Cozy? Life Saver Apps and software for landlords?

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Rental Property Investor · Concord, NC · Member since 2016 · 1k+ posts · 3k+ votes
7y

Cozy + Dropbox + Zillow + mobile phone + pick up truck + tool box cash flows life. Life is good.

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  • Specialist · Cleveland, OH · Member since 2018 · 270 posts · 187 votes
    7y

    https://www.avail.co/i/Nezd

    I’ve used Avail for a while, I like them.

  • Investor · Springfield , NJ · Member since 2017 · 192 posts · 93 votes
    7y

    @Cameron Riley

    I use these most frequently

    Cozy

    RentRange

    Google Voice

  • Rental Property Investor · St. Petersburg, FL · Member since 2017 · 3k+ posts · 4k+ votes
    7y

    @Cameron Riley I used cozy for the first time for my latest rental, I thought it worked very well. Easy to navigate, reports were thorough and well laid out, and rent collection is easy. As I self manage more rentals I'll stick with them.

  • Rental Property Investor · Metro-Detroit · Member since 2017 · 34 posts · 14 votes
    7y

    @Cameron Riley I use TenantCloud for general stuff. I like it because its free up to your first 75 homes.

    I have used cozy but pretty much for its listing capabilities.

  • Rental Property Investor · Twin Falls, ID · Member since 2019 · 25 posts · 11 votes
    7y

    We're using Cozy and it's very convenient for us.  No experience with other systems--we started with Cozy and haven't gone anywhere else.

  • Rental Property Investor · Phila, PA · Member since 2018 · 553 posts · 118 votes
    7y

    @Markos Gerges

    Going to start using! Thanks!

    What about rental comps?

  • Rental Property Investor · Seattle, WA · Member since 2014 · 149 posts · 58 votes
    7y

    @Cameron RileyIv'e been using Cozy for the past year to collect rent. It's free and easy to use.

  • Investor · Southeast, MI · Member since 2016 · 425 posts · 184 votes
    7y

    We use TenantCloud for Property Management, Quickbooks Online for Accounting/Rent Collection, and Zillow/Trulia/Hotpads and Apartments.com for listings.  

  • Specialist · Honolulu, HI · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    7y
    Originally posted by @Alex S.:

    https://www.avail.co/i/Nezd

    I’ve used Avail for a while, I like them.

     Have you tried both Cozy and Avail?

  • Specialist · Honolulu, HI · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    7y
    Originally posted by @Domenick T.:

    @Cameron Riley

    I use these most frequently

    Cozy

    RentRange

    Google Voice

     How do you use Google Voice specifically? What problem is it solving that other things can't.

  • Investor · Springfield , NJ · Member since 2017 · 192 posts · 93 votes
    7y

    @Andrey Y.

    Most of my tenants want to text everything. I give them a Google Voice number and it goes to my personal phone.

    They also don’t like to use property management software for maintenance issues so they send me texts with pictures of any issues.

  • Rental Property Investor · St Joseph, MO · Member since 2018 · 38 posts · 20 votes
    7y

    @Cameron Riley we use avail and it’s been solid for us. Fairly robust platform, handles almost everything for us and Customer service is great.

  • Specialist · Honolulu, HI · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    7y
    Originally posted by @Domenick T.:

    @Andrey Y.

    Most of my tenants want to text everything. I give them a Google Voice number and it goes to my personal phone.

    They also don’t like to use property management software for maintenance issues so they send me texts with pictures of any issues.

     That's awesome. I had a Google Voice number many years ago that expired due to lack of use.

    Curious, would I be able to have calls and texts to a Google Voice # forwarded to a international (South Korea) number?

  • Specialist · Honolulu, HI · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    7y
    Originally posted by @Aaron Arnold:

    @Cameron Riley we use avail and it’s been solid for us. Fairly robust platform, handles almost everything for us and Customer service is great.

     I was very close to setting up Avail, but then I heard about Cozy. Seems to work great. I figured what's the point of paying $30/mo. when you can pay $0/mo. Thoughts?

  • Rental Property Investor · Central, FL · Member since 2016 · 950 posts · 821 votes
    7y

    I have used cozy and haven’t really had any issues with it.  I have only been using it for some of the tenants and haven’t implemented it across my entire portfolio yet.  

  • Rental Property Investor · Concord, NC · Member since 2016 · 1k+ posts · 3k+ votes
    7y

    Cozy + Dropbox + Zillow + mobile phone + pick up truck + tool box cash flows life. Life is good.

  • Rental Property Investor · Phila, PA · Member since 2018 · 553 posts · 118 votes
    7y

    @Terrell Garren

    What’s the purpose of Dropbox? How much info can it hold

  • Rental Property Investor · Concord, NC · Member since 2016 · 1k+ posts · 3k+ votes
    7y

    @Cameron Riley Cloud storage with easy access from PCs, Macs and mobile devices. I think I pay $100 per year for 100GB.  Love being able to look at any document or pic etc. I need to from a mobile phone. 

  • Rental Property Investor · Phila, PA · Member since 2018 · 553 posts · 118 votes
    7y

    @Terrell Garren

    Hmm, this sounds good

    What happens when you reach the 100GB mark? I feel as if 100GB just isn’t enough for a full time realtor

  • Rental Property Investor · Concord, NC · Member since 2016 · 1k+ posts · 3k+ votes
    7y

    @Cameron Riley Sorry. I checked, 1TB.  

  • Kansas City · Member since 2018 · 14 posts · 2 votes
    7y

    I like everything about cozy.co except for the 5 day payment processing timeline.. 

    They do offer an express 2-day deposit at a cost but am not sure why anyone would pay for that service.

  • Rental Property Investor · NY · Member since 2017 · 132 posts · 90 votes
    7y

    @Cameron Riley

    I used to use rentpayment.com intel their credit processor went bankrupt and was a mess luckily I didn’t get caught and switched everything over to cozy.

    Currently with 3 houses, 6 units, and 14 tenants.

    I use cozy for rent collection. Turbotenant for listing syndication. Rentprep for background checks. And authentisign for e signing documents.

    It works great for now and the only thing I paid was authentisign to which had a deal for like 50 for the year.

    But if I continue to grow I know for ease I’ll most likely switch to an all in one platform like buildium or something.

  • Rental Property Investor · Spanaway, WA · Member since 2016 · 82 posts · 41 votes
    7y

    @Cameron Riley

    I started with Cozy, and loved it. As I grew, I migrated to Rentec Direct. It has a small cost to it, but it does more what I want. If you have more specific questions, let me know.

    Nick

  • Rental Property Investor · Spanaway, WA · Member since 2016 · 82 posts · 41 votes
    7y

    Additionally, it has email and text built into it, though I use a Google Voice number to text. It tastes incoming for each property, uses DocuSign to sign leases, and is connected with zInspector for moving in and out as well as property inspections. Great product overall.

  • Rental Property Investor · Phila, PA · Member since 2018 · 553 posts · 118 votes
    7y

    @Nicholas Zaharevich

    Nick, if I may call you nick. Lol

    I have had troubles keeping track of all my rental income and rental expenses.

    Should I just learn excel?

    - What do you recommend? I know you mentioned some things but what will help me perfect “ book-keeping “

    I don’t even know how much exact dollars came in from my investments, due to lack of software and such! I’m a mess right now

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