Smart Access & Showings For Rental Property Managers-Is it worth it?

[Madelyn Felix]

We're building software that makes access to scattered-site rental properties keyless and connects to all of the top-rated smart lock brands.  Our company is the first to achieve patent protection for smart locks + scattered-site management + self-guided showings + access management in one secure ecosystem. Built by property managers-for property managers. 

QUESTION: What would have to be true in order for you (landlord or property manager) to consider adopting keyless access software for the rental properties you manage?


Features:

-No Wi-Fi or bluetooth is necessary with some of the smart lock brands that we've integrated with. 

-Tenants get codes during their tenancy and one-time codes for self-guided showings before they become tenants.  Showing service is an optional add-on, and property managers do not need to change their showing service preference to benefit.  

-Tenants get their own dashboards to issue one-time codes to guests, house-sitters and pet-sitters without hiding a key under a rock or welcome mat that can be, stolen, lost or duplicated.  $5.99 mo 

-Maintenance vendors get one-time passcodes for access with automated notifications to manager and occupying tenant when maintenance access events are scheduled.

-The service is only $1.99 per month for property management companies.

-Membership includes a national savings partnership; where tenants, property managers and property owners all receive app discounts almost wherever they go for everyday purchases.  (including 8% off off all online Home Depot purchases-and thousands of additional participating discounted retailers)

-Full support for installations and tenant inquiries regarding smart locks so managers and owners aren't adding tasks to their workflow when switching to keyless

We've designed the service to pay for itself and to reduce tenant and landlord churn.  

[Ryan Stomel]

Coming from the commercial side (retail/industrial/office in SoCal), keyless access has been a big operational win for us, though the use case is a bit different than residential. On the commercial side the bigger headaches aren't tenant showings — it's vendor access management. HVAC contractor needs in at 6am, cleaning crew comes twice a week, a subtenant's employee has a situation after hours. Managing all of that with physical keys is a nightmare and a liability. One-time codes tied to scheduled work orders, auto-expiring, with an audit trail — that's what actually moves the needle for us. For showings, with commercial tenants I'm almost always doing those in person because the tenant needs to walk the space carefully and ask detailed questions about electrical capacity, HVAC tonnage, dock height, etc. The keyless piece is less critical there. The real ROI is on ongoing access management across a scattered portfolio where you can't be physically present. If your platform handles multi-unit commercial (not just residential scattered site), that's a conversation worth having.