Rentec Direct vs TrueRent

[Scott Weaner]

As we are about to close on our first rental property, I am looking at the on-line property management sites. The 2 that look best and are free are Rentec Direct and TruRent.

https://www.rentecdirect.com/  

https://www.truerent.com/

Anyone have any first hand experience with them? Any comparisons?

Thanks!

[Jason Hartley]

@Curt Smith I would vouch for Rentec Direct as well.  It's an excellent management tool for property owners.  You wouldn't qualify for their free product since it's for 10 or less properties, but the time savings using the application alone pays for itself many times over.  Useful features are the tenant screening that's built in, ACH payments from tenants, they provide me with a website to list my company and listings (I don't use the website yet, but I do list my listings), they automatically send all my vacancies to zillow, trulia, and a handful of other sites.  At the end of the year, I print out the schedule-e helper and it provides me a single page picture of everything I need for taxes.  The list goes on but it's the end of my day and my brain is a bit foggy now. 

Basically, in a nutshell, my vacancies are down, and my collections are non-existant since I started using Rentec.  Between the tools they give me for screening applicants, and the ACH/CC automated payments, my business takes less than half the time it used to regarding tenant management.