Appfolio Alternative

[Samantha L.]

Good Morning,

I was hoping to get some suggestions for property management software that are comparable alternatives to Appfolio. Being a small time landlord with just three properties, I cannot bring myself to pay the 200+ a month for management software. Its almost more cost effective to hire a property manager at this rate. That being said, I really love many of the features of Appfolio like the clean and fairly accurate credit/background reports. Many times it has caught evictions from other states that I didn't find. I also like the ability to track maintenance requests and assign/email them to vendors. Help. Anything comparable? It would be a plus if I could also build a website from the software but not required. I heard of one called Mr. Landlord or something like that but I can't find information on it. 

Samantha

[Jason Hartley]

@Samantha L. @Geoffrey Serdar Look into Rentec Direct.  Same features of Appfolio but a fraction of the cost.  I've used them for over 4 years and both the product and support have been perfect for me with a smaller portfolio.  I saw in one of their product update announcements sometime in the last year that they also offer a free website to all their users too.  I bet you would like em..

http://www.rentecdirect.com

Another slightly less expensive solution is buildium, but they recently raised their prices to be almost as expensive as AF now.  There's also some free ones out there, but frankly I don't trust free.  My data is worth more to me than a "what if" the free company can't afford to keep the doors open.