Best property management software on Reddit

314 reviews from r/PropertyManagement, r/RealEstate, r/Landlord and 11 more subreddits

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#1

Appfolio

4.4
(48)
"I just switched from Buildium to AppFolio. It was well worth the switch!"
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"I love AppFolio!"
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"Definitely AppFolio."
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"AppFolio"
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"AppFolio provides great reporting features for property owners."
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"AppFolio is the correct answer. It’s just better than the others."
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"Let me know if you want to see AppFolio in action."
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"Hands down the very best I’ve ever used. I used to be a Yardi girl. But then I found appfolio."
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"If you have over 100 units, it can link to Obligo for deposit insurance which is nice."
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"My property manager uses Appfolio."
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#2

Buildium

4.1
(31)
"Buildium could be a solid option for a small portfolio. It’s user-friendly and simplifies managing multiple units."
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"Affordable with clean interfaces"
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"Buildium offers excellent owner portals for customized access."
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"I haven't had an issue with it yet."
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"Heard good things"
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"Not expensive and is a great product"
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"Seems to work from my owners point of view and is easier than the big excel spreadsheet I used previously"
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"It is easy to learn and comes with all of the accounting capabilities you'll need in a small office."
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"Complete accounting, maintenance management, portals for owners and tenants, and electronic payments"
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"Buildium, Appfolio, Yardi and Rentpost."
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#3

Yardi

4.1
(25)
"Yardi Breeze $1 per unit and Yardi is the best."
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"I recommend looking into Yardi Breeze. It is cost effective and user friendly."
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"Just moved to yardi from MRI. Never look back."
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"Very useful."
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"Love Yardi."
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"I always prefer Yardi for most portfolios."
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"Industry standard on the management side"
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"Good if you have numerous properties (100 to 500 units), I am charged $1 per unit monthly."
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"Comprehensive functionality and simple to use"
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"There are no unit minimums like Appfolio has and it’s very scalable."
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#4

Tenantcloud

4.5
(15)
"I love TenantCloud, it’s really serving me well. It does almost everything I need, from processing applications to lease signing, to payment collection and maintenance requests."
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"Just started using TenantCloud and really enjoy it. Integrates with Quickbooks, tenants can pay online so many features that save time."
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"Tenantcloud is very reasonable and easier than Quickbooks."
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"Awesome clean cloud interface that matches the mobile experience and they now even handle move in / move out process in an all digital manner for tracking condition and issues etc."
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"I have used it for years for the 31 units that I self manage - it should be free for only one unit."
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"Great package for managing all aspects of rentals, from contractors to taxes"
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"Love at first sight"
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"You may try TenantCloud, Buildium, or Appfolio."
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"TenantCloud is a solid option for smaller-scale landlords who want a user-friendly interface."
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"Great for starting out small, especially if you want to scale."
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#5

Doorloop

4.2
(15)
"No fees for inbound payments, which is a great advantage."
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"I'm pretty happy with doorloop"
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"Great for any type of property"
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"Ease of use"
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"Onboarding has been really great, support is amazing, and it's overall been a breeze."
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"DoorLoop, hands down. I've worked with and researched countless other PMS."
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"I use Doorloop for commercial real estate."
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"DoorLoop is great and easy to use for small teams."
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"Works well for the most part but has some minor things I’d like to fix."
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"Pretty pleased with the software in terms of features, cost, and ease of use."
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#6

Rent Manager

4.2
(12)
"Really love it"
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"I use Rent Manager for every single thing on your list other than sales tax."
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"Very easy to use and inexpensive too"
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"I've been with Rent Manager for 5 years, after suffering with Buildium for 11 years."
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"I think Rent Manager may work well for STRs, too. It does accounting very well."
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"Rent manager works for us. At the time of implementation it was half the cost of Yardi voyager."
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"Popular software option"
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"Popular software option"
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"Very easy to use, very customizable"
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"Nice service order tracking system. Decent ability for customization."
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#7

Revela

7.5
(6)
"The website is very easy to use and visually appealing. I can trust the reporting and accounting."
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"Revela- it has easy to use accounting, the reports makes sense."
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"After researching different softwares, and using Propertyware and Buildium and Appfolio, I am now using Revela and it can do many of the functions I needed other softwares to do. 10/10 recommend."
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"Revela has excellent banking features and is user-friendly for property management."
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"Revela has been awesome for managing 50 properties with features like automated accounting and tenant portals."
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"Revela offers excellent banking features, automated accounting, and easy tenant management."
#8

Rentpost

4.4
(9)
"Affordable and user-friendly."
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"Affordable with clean interfaces"
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"Check out https://rentpost.com."
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"I just recently switched from excel to RentPost. So far no problems."
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"**RentPost** is definitely a good choice, but do compare with other softwares once."
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"Has a very clean interface and budget friendly too :)"
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"The one i can mention so far is rentpost. looking into them rn and been loving their interface and features."
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"My neighbour is an LL managing around 20+ units over Cape Town and they're using Rentpost, which is working pretty well for them."
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"Complete accounting, maintenance management, portals for owners and tenants, and electronic payments"
#9

Turbotenant

3.9
(10)
"It’s great!"
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"I really love turbotenant"
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"TurboTenant does offer the option to set up automated utility charges alongside rent collection."
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"TurboTenant's average user has 1-10 properties, so you would be a perfect fit."
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"TurboTenant is useful for keeping track of things like rent collection, tenant turnover, marketing, and more."
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"TurboTenant could help consolidate some of these tasks, particularly for managing your long-term rentals."
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"TurboTenant is very cheap and offers most features."
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"TurboTenant."
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"Turbotenant.com."
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"Painful experience"
#10

Quickbooks

4.6
(7)
"We use quickbooks"
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"Easiest and cheapest"
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"QB is the best for a small biz - I'm an accountant and own rentals and that's what I use."
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"Cheap and worked very well"
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"I just use Quickbooks."
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"Quickbooks has some transaction / POS features you can probably leverage for that."
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"Quickbooks if you have less than 100 units"
#11

Apartments.Com

4.8
(6)
"[Apartments.com](http://Apartments.com) is awesome. It is free too."
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"It's free and easy, plus it shows the tenants' names on the bank statement which is nice for bookkeeping."
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"Our PM also uses [apartments.com](https://apartments.com)"
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"Worked well for me up to 40 units"
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"Free and a great way to do background checks, screen new tenants, and have rent paid through"
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"Apartments.com is great for tenant payments and background checks, plus it's free."
#12

Innago

4.3
(6)
"It's free and does everything a small landlord would need. I've had a lot of success with it."
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"There’s a whole library of YouTube videos on how to use their free product."
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"They generate revenue by managing the transfer of money."
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"Innago is pretty easy to use and it’s free for the most part."
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"Good option"
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"I use Innago. Great for lease management and rent collection."
#13

Cozy

4.2
(5)
"The best for me"
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"Look at something like Cozy or TenantCloud to make things easier for you."
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"Cozy."
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"Great web-based platform for property management."
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"Cozy.co"
#14

MagicDoor

5.0
(4)
"Our platform is designed to simplify property management for portfolios of all sizes, with AI-powered tools that automate tenant communication, maintenance requests, and even rental application scoring."
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"I Just onboarded my 20 units to Magicdoor, the process was so smooth."
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"At MagicDoor, we designed our software specifically to help property managers like you stay organized."
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"MagicDoor is powered by AI and offers a range of helpful technologies for property management."
#15

Stessa

4.5
(4)
"Stessa is fantastic for tracking property values and expenses, well set up for accounting and taxes."
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"There's a free version that you can use to track transactions and such. It also has the ability to send your property manager access."
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"I really love Stessa.com."
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"I use the free version of Stessa, but I only use it to generate reports for my accountant."
#16

Thehousemonk

5.0
(3)
"Super easy to use with flexible customization options"
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"Super comprehensive property management software"
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"Super comprehensive property management software"
#17

Leadsimple

4.7
(3)
"Awesome"
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"It has 2 parts: a CRM part and a process mgmt part. I'm only using the CRM, since I'm a small operator with no other team members."
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"We use LeadSimple as our CRM with a WordPress website."
#18

AppFolio

4.7
(3)
"Appfolio is the industry staple for traditional residential property management."
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"Appfolio is the best full suite management software on the market."
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"We are happy using AppFolio for commercial and multi-family properties. It handles rent increases, prorations, bill backs, and electronic payments just fine."
#19

BUILDING

3.7
(3)
"While it's not perfect, we've used buildium for my wife's property management company and I like it quite a bit."
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"They use buildium or appfolio."
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"Been a Buildium user for 5 years."
#20

Avail

3.7
(3)
"It's got an 'Apple' feel with how everything is super easy to use and figure out."
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"Avail."
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"No mobile apps."
#21

AssetAFC

5.0
(2)
"It's the ultimate tool for landlords and property investors, no matter the size of your portfolio."
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"The Rental Income and Expense Tracker Template from AssetAFC(dot)com is the best."
#22

Stayflexi

5.0
(2)
"Stayflexi is the perfect all-in-one solution!"
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"Stayflexi offers an all-in-one solution to streamline operations, manage long and short-term rentals, automate payments, and track expenses."
#23

Rentecdirect

5.0
(2)
"It does what I need and their support is top notch."
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"Works really well and tenants like the reporting and tools."
#25

Rentvine

5.0
(2)
"The team is exceptional and makes the transition easy."
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"Incredible stuff"
#26

Landlord Studio

5.0
(2)
"Good for rental property accounting"
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"It's a great all-rounder"
#27

Openkoda

5.0
(2)
"It's open-source with a lot of pre-built features - a set-up perfect for my scenario."
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"The open-source nature of Openkoda is a big draw for me because it eliminates the risk of vendor lock-in."
#28

RentRedi

2.5
(4)
"We use Rent Redi and Quickbooks online, works pretty well but functionality on Redi is limited."
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"Have not used them yet, but this is going to be my go to when I do."
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"They don't have reconciliation or Quickbooks integrations."
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"They don't have reconciliation or Quickbooks integrations."
#29

Google Sheets

4.5
(2)
"Google sheets is the shit."
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"Google sheets or Microsoft excel would probably be better for a single property."
#30

TNTCLD

4.5
(2)
"A TenantCloud user here and love the program!"
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"I’ve used TenantCloud, had less than 20 units and it worked great."
#31

Neighborhood.Online

4.5
(2)
"We use [neighborhood.online](https://neighborhood.online)"
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"We use neighborhood.online"
#32

Hemlane

4.5
(2)
"I love it!"
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"(4) Busy landlord or smaller property manager -- Hemlane"
#33

Tenant Cloud

4.5
(2)
"Amazing software, easy to work with. Currently managing units across USA remotely. TC has helped big time."
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"Tenant Cloud is also affordable and provides essential features."
#34

Rentec Direct

4.0
(2)
"Rentec Direct."
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"We fired Appfolio years ago and switched to Rentec Direct."
#35

Propertyboss

4.0
(2)
"Pretty simply and easy to incorporate if use Quickbooks"
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"Https://propertyboss.com/"
#36

Property Matrix

4.0
(2)
"Good option"
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"Complete accounting, maintenance management, portals for owners and tenants, and electronic payments"
#37

Yardi Breeze

4.0
(2)
"Popular software option"
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"Popular software option"
#38

RentEngine

4.0
(2)
"RentEngine is useful for teams needing to manage showings and leads efficiently."
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"For leasing automation, check out RentEngine."
#39

Zillow

4.0
(2)
"(5) One rental DIYer -- Zillow"
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"Zillow Rental Manager might be sufficient for the number of units you have."
#40

Lodgify

2.3
(3)
"The onboarding process was free and they have solid visualizations on relevant data like occupancy rates, hosted guests, etc."
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"Lodgify is an amateur, buggy, and lacking product that I regret paying for."
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"Lodgify is one of the worst companies and platforms i have ever worked with."
#41

Field Promax

3.0
(2)
"Field service management"
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"Field service management"
#42

Entrata

2.5
(2)
"Hands down, but it's expensive if you do it all."
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"Entrata is the WORST."
#43

MEWS

5.0
(1)
"I can strongly recommend MEWS systems."
#44

Accurently

5.0
(1)
"It provides majority of what you are looking for."
#45

SnapInspect

5.0
(1)
"It's simple to understand, cut my inspection time in half and offers integration."
#47

Onsite Property Manager

5.0
(1)
"Complete accounting, maintenance management, portals for owners and tenants, and electronic payments"
#48

Mri

5.0
(1)
"Very user friendly"
#49

Onesite

5.0
(1)
"Love Onesite."
#50

RentCafe

5.0
(1)
"Very useful."
#51

Neigborhood.Online

5.0
(1)
"Our PM also uses [Neigborhood.online](https://Neigborhood.online)"
#52

SimplifyEm

5.0
(1)
"It is very easy to use and much lower priced."
#53

Rentler

5.0
(1)
"Pretty convenient"
#54

Condo Control

5.0
(1)
"Fabulous"
#55

Yuhu

5.0
(1)
"I really like Yuhu."
#56

Propertymeld

5.0
(1)
"Heard good things"
#57

Happyco

5.0
(1)
"Heard good things"
#58

Rentalvault

5.0
(1)
"Heard good things"
#59

Rentmanager.Com

5.0
(1)
"Cloud based and has most of your wish list I believe. And way cheaper than many alternatives."
#60

Quick Books

5.0
(1)
"Book keeping"
#61

Stessa.Com

5.0
(1)
"I really love Stessa.com"
#62

Hostaway

5.0
(1)
"Integrates well, is user-friendly, has a robust system, great for automation, and more"
#63

LCS

5.0
(1)
"I'm very Pro-Rent Manager by LCS. It's what we use for over 100 housing communities."
#64

Guesty

5.0
(1)
"Best for STR"
#65

Cirrius

5.0
(1)
"Combination short-term and mid-term"
#66

Hero Pm

5.0
(1)
"Full trust accounting and management software"
#67

Nestaway

5.0
(1)
"Completely free app for the landlords(Basic Plan)"
#68

AI Voice Virtual Property Manager

5.0
(1)
"Has been a game-changer for automating guest communication."
#69

RHAWA

4.0
(1)
"RHAWA forms are still useful alongside TenantCloud."
#70

Rental Gauge

4.0
(1)
"Pricey, but added features to populate Ontario LTB compliant forms, notices, leases, CRA reports, etc. Very simple to use and suitable for any size LL or Management firm."
#71

Hotel TCS

4.0
(1)
"We also look at various technology options on our website."
#72

LandlordMax

4.0
(1)
"A solid desktop option for landlords."
#73

Landlordy

4.0
(1)
"Excellent mobile app for property management."
#74

Property Buddy

4.0
(1)
"User-friendly mobile application for landlords."
#75

Access Database

4.0
(1)
"I built an Access database to track maintenance stuff and it worked very well."
#76

Digb

4.0
(1)
"It handles both short-term and long-term and at the end of the year I'm able to generate IRS Schedule E."
#77

Remote Landlord

4.0
(1)
"Complete accounting, maintenance management, portals for owners and tenants, and electronic payments"
#78

Resman

4.0
(1)
"Complete accounting, maintenance management, portals for owners and tenants, and electronic payments"
#79

RentAdmin

4.0
(1)
"I use it for my portfolio of properties for a number of years. It gives all the features above and It's cheap to use too with good support."
#80

Rentec

4.0
(1)
"Complete accounting, maintenance management, portals for owners and tenants, and electronic payments"
#81

Followup Boss

4.0
(1)
"Cheaper and gets the job done"
#82

Hously Insights

4.0
(1)
"It’s a straightforward platform for managing things like rent collection, maintenance tracking, and tenant details."
#83

RNTCD

4.0
(1)
"RentecDirect is my vote."
#84

JumboTiger

4.0
(1)
"You should look at JumboTiger."
#85

RentManager

4.0
(1)
"Rent Manager is a fantastic platform."
#86

RealPage

4.0
(1)
"Have you checked RealPage? They seem to offer a commercial solution."
#87

TenantCloud

4.0
(1)
"Great for starting out small, especially if you want to scale, plus they have mobile apps for tenants, property managers, owners, service providers and team members."
#88

123landlord

3.0
(1)
"It's OK. A little ugly but has all the features."
#89

HouseMonk

3.0
(1)
"We're now trying House Monk. We're still implementing things."
#90

NetSuite

3.0
(1)
"It sounds like you are getting close to something like Netsuite"
#91

Quicken

2.0
(1)
"Quicken is good for tracking personal and business finances, but the rental part is lacking."

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