Rental guest gate access system and method

A method, comprising:

• providing a property owner portal that includes information about a rental unit and a property owner of the rental unit;
• providing a platform provider system that is in communication with each of the property owner portal and a gate access system located at a community in which the rental unit is located;
• associating a caller identification of the gate access system with the property owner portal;
• obtaining a telephone number from a telephone company;
• assigning the telephone number to the property owner portal;
• instructing the gate access system to contact the assigned telephone number;
• receiving a call from a tenant utilizing the gate access system, said call being routed to the assigned telephone number;
• determining the caller identification from the received call is associated with the property owner portal;
• and
• providing an access code to the gate access system to permit entry of the tenant to the community.