We ask users of our quote request service to describe their property management software purchasing requirements in detail so the vendors we match them to can provide customized information in response. Now we're sharing these buyer requirements with you.
We hope these user comments help you get a sense of what types of property management software other users are choosing and what considerations are important to the average buyer. Take a look and you'll probably see some responses that are relevant to your business.
BuyerZone user comments: property management software purchasing requirements
"Features and functionality such as setting up a single tenant for a two to ten year lease in one operation or scalability.Reliability would be a definite factor.Price to value relationship, not just because it's pricy but the value that it brings is key."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Olympia Fields, IL
"This is a very up-scale condo complex needing detailed accounting, tracking and reporting of all required services and distribution of owner information monthly with yearly summay for annual meeting."
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Buyer, Other Business Services, Palm Beach, FL
"User friedndly system need and check in/out must be easy and short process. reservation function has to be easy. guest histories look up and maintenance must be easy to find and read."
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Facilities/Operations, Travel/Hospitality, New York, NY
"I want it to integrate with QuickBooks, be relatively easy to learn and use, and calculate CAM charges and recovery."
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General Manager, Real Estate, Placerville, CA
"Something that doesn't involve a brain surgeon to figure out =)."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Belton, SC
"We are a small organization looking to better serve our clients."
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Accounting/Finance, Real Estate, Albuquerque, NM
"The ability to collect online payments from tenantsDraft Bank Accounts for Payments."
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CEO/President/Owner, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Duncanville, TX
"Would like a user friendly program that will allow us to put clients and tenants in easily."
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Office Manager, Real Estate, Kailua, HI
"I would like it for tenant look-up, rent collections, and unit information, primarily."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Sycamore, IL
"Basically we are starting a property management company the will mainly focus on residential units, single family and multi units. At some point we will venture in to commercial and possibly retail as well. We need a simple user friendly solution with support available."
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General Manager, Real Estate, Paradise, CA
"Multiple owners, (accounts)most have only one propertysome have multiple propertieslargest account has 78 properties."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Fayetteville, GA
"This is a mom and pop shop. Let's not get carried away here...Happy new year..."
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Buyer, Real Estate, Cooperstown, NY
"Would like to be able to handle commercial and residential properties. Must be able to make reports suitable for the IRS."
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Buyer, Real Estate, Milwaukee, WI
"I want to make sure that the software makes it almost immpossible to try and steal from the company."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Baton Rouge, LA
"I would like to have an online base program for my vacation rentals and be able to use a user friendly software and be able to use on line availabilty calender. I would to have the same program for long term as well as vacation rentals."
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Partner/Principal, Real Estate, Aptos, CA
"I need more customizable features and need scalability. I am only interested in Web hosted solutions as I am currently have to by upgrades and additional modules to get the job done."
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Partner/Principal, Real Estate, San Antonio, TX
"I will be doing the association management for 2 condo associations, im not sure exactly what i do need, i would like the owners to beable to pay their assoc on line if possible. I need to make budgets ect for the associations"
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CEO/President/Owner, Travel/Hospitality, Fort Myers Beach, FL
"I would like something that is user friendly and has some flexibility in customizing."
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Buyer, Real Estate, Edinboro, PA
"Our portfolio is operated by several different management companies, all of which use various software (AMSI, Realpage, etc). We are looking for one program that will allow us to extract the data from their systems and roll it into one."
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Buyer, Financial Services, Bethesda, MD
"I am looking for an internet based program where all 4 of us can get tenant information from anywhere."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Morris, IL
"I would like to manage multiple developments and also be able to compare the performance of all developments against each other."
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Engineer/Programmer, Construction/General Contracting, Delray Beach, FL
"Rent rolls, budgets, cash flow w/variance reports, general ledgers. track CPI increases and rental increases."
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Buyer, Real Estate, Los Angeles, CA
"If you can recommend a qualified property manager, that would be helpful."
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Buyer, Other Business Services, West Palm Beach, FL
"I want to learn more about it and how to fix ever thing."
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Buyer, Real Estate, Lancaster, TX
"Would like forms like 3-day, rental increase ltrs, receipts etc tied into the software."
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Buyer, Real Estate, Los Angeles, CA
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