Tenant Cloud @ $9 VS RentecDirect @ $15?

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Looking for a comparison between the two for rental property software. I just have 6 units but I'm looking to add more in a year or two.

I live an hour or two away from each property and would like maintenance requests to be organized through the software so I can just call a repair man and not have to go out there.

Most importantly, I want a way for tenants to pay online automatically that's free for them at least and cheap for me. I believe rentecdirect and tenantcloud do both. One feature I've seen that is great is automatic late fee charging.

Both have basic accounting capabilities but Rentec is most likely better with the reports you can make. But is it worth it?

Anyone have good/bad experiences with these that they can shed some light on?

Chris Hendricks · Answer

Hi Jonathan, Im looking into TenantCloud currently. Its my number 1 choice, based on the software I have seen so far. I have not run across RentecDirect but I'll start looking at that for my own use as well. Being that i'm on a smaller scale than you right now, I've been looking at the platforms that are primarily free. Hoping to identify one of the stronger ones that won't be a fly by night platform. TrueRent is my 2nd place one. I'll try and let you know what I think of Rentec hear over the next day or so.

Chris Hendricks · Answer

@Jason Hartley yea it looks like Rentec has been around a hot minute.. their platform UI looks a little dated. But that means they do have some history... It looks like TenantCloud is a revamp of an existing company / product called eva property from the link that I found some more details on earlier... https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/topics/247... but Im going to push the button here soon and start a trial... on something... Got to move to the automated space for sure.

Jason Hartley · Answer

Jonathan, I can definitely vouch that Rentec is a solid solution.  I think Tenant Cloud is brand new, they just popped up on these boards and online it feels like a few months ago, and they are an ad driven product by the looks of it.

Either way, $15 or $9, either is a spectacular deal for the time it will save you.  Both products are worth far more than that.

Chris Hendricks · Answer

I have not used truerent, but of the systems that I have looked at it was in 2nd place because of the feature set it had and was comparable to more advanced systems like propertyware but did not cost as much.

It does look dated, so I don't know if thats a sign of them working on functionality, or there has not been enough innovation at the company as of late. It maybe have been one of those things that formal companies where using so they didn't need to look as appealing to newbies and small fish.

You can find more details of their pricing schema here: https://www.truerent.com/pricing/

Chris Hendricks · Answer

Here is a thread on BP about Tenant Cloud I just found and thought you might find interesting... helping me out some... https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/topics/247...

Tenant Cloud @ $9 VS RentecDirect @ $15?

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