Rental Management Software

[Bill J.]

I have been reviewing different software programs and am currently on a 7 day test period with "Rent Manager"....I have also looked at "Point2" and some free spreadsheets on the web. I am just starting but plan to grow. I need a software program that expands with me. So far, Rent Manager seems to be pretty efficient.

Any opinions on Rent Manager or any other software program?

Thanks...Bill

[Corina Eufinger]

Buildium is $1 per unit and over 200 units I believe a discount starts. I have been with Buildium for nearly two years. My previous program had been Yardi Systems (really expensive for any versions). I found Buildium much more intuitive and easy to use. I've never had connectivity issues that were the result of Buildium. Support is easy to get via messaging or phone. Support is completely free unlike Yardi where you have so much support included and need to buy additional packages. I chose Buildium over appfolio because of the price difference. I also preferred the interface of Buildium.

The negatives of Buildium is that the prSupoort wasn't designed for high level accountants. Don't get me wrong its great for basic business bookkeeping. But that's strictly what it is, bookkeeping rather accounting software. I find Buildium to be really good at updating and adding new features but all of them have come with an added fee. Some can be directly passed onto the tenant, others not. 

You can do a two week free trial of Buildium and check it out. I will say that they aren't aggressive with sales so you won't  have to worry about annoying phone calls if you choose not to go with them. (Nearly 2 years later and Yardi is still emailing and calling me!)