All Forum Posts by: Bert Cohen

@Bert Cohen cozy.co which is now apartments.com… used it for 4-5 years now with over 50 doors. Haven’t had any major issues.

The features we like are: Auto deposit for tenants, tenant screening (background check etc..) is paid by applicant, and maintenance requests are super easy to use.

I signed up for RentRedi last fall. My tenants complained that it was too difficult. So I collect checks and money orders in person for now once a month. That works fine with just three tenants about a mile from where I live. That will not work when I grow and I plan to grow.

My landlord uses Appfolio and as a tenant I find it super easy to use for paying rent and entering maintenance requests. I think it costs a bit more than RentRedi - but I learn over and over again that you get what you pay for. I will probably sign up for Appfolio when I grow,

I've got to find a better way to wrangle all the business receipts though. Hope someone has a great suggestion for phone app that will allow me to scan and categorize the receipt mountain in the car, on my desk, in my purse and the few that made it into the folder in my desk.

Good luck!

@Bert Cohen there is a large number of new programs. I would be hesitant going with the new flashy programs. They may run out of money and leave you hanging. Or get bought by another firm. Both happen and rarely for the better.

Buildium and Appfolio are two solid platforms. We use Appfolio and love it. Super intuitive and always making upgrades. 

Propertyware is a big one. But the software is difficult to use. But is highly customizable with API integrations. 

As well as looking for software that scales with your portfolio (most of them offer different plans depending on how many units you have or what features you want to use), I'd also recommend figuring out what it is that you want to get out of the software. For example, some of them specialize in rental listings or tenant management, whereas others are better for accounting and reporting. Definitely have a look around to see what will work for you.

I use RentmindMe. I do my accounting on Wave Apps.