REI Tool/Software that doesn't exist?

[Stephen Cirner]

Hey All!

I'm new to the bigger pockets forums and the real estate investing world. I've been listening to the podcasts for the last few months trying to learn all that I can and they have been great so far. As a software engineer, I was wondering if there's any gap in current real estate investing tooling/software? I would be interested in hearing about pain points from the community and possibly developing solutions for these.

[John Knisely]

Hey @Stephen Cirner, welcome to BP! That's a great question. I am not at the point in my investing where I am using any of the major property management tools such as Podio, Buildium, Appfolio etc. As an agent I have noticed there are some full service CRM and website options such as Boomtown and RealGeeks but they seem SUPER expensive.

Right now I spend a lot of time analyzing deals and writing up offers (via Docusign, which I am generally happy with) and it'd be great to have something that could easily integrate and pull useful MLS data into an analysis sheet. The Biggerpockets analysis tools are pretty solid as well, definitely check them out for ideas. Another useful thing for me would be a CRM that integrates with email/calendar and such to stay on top of communication and deadlines.