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Property management

Managing rental property for owners or yourself, collecting rent, handling maintenance and keeping trust accounts straight.

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Real estate and property

Commission or rent-roll income, heavy documentation, long client cycles.

Priority decisions
10

Operating reality

What makes this different

The realities that change which tools can actually work for you.

  • Client trust accounting for owner funds is regulated in most states and general accounting software will not do it safely.

  • Rent collection and arrears chasing is the core recurring workflow.

  • Maintenance coordination is field service work, with the same dispatch and vendor problems.

  • Fair housing and eviction rules are strict, jurisdiction-specific and carry real penalties.

Where to start

The decisions that matter here, in order

You do not have to take them in this order, and you do not have to take all of them. This is where most businesses like yours start.

  1. 1
    Accounting software

    Track income and expenses so tax time is a report, not an archaeology dig.

  2. 2
    Invoicing

    Send the bill, and let people pay it without writing a cheque.

  3. 3
    Job and crew management

    Run jobs end to end: schedule, dispatch, complete, invoice.

  4. 4
    Documents and client portals

    Keep files organised and share them with clients securely.

  5. 5
    Business banking

    A business account, so personal and business money stop mixing.

  6. 6
    Card payments

    Take a card in person, over the phone or through a link.

  7. 7
    Business insurance

    Cover the things that could end the business in one bad afternoon.

  8. 8
    Contracts and signatures

    Put the agreement in writing and get it signed without printing anything.

  9. 9
    Customer support

    Handle customer questions without losing them in a shared inbox.

  10. 10
    Paying contractors

    Pay 1099 help and collect the paperwork you need for January.

Your next step

Answer six short questions about your property management business: your team, where the work happens and what you want to fix first. You get an operating plan in the order to tackle it, with the must-haves and comparison points for each area.

Answers

Common questions

What software does a property management business need?
Managing rental property for owners or yourself, collecting rent, handling maintenance and keeping trust accounts straight. The decisions that matter most are 10 areas, starting with the ones tied to how the work actually gets done and paid for.
What makes running a property management business different?
Client trust accounting for owner funds is regulated in most states and general accounting software will not do it safely. Rent collection and arrears chasing is the core recurring workflow. Maintenance coordination is field service work, with the same dispatch and vendor problems. Fair housing and eviction rules are strict, jurisdiction-specific and carry real penalties.

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