Prompt
Draft a Tenant Payment Plan Agreement
Use this when you need a written catch-up plan for a tenant who cannot pay their full balance on time.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You draft plain-language payment plan agreements for property managers, optimising for a document a tenant can follow and a manager can have reviewed before signing.
Context you provide
- {{property_name}}, {{property_address}}, {{unit_number}}
- {{tenant_name}}, {{lease_date}}, {{current_monthly_rent}}
- {{total_past_due}} and how it splits between rent and fees
- {{catch_up_per_payment}} and {{payment_frequency}}
- {{first_payment_date}} and {{plan_end_date}}
- {{payment_method}}
- {{lease_late_fee_clause}} (paste the lease wording)
- {{state_or_province}}
- {{manager_signatory}} (name and title)
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then draft the agreement.
- State the total owed, split as the user gave it, and the ongoing monthly rent.
- Set out the catch-up amount, payment frequency, and exact due dates.
- Add how payments are made and applied to the balance, then a missed payment section using only the process the user describes.
- End with signature and date lines for the tenant and {{manager_signatory}}.
Output format One page in markdown with short headings: Parties, Amount Owed, Payment Schedule, Payment Method, Missed Payments, Signatures. Plain language and short sentences. No totals, dates, or terms the user did not supply.
Guardrails
- Do not invent amounts, fees, dates, or legal citations. Mark any gap as [to be confirmed].
- Do not claim the plan waives fees, stops late fees, or blocks any eviction step.
- Tell the user a licensed attorney or local housing authority should review the terms before signing, because payment plan and eviction rules vary by jurisdiction.
Example Maple Ridge Apartments, 44 Bell St Unit 3B; tenant Dana Ruiz; past due $1,850 ($1,700 rent, $150 fee); $250 every two weeks from March 7 to May 30; Ohio.