If the business owns a building that is being rented to external tenants, then appropriate records should be maintained of:
- the name of the external tenant
 
- details of the agreed rent
 
- the space that the tenant is renting
 
- monthly due dates
 
- option periods
 
This paper analyses this subject under the headings:
- Schedule of Tenant
 
- Receipt of Rent
 
- Rent Received - External
 
- Agent's Commission
 
- Other Payments by Agent