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PropOps has three account types that can log in to the platform — Staff, Agent, and Contractor. Tenants are stored as records managed by staff and do not have login access. Landlords can optionally be set up as clients with their own branch, giving them login access to view their portfolio.

Account types

Tenants and landlords are stored as data records — see Tenants & Landlords for details.
Each account type sees a different view of the platform based on their role and permissions. Contractors can only see jobs assigned to them. Agents can only see jobs within their assigned branches.

Role-based access control

Every account is assigned a role that determines what they can see and do. Permissions are defined across 30+ categories covering API endpoints, pages, notifications, and documents.

Permission categories

Privilege hierarchy

Roles have a privilege level (numeric). Users cannot:
  • Create or edit accounts with a higher privilege level than their own
  • Assign a role that outranks their own
  • Grant permissions they do not hold themselves
This prevents privilege escalation at every level.

Onboarding

New accounts go through a guided onboarding flow:
  1. Account created — by an admin or via invitation email
  2. Welcome email — sent via Brevo with login credentials
  3. Email verification — the email verification guard ensures non-staff users verify their address before accessing the platform
  4. Profile completion — avatar, contact details, notification preferences

Password security

  • Passwords are hashed with bcrypt (adaptive cost)
  • Breach monitoring — passwords are checked against the HaveIBeenPwned database using k-anonymity (only the first 5 characters of the SHA-1 hash are transmitted)
  • On breach detection:
    • All active sessions are immediately blacklisted
    • A password-reset email is sent automatically
If a user’s password appears in a known data breach, they will be locked out until they reset it. This protects against credential-stuffing attacks.

Session management

Users can view and manage their active sessions:

Branch assignment

Agent accounts can be assigned to branches. Branch assignment controls:
  • Which jobs they can see and manage
  • Which analytics and reports they can access
  • SLA rules that apply to their jobs
See Branches for setup details.

Account status

Every account has a status that controls access: