Propertyments

I believe property managers need enterprise tools to really get a handle on their investment properties, no matter the number they own or manage. That's why I never restricted the features in Propertyments based on the number of units, however I did charge a gradually increasing amount based on them. Now, the first five properties managed in Propertyments are free of charge. As always you get the full set of features including rent collection, tenant and lease management, real-time chat, secure document handling, accounting and much more.

Hopefully this will drive more small real estate investors to Propertyments while still letting me keep my head above water as the need for resources considerably increases with larger property management firms.

Completed the rent collection module that allows a landlord/property manager to collect rent from their tenants and deposit it directly in their bank account. Integrated Stripe Connect using express accounts for now - might move to fully custom accounts down the road. This really changed the focus of the property management application and pivots towards making it easier to collect rent.

Still need to figure out how to do it for free - Stripe charges a reasonable fee but my competitors have found a way to pass off the charges elsewhere - more to learn!

While technically still in "beta" I'm letting anyone sign up for free - for life. These are some of my most important customers as they regularly reach out with issues or give advice on what they need for their company to operate on my platform. We have a good back and forth that is worth way more than the small subscription fee I charge ($9 for most). The feedback I've received has been worth its weight in gold.

One of the biggest pieces of feedback I received is to get rent collection operational. While it was in progress it's a massive under taking and didn't receive the attention it deserved but I wouldn't have known without the feedback from people using the platform.

I began development of Propertyments on January 10th, 2017. I had a set of tools/modules that I wanted to have complete before a proper "launch" - that gave me a few targets to work toward. While I've accomplished those, the list of modules that became important changed or evolved over time and the development cycle increased. This has been an evening/weekend project but I don't think I have more than a few days where I've missed a commit.

Tech stack:

.NET Core back end

js/jquery/bootstrap front end

SQL Server DB

App, DB, and documents are hosted on Azure