Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Getting Property Management Software

By Shandra Cocoran


For the past decade, the property management industry has leveraged technology to be able to improve streamline workflows and processes as well as to gain better control of all aspects of property management. This has been achieved mainly through the introduction and evolution of technology which is basically built around property management software.

Clear Vision Offered By The Software

In the evolutionary chain of property management software, the next one was the transition to the Windows-based software. This allowed for simpler deployment, greater ease of use, as well as increased functionality. The Windows platform also allows the developers to be able customize their applications for end users to a degree impractical on the DOS platform.

These Windows-based applications grew to include diverse components or modules covering all aspects of property management: financial management, accounting, marketing, lease management, payment and collections, maintenance management, financial modeling, and communications.

The advent of the Internet as well as its explosive growth as being a pervasive communications and e-commerce medium has lead to the migration of property management software to the Web, with the latest software which is developed on the Application Service Provider (ASP) platform. This essentially means that through the users' web browsers, applications are hosted on the service provider's, or developers, servers and accessed over the Internet.

Web-based applications and Application Services Providers together are offering a number of advantages when compared to traditional platforms. The software is said to be easier to learn and use and significantly easier to manage and maintain. Web-based applications and Application Service Providers (ASPs) together reduce the financial impact of technology as well as create a web-based solution as a service for rental property managers and owners.

It has been said that many of the first web-based property management systems to appear on the market were applications which are being ported from older platforms to the web. Lastly, the software companies had been developing property management software for the web built from the ground up. These systems are running solely on the web and are accessed through a browser (Software as a Service).

Prior to the emergence of Software as a Service, small to medium-sized owners and managers were being locked out of the benefits of high-end property management software because of the cost and complexity. Software as a Service levels the playing field for property managers as well as owners which is giving them a competitive edge that allows greater control over their properties, access to real-time data, ability to respond more quickly to market changes, and, perhaps the most important of all, gives them the most complete, and current status of their available property.




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Anonymous said...

I read this whole post regarding Getting Property Management Software and in this software describe all modules such as financial management, accounting, marketing, lease management, payment and collections, maintenance management and many more.
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