Category: Property Management Software

8 Reasons Why Your Property Management Business Has Outgrown Quickbooks

If you’re using Quickbooks to run your property management business, you may be experiencing common frustrations as you continue to grow. As a basic accounting software, Quickbooks only covers a fraction of your day-to-day property management activities.

Effective Reputation Management (Webinar Recap)

We partnered with Homes.com and ForRent.com for an informative webinar on a very important topic: Reputation Management. This webinar was packed with valuable tips and resources that property managers can implement now to manage and expand their online reputation. These weren’t just talking points, these were real action items that can have a huge impact on your business.

Dawson Property Management Grows With AppFolio

We recently documented the story of Dawson Property Management, a thriving business out of Charlotte, NC who began running in to some challenges as their portfolio grew. The company manages just under 100 properties in the state, including single-family homes, townhomes, condos and several multi-family properties. With this wide-ranging and diverse portfolio, owner Derek Dawson knew it was time to seek a better solution that could meet all his business needs

Transitioning From the Paper Trail to Digital Applications

Just reaching your prospective renters through targeted marketing isn’t enough anymore. Without a full toolbox of digital tools you might be missing out on golden opportunities to close more sales. If you are straddling the fence between a paper leasing processes and a digital automated leasing system, here are a few details to help you get off the fence.

Retiring At 27, With A Little Help From Great Software

You’ve seen it before. The advertisement with the unnamed person, sitting on their laptop gazing out over a beautiful beach. The headline might read: “The freedom to work from anywhere.”

One young man took these images to heart, and made the decision early on that he would be one of those “beach executives”. At 21 years old, he set his goal to be retired by 27. His name was Brenton Hayden, CEO of Renters Warehouse.

Have You Been Left Behind By Discontinued Software? There Is A Solution

Have you ever had a software program you use be discontinued? If you have then you know that when software is being discontinued, users should act quickly to transition to a comparable program if they want to ensure that they don’t experience any interruption of service, critical system issues or loss of the data they manage with the current program.

A 1-Year Anniversary Success Story

Last month we received a great email from DeSimone Real Estate Services, which currently manages over 450 units in Ocala,…

Is It Time To Move Your Property Management Software To The Cloud?

Did you know that 75% of businesses have already transitioned their business operations to the cloud? Many Property Management companies…

10 Clues That Your Property Management Software Is Too Old

Do you know how to tell if you’re software is too old? One good sign is that the support for…

AppFolio Video Case Study: Rick Kaufman, Yale Management Services Inc.

Rick is the president of Yale Management Services Inc., which currently manages over 3000 units. His company owns and operates…