All Forum Posts by: Alexander Canha

What are you using now?

For how many doors?

Managing your own investments and/or for others?

Yes, I am looking for an online platform to begin self-managing too. About to close on a 10+unit apartment building and my wife and I would like to self-manage as much as possible, as I am local. Cozy has been acquired by apartments.com, and will not let me sign up for cozy, and the functions seem limited. Currently, I am looking at Hemlame for local, I tried to use them for an out-of-state investment property, but the cost with an agent would end up far greater than a full-service property manager.

The dream option would combine all accounting, bill pay, rent collection, provide eviction services, and maintenance coordination outside of normal hours. Some help with leasing would be great!

I am going to try tenantcloud for the online payment and lease generating.  I use Stessa for accounting and like it very well.  I looked at ezlandlordforms and it is great for many forms,  but I don't want too many different programs.  

I just replied to another thread too, but I have been using TenantCloud for over a year and find it very easy to use as a landlord and for my tenants. I like it better than Cozy, and when I switched, my tenants told me they found it easier than Cozy as well.

• Applications
• Screening
• Rent & Security Collection
• Online Signatures
• Auto pay
• Maintenance Managent
• Accounting
• Desktop & App

To name a few of the features.

@Alexander Canha I used Cozy up until this year. They have since been purchased by Apartments.com, but several of my clients use them still. I thought the interface was perfect for investors who have a handful of properties. It had rent collection, a maintenance portal, and even a way to track expenses. Honestly, for most investors with a few units it is the best solution. 

I have since graduated to Appfolio. My company manages 62 units internally and this was the next logical step. I would not recommend it for people who have less than 100 units as it is designed to make sense as you scale. I am finally getting used to it, but I also have a part time accountant/book keeper and also a full time VA that works for me. Without employees I would have been overwhelmed honestly.

You might also check into Buildium. I have heard that it is much more intuitive and user friendly for people with mid sized portfolios.