Landlord — the property game played on your real street

How to play

Four things, and you already know three of them.

The game opens where you are standing, puts a price on the corner, and lets you own something on day one.

Walk

Open the map where you are

Real streets, real places. Every shop, block and corner near you carries a price and a rent, and the ones nobody owns are still open.

Buy

Pay cash, or get underwritten

A vending machine costs $3,000 and is yours outright. A building needs a mortgage — and the bank looks at what you already own before it says yes.

Collect

Rent lands every game month

One real day is one game month. Collect the rent, gain XP, and level up. The loan pays itself on schedule, so your record keeps building even on the days you don't open the app.

Claim

Take the corner first

One owner per building, forever. Reach the good block first and it's yours for good — or win it at the daily auction when it comes up.

Inside the game

Levels, coins, and a corner that stays yours.

Every number you see is one the game actually computes — real balances, real rent, and progress you can trace line by line.

Home screen: cash, uncollected rent against its cap, level 1, XP, coins, and the next quest

Level 1, and one job

Cash, uncollected rent, coins, XP and exactly what to do next. The game always names your next move.

The Discover map: real streets nearby with prices attached, and one building already owned by another player

The board is your street

Prices on real corners, a pin where you're standing, and the ones already taken labelled with the player who got there first.

The More menu, showing the market, auctions, perks and staff locked behind levels

Every level opens something

Each one hands you a new way to play. Earned by playing, never sold.

LVL 2 Repairs
LVL 3 Perks
LVL 6 The market
LVL 7 Staff
LVL 8 Auctions

Under the hood

Real property math, running under every screen.

Loans fully amortize over 360 months. Tax is charged on profit after interest — the real rule, and why a heavily financed building owes almost none.

Every statement names each subtraction between gross rent and cash flow, then reports what the property actually returns. If you already know that tax rule is right, you know how the rest of this is built. If you don't, you will by about level 4.

Monthly statement

4-unit building · $420,000 · 20% down

Gross rent$4,200.00

Vacancy allowance−$210.00

Management−$319.20

Upkeep−$185.00

Insurance−$142.00

Property tax−$455.00

Net operating income$2,888.80

Loan interest−$1,890.00

Taxable profit$998.80

Income tax−$219.74

Principal−$289.31

Cash flow$489.75

Cap rate

8.25%

DSCR

1.33

Rate

6.75%

The climb

Start with a vending machine. Finish with the corner.

Your opening $25,000 buys a machine inside somebody else's building — and it starts earning the day you put it there. Every rung pays for the one above it.

$3,000Vending machineEarning by tonight. Every place has one, so there is always a way in.

$8,000ATMCosts the same everywhere, pays more on a busy corner. Pick your spot.

$20,000BillboardThe biggest thing you can own outright, with no mortgage to service.

UnderwrittenA unitYour first loan, and the credit record that prices every one after it.

~7 weeksYour first buildingTenants, rent every month, and your name on it for everyone who walks past.

Every rung earns while you're standing on it. Your first building is about seven weeks of daily play away — a measured number, not a marketing one.

The clock

1 day = 1 month

A thirty-year mortgage runs for one year of real time. Check in for a minute and you're current: your properties keep earning and the loan keeps paying itself while you're away.

Multiplayer

Your neighbours are playing the same street.

You bid against them at auction — and you can sell to them, too.

Auctions

Five properties. Everyone on your street.

Five nearby places rotate daily, chosen so everyone standing on the same street sees the same contest. The reserve sits below market, so patience can win you a building for well under the asking price.

Private sales

Name a price. The bank still has an opinion.

List at any number and another player can buy. The building crosses over as it stands and your mortgage is paid from the proceeds — but the buyer still has to be underwritten.

Exclusivity

One owner per building. Forever.

Buildings are exclusive by registry. Whoever reaches the corner first owns the corner — for good. Being early on your own street is worth something real.

Catch-up

Everyone stays in reach.

Every building you add still grows the total — just by a little less than the one before. The field stays close, so your street is worth playing whoever got there first.

Fairness

Every advantage here is one you earned.

Coins come from conduct. Buying your first property. Clearing a loan in full. A whole year without a missed payment.

They buy the permanent upgrades: more portfolio slots, a better rate at the bank, training for your staff. Because they're earned rather than bought, the same ladder is open to every player, whoever happens to be ahead on cash this month.

Coins◎ 155

Bought your first property+30

Twelve months, no missed payment+75

Cleared a mortgage in full+50

Next: two years, no missed payment+100