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Maintenance
How to Create a Maintenance Request
Users
How to Set Up Auto-Pay
How to Help Tenants Access Their Portal if They Forget Their Password
How to Set Property Manager Permissions
How to Invite an Owner to Their Portal
How Tenants Can Add or Update a Payment Method
Listing
How to List & Publish a Property Listing on Your Company’s Website
How to Syndicate Listings to External Platforms
Settings
How to Edit Property Manager Notification Settings
How to Get a QR For Your Company Website
How to Create & Use Magic Tags
How to Select Owner Manager or Third-Party Manager
How to Edit Leasing Contact Information on Your Company Website
Leasing
Upload & Store Lease Agreements
How to View Unfinished Rental Applications
How to Set the Owners of a Property
How to Send a Lease Renewal Manually
Accounting
How to View & Manage Bank Accounts
Reports
How to Track Outstanding Tenant Balances Using the Delinquency Report
How to Download Reports
How to Use the Accounts Payable Report to Track Unpaid Invoices & Maintenance Costs
Help/Maintenance/How to Create a Maintenance Request

How to Create a Maintenance Request

This help article explains how maintenance requests are created in MagicDoor.

Inside, you’ll find:

  • How MagicDoor’s AI generates maintenance requests from tenant messages.
  • Where to start a new maintenance request manually.
  • What information is required when submitting a request.
  • How priority and category assignments affect request handling.

Use this article as a reference when submitting or reviewing maintenance issues across your properties.

How Magicdoor’s AI Creates Maintenance Requests

When a tenant sends a chat message about a problem with their unit, our AI creates a work order from those messages.

Steps to Create a Maintenance Request Manually

Follow these steps to submit a new maintenance request:

1. Navigate to Maintenance Requests:

  • Click on Maintenance in the left sidebar
  • Select Maintenance Requests from the menu

2. Start a new request:

  • On the Maintenance Requests page

  • Click the Add Maintenance Request button

3. Complete the request form:

  • Fill out all required information

  • Provide a detailed description of the issue

  • Add any relevant photos or documents

  • Assign a Priority

Assign a Category. Categories allow our AI to set a score and determine the urgency of the request

  • Review your submission

  • Click Submit to create the request

Need More Help?

If you have questions, our support team is always here to assist.

👉 Contact us anytime at support@magicdoor.com