Starting Out Managing Property

[John Smith]

Hey team,

Currently have my first unit, got our lease signed, and I'm getting into the swing of things.

I feel I always knew the broad strokes, but now that I'm in the thick of things it's definetly taken more than I expected since I'm having to learn as I go.

Looking at costs for admin tools (docs, signing, screening) seems like it'd cost the same for a property management tool (buildium, yardi) versus doing it manual (rhawa, docusign)

When did you decide to move away from managing manually? Did you need to scale after X units?? Did you start off with a property management tool? Or not at all one you got over the hump?

Would love to hear about your thoughts/experiences, thanks!