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
"I need property management software the will take care of both my commercial building tenants as well as my residential apartment tenants. I would like it to keep track of work orders, tenant profiles, service provider profiles, rent, and expenses for each building or apartment. Thanks."
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Facilities/Operations, Non-Profit, San Antonio, TX
"Needs to be reliable, customizable at least to a degree, and have comprehensive reporting/functionality capabilities."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Miami, FL
"I have tenant pro 4.0. I like the fact that i can find any unit info by unit not name. If you have something like that for mac i would buy it on the spotThany YouWaseem Khan."
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Partner/Principal, Real Estate, Chicago, IL
"Reservations and Schedualing must be kept to a simple system that has expansions that user can utilize with the system."
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Buyer, Other Business Services, Youngstown, FL
"Capability to handle GL/AP and work orders as well as some Section 42/Sec 8 compliance capabilities."
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Accounting/Finance, Non-Profit, Indianapolis, IN
"Supervision of staff at outside complexes!Tie the construction, land sales and management together and provide the info anywgere anytimeEasy to use!!!!Is compatible with Quick books."
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CEO/President/Owner, Construction/General Contracting, Selma, AL
"This would be used for student housing units for a college."
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MIS/IT, Education, Muskegon, MI
"Starting a new property management business with intent to grow to 200 units (likely at 200 separate properties). Mix of long term and short term/vacation rentals. Need full function accounting engine, normal financial/tracking functions, and service. network implementation nice but not critical. looking to purchase and install asap."
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Partner/Principal, Real Estate, Honolulu, HI
"A product that is not hard to use and is basic for the clinets to read and understand."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Hamilton, MT
"We are in need of software that integrates managment functions as well as accounting tools."
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Accounting/Finance, Financial Services, Milton, FL
"-online property management database-website to post vacant units-reports -> expenses, income, etc-maintenance -late fee (calculate %increase of rent)-mail merge into documents -user friendly/easy to use."
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Purchasing Manager, Real Estate, Pensacola Beach, FL
"Must deal with HUD, Section 8, New York City Rent Stabilization."
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Partner/Principal, Consulting, Malverne, NY
"I need a program that gives a rent roll,vacancy listing, automatic rent posting,check writing,gen ledger,balance sheet, P&L statment for each property. I do not want e-commerce, maps of my propertys, I want a soft ware that is easy to input data. If a function is shown on the screen I expect the function to work."
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Buyer, Other Business Services, Madison, WI
"Need realtime access to database from central operations in Seattle when properties being managed are in Alabama."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Edmonds, WA
"Needs functions related to:tenant info, maintenance, lease, rent rolls, vacancy rates, inventory, late notices, lease violations, retention rates, move-in/out checklists, owner's/manager's notes, welcome letters,non-renewals."
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Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Savannah, GA
"I am looking for the following: Includes payroll, able to process ACH, has ability to do fund accounting, able to have multiple charts of account, able to have multiple managers and owners log on with read only ability."
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CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Auburn, WA
"Our company leases 80 retail properties through Calif. We are looking for software to manage these leases from the lessee persective."
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CFO, Retail, San Clemente, CA
"Must be able to write checks, balance accounts and keep yearly financial records.Must be able to track maintenance requests by unit."
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Office Manager, Real Estate, Encino, CA
"User freindly does not require a lot of set up timemanage account from start to finishbank and credit card reconcilation."
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Accounting/Finance, Real Estate, Macon, GA
"At the very least it must be comparable to the 1990 version of Yardi. I'm not experienced with the benefits of many of the new features available,(e-pay, email, etc.) but am willing to listen. Payroll might be nice if I can easily learn it."
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Buyer, Real Estate, Weed, CA
"Inventories--Payroll--Job Cost--Report Designer--Expense Contol--Purchase Orders--Work Orders--General Ledger--Accounts Payable--Accounts Receivable--Financial Statements--Cash Management--Check Registers and Bank Account Reconciliation--Job Costs--Check and Deposit Slip Printing--Support."
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Accounting/Finance, Other Business Services, Las Vegas, NV
"New software must be able to convert data from current product, Skyline."
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Purchasing Manager, Real Estate, Oak Park, IL
"Looking for PM solution that uses and/or deeply integrates with existing Microsoft Exchange organizations including with Outlook."
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Accounting/Finance, Real Estate, Wilmington, NC
"Ability to track inspection dates, determine if renter has rental assistance from a govt. agency. Must produce work orders and track when completed."
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MIS/IT, Real Estate, Richton Park, IL
"Want to buy a software for keeping track of apartments residents accounting maintenance mainly."
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Buyer, N/A, Oxnard, CA
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