How a lease moves through Tango
Every lease in Tango follows the same arc: it gets abstracted, activated, operated on each period, occasionally amended, and eventually renewed or terminated. The capabilities you will use in the platform map directly to the stages below. For the full story — what each stage means, what changes between them, and which roles act in each — see Lease lifecycle.Who Tango Lease is for
Four roles work in Tango Lease day to day. You may wear more than one hat.Real estate managers
Abstract new leases, track critical dates and options, and keep the portfolio inventory current.
Lease accountants
Run classification tests, generate and post journal entries, recalculate schedules on lease changes, and produce ASC 842 and IFRS 16 disclosures.
Operations and finance
Generate rent rolls each period, manage payments and one-time adjustments, and reconcile CAM and operating expenses at year-end.
System administrators
Configure users and permissions, account coding defaults, percentage-rent and reconciliation rules, and approval workflows.
What you can do
Abstract leases
Capture lease terms, locations, clauses, options, and contacts in one structured record.
Generate rent
Produce payment records for one lease or the entire portfolio in a single action.
Run lease accounting
Classify leases, build schedules, recalculate on changes, and post journal entries.
Track critical dates
Surface expirations, options, and rent changes before they become a problem.
Reconcile expenses
Settle CAM, operating expenses, and percentage-rent reconciliations with landlords.
Build reports
Use the standard report catalog or the Query Builder to slice the portfolio any way you need.
Get started
We recommend working through these pages in order. Each one builds on the one before it, and together they cover roughly what a new Tango Lease user needs to know in their first week.1
Quickstart
Generate rent for your first lease end-to-end. About fifteen minutes. Start the quickstart.
2
Understand leases
The mental model the rest of the docs assume. Read Understanding leases.
3
Create a lease
Abstract a lease into Tango from scratch. Open Create a lease.
4
Learn lease accounting
How classification, schedules, and journal entries fit together. Read Lease accounting overview.
5
Run a report
Use the standard report catalog or build your own with Query Builder. Open Run standard reports.
6
Set up administration
Account coding, permissions, and approval workflows. Open Administration.
Resources
Support Portal
Open a ticket or browse the support knowledge base.
Status
Current platform status and incident history.
Release notes
What is new and changed in recent releases.
API and Integrations
For developers integrating Tango Lease with AP, AR, GL, and other systems.