Property Management Platforms

[Amy Kendall]

I have a question for all those who manage their own rental properties, I have managed mine for over 11 years now.  I am now building my portfolio and also taking on clients for Property management, and I have found a few flaws in my systems.  I have recently looked at a few of the property management platforms and wondered what platforms people were using currently, and how they liked them.  I would like a few key features:

1. Ability to make Electronic Fund Transfers to my investors monthly,and pay my vendors. 

2. Track inspections and have a task come up when they are due, have an inspection form that syndicates with the platform that allows me to take photos etc. This will be stored with each property.

3. Be able to send out auto notifications to tenants for things like ( every other month to change the HVAC filters etc). 

4. Be able to  have potential tenants fill out applications through this platform and send out leases for signature directly through the platform and have it attach to the property.

There is more, but those are the biggest ones for me. Thank you in Advance for your advice!

[Christine Kankowski]

We used appfolio since it can do a lot more than buildium could at the time we switched.  It is more expensive and has a minimum, so appfolio may not be right for someone without a larger based of rentals.  It can do anything you need - track maintenance, assign vendors and employees, take applications, run credit, generate leases, run reports,