is recorded under the corrected name, Parker Lane.

Vacancy continuity recorded since Mar 16, 2026

Current Vacancy Intent

Remain vacant unless and until a subsequent resident occupancy relationship or other qualifying occupancy basis is documented.

Authorization state

Record indicates this snapshot's authorization readout for your signed-in role is "ACTIVE" within the dates evaluated on this page; it is not a legal determination.

ACTIVE

Invitation pipeline

0 pending · 0 accepted · 0 active

Current invitation pipeline only (pending · accepted · active). Ended, cancelled, expired, or revoked invites are shown in the historical sections below.

The current answer is only the beginning

See how the record was built

Scroll the history to see who recorded each change, what changed, and what was already on file before it. The owner, tenant, and property manager can each contribute to the same property record without their actions being blended together.

Audit timeline

Chronological event history on this illustrative snapshot (10 events on file)

Full audit timeline· 10 events on fileLatest event: Mar 16, 2026, 5:00 PM — Tenant assignment ended
  • 2Tenant assignment ended

    Avery Current ended tenant assignment for Parker Lane in Unit 1. Original lease window: Dec 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2026. Lease ended effective Mar 15, 2026. Reason: Tenant moved out.

    Vacancy Continuity

    Vacancy Continuity established. No active TenantAssignment was recorded in DocuStay at that time. No active Guest Authorization was recorded in DocuStay at that time. Recorded State changed to Vacant. Recorded property status after this checkpoint: Vacant. This checkpoint followed a tenant assignment change. DocuStay's standard Vacancy Intent was recorded for this vacancy period. Remain vacant unless and until a subsequent resident occupancy relationship or other qualifying occupancy basis is documented. How recorded: Tenant assignment ended. Recorded by: Owner. Recorded Mar 16, 2026, 5:00 PM.

    Owner: Avery Current

    Event source: User Action

    status changeMar 16, 2026, 5:00 PM

  • 1Tenant assignment corrected

    Jordan Harbor corrected tenant assignment for Parker Lane in Unit 1. Name changed from "Parker Current" to "Parker Lane." Reason: Name correction.

    Manager: Jordan Harbor

    Event source: User Action

    status changeDec 8, 2025, 5:15 PM

  • Tenant assignment accepted

    Tenant assignment accepted by Parker Current

    Tenant: Parker Current

    Event source: User Action

    status changeDec 2, 2025, 6:30 PM

  • Pending tenant: invitation email sent

    Pending tenant invite: email sent to Parker Current for Parker Current. Invite ID INV-SYN404A1. Property: 404 Wonderland Lane.

    Owner: Avery Current

    Event source: User Action

    status changeDec 1, 2025, 4:00 PM

  • Invitation created

    Tenant invitation created for Parker Current at property. Invite ID INV-SYN404A1. Lease 2025-12-01–2026-12-31.

    Owner: Avery Current

    Event source: User Action

    status changeDec 1, 2025, 4:00 PM

  • Property manager invite accepted

    Property manager Jordan Harbor accepted the invitation for 404 Wonderland Lane.

    Manager: Jordan Harbor

    Event source: User Action

    tenant assignmentNov 12, 2025, 6:00 PM

  • Manager assigned

    Property manager Jordan Harbor assigned to 404 Wonderland Lane.

    Owner: Avery Current

    Event source: User Action

    tenant assignmentNov 12, 2025, 6:00 PM

  • Property manager invited

    Property manager invitation sent to Jordan Harbor for 404 Wonderland Lane.

    Owner: Avery Current

    Event source: User Action

    tenant assignmentNov 10, 2025, 4:00 PM

  • Property registered

    Property registered: 404 Wonderland Lane. Occupancy status: vacant (initial).

    Vacancy Continuity

    Vacancy Continuity established. This vacancy checkpoint is recorded for the property as a single dwelling. No active TenantAssignment was recorded in DocuStay at that time. No active Guest Authorization was recorded in DocuStay at that time. Initial Recorded State: Vacant. Recorded property status after this checkpoint: Vacant. I am recording this property or unit as vacant. I presently intend for it to remain vacant. That vacancy intent continues unless and until a subsequent resident occupancy relationship or other qualifying occupancy basis is documented through the property's recorded authorization process. I am not presently declaring an additional tenant, roommate, subtenant, licensee, or other resident occupancy except through a separately documented authorization or occupancy relationship. How recorded: Property registration. Recorded by: Owner. Recorded Nov 3, 2025, 3:00 PM. Subsequent change: continuity is not current (occupancy established) as of Dec 2, 2025, 6:30 PM.

    Owner: Avery Current

    Event source: User Action

    status changeNov 3, 2025, 3:00 PM

  • Owner authority established

    Owner authority for this property was established. An existing owner authorization signed on Sep 18, 2025, 4:30 PM was already on file. DocuStay's record of this owner's authority for this property begins here.

    Owner: Avery Current

    Event source: User Action

    status changeOct 30, 2025, 4:00 PM

This audit timeline is a chronological record of user-provided information and system-logged events. It is not a statement of the legal situation at the property.

Squatter prevention · Vacant property protection

Not everyone sees the same details.

Visibility stays tied to role, relationship, and context. A Live Link is not a public listing of the property.

That's role-scoped record visibility.

Temporary guests

Having someone stay at your property temporarily? Document the arrangement before the stay becomes disputed.

A friend staying for a few weeks. A family member helping out. A house sitter. Another temporary guest. Those situations are ordinary. The dispute starts when the story later changes.

GuestGuard records temporary guest permission. The guest reviews an agreement and acknowledgment, the stay has an authorization window, and DocuStay preserves that history.

What GuestGuard records

Where the GuestGuard workflow is used, DocuStay can preserve facts such as who invited the guest, the property and authorization context, the defined authorization window, guest acceptance, a signed revocable license agreement, the primary residence the guest provided during registration, timestamps associated with those actions, the authorization lifecycle, and the preserved historical record.

The guest records their primary residence as part of the process, creating a timestamped record of what they represented when the authorization was established.

A revocable license agreement documents the arrangement. It does not automatically determine legal tenant, licensee, or squatter status. GuestGuard does not guarantee prevention or removal of a squatter. The strength is documenting the arrangement before a later conflicting story.

That's GuestGuard.

GuestGuard & Temporary Guests

Away and guests

Going away?

Record that you're temporarily away without saying you've moved out. That's Away: a continuing-residence intent, not a move-out.

Example: “I'm away. My friend is house-sitting. They're supposed to be there.”

Illustrative synthetic record. Same Presence controls as Owner Personal Mode — not a customer property.

Presence at this property

Current recorded presence: Present

Last updated: Sep 8, 2026, 5:00 PM

This records whether you are currently at this personal residence. It does not change the property's occupancy or tenant records.

If someone is supposed to be at the property while you're gone, DocuStay can also preserve whether existing authorized guests were permitted during that Away period.

Away and GuestGuard work together without becoming the same record. Away records why you're gone. GuestGuard records who has temporary permission to be there.

An Away declaration doesn't create or extend a guest authorization.

Pricing

Simple per-unit pricing

The pricing page calculates a standard-price estimate. Negotiated account pricing can differ.

Monthly

Monthly and Annual totals are calculated on the pricing page. The page explains the quantity bands.

Annual

Annual is a full period on the standard schedule. It is not a separate flat yearly unit price.

Taxes and fees included.

Monitoring is prepaid. After you register a property, go to Billing, choose the properties you want to monitor, select Monthly or Yearly, and complete activation. Registering a property does not start monitoring automatically.

Larger portfolios, commercial arrangements, and partnership opportunities may have negotiated pricing. Request a Call to talk through those conversations.

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Getting started

Getting started with DocuStay only takes a few steps.

Want to know what DocuStay actually does? See how DocuStay works

1

Create your account

Sign up and finish your account setup.

2

Register your property

Add your property to DocuStay. Have several properties? You can upload them in bulk with a CSV instead of adding them one at a time. Registering a property does not start monitoring automatically.

3

Activate monitoring

Go to Billing, choose the properties you want to monitor, select Monthly or Yearly, and complete activation. Monitoring is prepaid.

4

Monitoring is active

Once activation is complete, DocuStay will show that monitoring is active for the property.

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