Rental Management Software Ideas

[Collin Meadows]

Hey all!

I am a Software Engineer with a history working in startups building technical products that customers love. 

What I have come to find in the rental management space, is there are a lot of tools that we as landlords need, yet no single platform that does all of these things really well. Heck, Brandon Turner even mentions in one of his books how these software products were clearly produced by people who were not, themselves, landlords. 

So, as is typically my first approach, I wanted to ask all of you. What would you look for in a product to ease your work? What are your biggest struggles? What is a process you hate doing, but have to do it?

Let me hear it! If we get some good thoughts, we can get some people together to beta test it and really build it out!

Thanks!

Collin M

[Christian Szpilfogel]

I don't mean to be a party pooper but there are literally thousands of PM tools available. Sadly I'm not kidding. So you are looking to develop something in a very crowded field. These PM tools come in various shapes, sizes and price points to address a particular segment's needs. If there is one thing I wish we had was a PM tool selector. LOL.

Before I settled on my current PM tool, I had to wade through a lot of PM tools and short list a few that seemed to be a good fit for my business. I then had to test each of the features to measure the claims made. It was a heck of a process.

The reason it is a heck of a process is because property management has a really long list of required features to address a company's specific processes. You can't even keep the list in your head so in my case I put it into an excel spreadsheet and did a side by side evaluation. Other companies will have a different list and different priorities.

One of the things that keeps PM tools from being a perfect fit is that different jurisdictions have different laws. And if you have a PM tool that can do just about everything then it is usually quite complicated to train and maintain staff.

I'm happy to share my list with you if you feel it will help get you started. :) Just pm me your email address.