Unlocking time-savings and revenue: A look inside Dickson Realty

Time for a more efficient system

Managing anything at scale brings operational challenges, and real estate is no different. Carmella describes the overwhelming feeling of having to manually process hundreds of bills one-by-one, and how AppFolio eliminates that entirely, giving her team back their most valuable asset: time.

“I saw how many invoices we receive from City of Reno Sewer. I was shocked — ‘you guys enter this one at a time?’ Then I stumbled upon AppFolio Smart Bill Entry. As you scan in 200 invoices, the system starts to memorize some of the entries, like the vendor name, the amount, invoice numbers, even GL accounts. It was a game-changer.”

But it doesn’t end there:

“So then I started exploring the task manager and discovered this thing called bulk upload. And voilà, it's a CSV file where I can enter all 200 invoices into a spreadsheet, hit the control find, and just change the date. So it takes me 30 seconds to update all the information, and then maybe at the most half an hour to change the amounts, for 200 invoices. It’s cut our invoice processing time from days to hours.”

Accounting made easy

With intuitive property management tools, the entire team at Dickson Realty is empowered to assist with day-to-day property management accounting. 

“You don't have to have an accounting mind to be able to operate AppFolio. As long as you have an understanding of how property management works, and how rents are received, and how bills are paid and owners are paid. AppFolio does a very good job of assisting you through everything  and making accounting as easy as it can be.”