Suggestions or recommendations on property mangement software?

Question

My company is looking for software to help us with our property management duties. We have managers who are spread around the country and we need to pull them together into a more collaborative system.

I don't care whether you think software is a waste of money. I am looking for suggestions of software we should consider or steer clear of in our search for a solution.

Thank you in advance.

Sean Corcoran · Answer

Buildium is by far the best softwate out there no matter how many properties you are managing.  I have used Rentmaster which is limiting by the number of users that can see what is actually going on with the properties.   I have used rentright which is absolutely  the worst software I have ever used.  If you have over 40 properties in the system it will lock up and casue major issues for your valuable information.

Buildium is great in the fact that it allows many users to have access to the software.  You can control what people can and can't see when they access the system.  The only drawback to buildium is that it doesn't manage your company books that well.  You will have to have a seperate system to track your companies financials.  For that consult your local CPA to set that up.  My partner is a CPA so he set that up for our property management company.  It is a GREAT COMMUNICATION tool for everyone that you talk to.  The software is very scalable as well, so if you have a single family home or 1000 units the softeware still works.  Alot of software stops working after you have so many units and when you have to switch software it will almost shut your company down for a short period of time or may never recover depending on how many units you have.

Jim Sharp · Answer

Rentmanager - it expands with your needs.  Support is great.  I've used both web and desktop versions.

Steven Horvath · Answer

does anyone know of any offline property management software?

Maria Guberman · Answer

I use DIY residential solutions, it's online and i love it because it is simple

Shaun Steckler · Answer

We use an online property management software called Buildium.

You can visit them online at http://buildium.com.

Everybody on your team would have online access.

The software is also very user friendly.