What a Monthly Statement Is Actually For
Most Penang owners who have used an informal agent before describe the same problem: money arrives, the amount changes month to month, and nobody explains why. A monthly statement exists to close that gap — it should let you reconcile what was billed, what was actually collected, what was deducted, and what landed in your account, without needing to ask.
This page walks through the structure of a MyRoom owner statement field by field. The figures are deliberately left blank: your statement carries your unit's real numbers, and we do not publish another owner's.
Section 1 — Reporting Period and Coverage
Every statement opens with the scope, so there is never a question about which month is being reported:
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Section 2 — Rent Billed vs Rent Collected
These are two different numbers and the statement never merges them. Billed is what was due from tenants in the period. Collected is what actually cleared.
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Reading this section per room rather than as a single total is what tells you whether a shortfall is a vacancy problem or a collection problem — two completely different things to fix.
Section 3 — Management Fee
MyRoom charges a flat 15% management fee. There is no placement fee and no setup fee. The 15% management fee and the separate RM80 monthly deep-cleaning charge are shown separately. Other applicable agreed property expenses are itemised.
The fee is shown as its own line so you can check it against the collected figure directly.
Section 4 — Approved Expenses
Anything spent on the property during the period appears here, itemised rather than lumped together:
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Any additional cleaning agreed with you and small consumables appear here too, so a month with two move-outs looks different from a quiet month — and you can see why.
Section 5 — Utilities and Cleaning Deductions
The RM80 monthly deep-cleaning charge, and any shared utility account MyRoom handles for your unit, are listed separately from ad-hoc maintenance. Units where tenants pay utilities directly will not show this section at all.
Section 6 — Net Payout to Owner
The payout line is a plain arithmetic chain, in this order:
Because the chain starts from collected rent rather than billed rent, an unpaid room reduces our fee as well as your payout. That alignment is intentional.
Section 7 — Supporting Documents
Each statement is issued with the evidence behind it:
Section 8 — Notes and Follow-Up Actions
The written notes are the part owners tend to read first:
The Statement and Payment Workflow
MyRoom issues the monthly owner statement and processes the owner payout at month-end, based on rent actually collected and the applicable agreed deductions.
How to Read Your First Statement
Three checks are worth doing every month, and they take about two minutes:
Where This Fits
The statement is the reporting end of the property management service; the commercial terms behind the fee line are set out on our pricing page. If you are still deciding whether room-by-room management suits your unit, the Penang Island condo rental strategy guide covers that comparison first.
Owners who want to see what the reporting would look like for their own unit can request a free rental assessment.
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