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
"Simple to understand non technical accounting system with single entry cash account (non-accrual). Property management software focused on a real estate function and less on accounting / balance sheet. Needs to run on MS Vista."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, San Francisco, CA
"Ease of use, reliability and transfer data to accountant at tax year end. ONLY have 4 stand alone properties. Expect to get more stand alone propertie in time. But, not at the present. Zip code should be for Auburn, AL."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Idaho Falls, ID
"Our firm does apartment management, individual property management and Association Management."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Raleigh, NC
"I would like for the software to be as compatible to the NC Real Estate Commissions quidelines as possible. This feature is vital."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Oxford, NC
"Monthy CAM charge are based upon each tenants sf. Some of the tenants don't pay for each and every CAM charge and some do."
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Buyer, Other Business Services, Santa Cruz, CA
"I need a software that can handle all my property $ tanant inf. + payment etc."
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Sales/Business Development, Retail, San Jose, CA
"Mobile home park billing including utility reading monthly tracking and late charges."
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Administrative Assistant, Real Estate, Ormond Beach, FL
"Rent History, DHCR Lease Renewal, DHCR Apartment Registration, Late Notice,."
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Buyer, Real Estate, Brooklyn, NY
"To use easy,reports, rent rolls with totals easy tenant input easy to get to screen to screen all screens with input info must be easy to input.must be easy to get around and a accounting software quickbooks would be nice."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Boynton Beach, FL
"We are looking for VACATION home property management software. Short term rental."
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CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Floral City, FL
"We have a lease management program for a service we call a Rider Church lease. This is a lease whereby an existing church (aka Host Church) (owner or lessee) leases space & time to a lessee (aka Rider Church)."
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Partner/Principal, Real Estate, Lawrenceville, GA
"We don't need a complicated program. We need to do P&L statements, budgets, catch rent increases, insurance renewals for commercial tenants. Maintenance logs are fine but not critical."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Irvine, CA
"I own a commercial property, and I need to have a software to keep track of who has paid and who has not."
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General Manager, Other Business Services, Gainesville, FL
"I would like to build a coroprate firm for owners as well as clients.the company well be top in the nation."
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CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Independence, MO
"Need a software solution for a community of 500 townhomes with condo type maint functions. Functions: manage maint and repair, large and small projects and individual home work orders; control and record communications with owners; maintain priority lists of pending or outstanding maint tasks and requirements with daily/weekly/monthly tickler or suspense notification. Track all tasks and communications by individual homes. Must be able to relate all items to ndividual homes."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Springfield, VA
"We want the simplest possible availability calendar for our website. It will be used mostly by partners in the building who all take bookings and don't want to over book."
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General Manager, Travel/Hospitality, Soquel, CA
"I has to be a software solution that we will be able to host."
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MIS/IT, Non-Profit, Brooklyn, NY
"Currently manage 45 single family houses, but will grow and probably into multiple family and also commercial."
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CEO/President/Owner, Health Care, Elmhurst, IL
"I have weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly accounts. I have a late penalty and a per-diem fee. I'd like to know, on any given day, what the tenant owes. I'd also like a flag to indicate non-payment."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Warsaw, IN
"Easy to use and compatible with quickbooks, ability to generate checks and mailings."
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General Manager, Real Estate, Spokane Valley, WA
"I need a simple program that allows me to keep track of accounting,costs,expenses,etc."
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CFO, Real Estate, Los Angeles, CA
"We need a web based program that the owner will ne able to receive all reports by email and can log on from his laptop when he is out of state."
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Office Manager, Real Estate, Huntsville, AL
"Looking for web-based COMPLETE system to include all tenant info, maintenance work orders, with full accounting function."
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Accounting/Finance, Other Business Services, Scottsdale, AZ
"Besides the Mobile Home Park, I intend to add additional rental houses and would like to be able to track those separate from the park."
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Partner/Principal, Other Business Services, Albuquerque, NM
"WE currently have a program but it doens't blend with Quicken so we have duplicate entrys that need to be made, we need a software program that will give us a visual planner that we can look at a glance and see what is available long term and short term. the ability to make online bookings.and any data that we send to our website has to only be put in once and transfer up to the web."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, East Tawas, MI
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