Property Management Software

Which software package do you use to manage your IPs?

  • Property Manager Pro

    Votes: 8 21.1%
  • POSH

    Votes: 1 2.6%
  • Rentmaster

    Votes: 2 5.3%
  • Excel

    Votes: 24 63.2%
  • Other

    Votes: 3 7.9%

  • Total voters
    38
Hi guys,

I'm trying to ascertain which is the most popular software package for tracking actual property costs. If there is something you use which is not listed, would you please comment with what it is?
I've included Property Manager Pro although it appears that it is no longer available :(

Thanks
 
How about Quicken / Quickbooks / MYOB / etc? Doesn't need to be specialist software - just about any bookkeeping software will do the job.

I enter all data directly into Saasu, which my accountant can log into online and do work on too and then at tax time they can do reports directly. Scans of all receipts are attached to the relevant entry in case they need to verify details. Works well.

I will probably get a bookkeeper to start managing everything soon - I will just send them scans of everything and then they can enter data directly into Saasu for access by my accountant.
 
I love Property Manager Pro - have been using it for around 10 years now and it is sooooooo simple to use - and easy peasy to collate/check at tax time.

I also have MYOB but, not being bookkeepingly minded, find it very overly complicated.
 
Google

Google Docs Spreadsheets.

Exactly the same behaviour and formulas as Excel, but my data is instantly available to me on any computer or phone in the world.
 
Thanks, I didn't even think about Quicken/MYOB, will consider these. I'm tempted just to set up an Excel spreadsheet, but I'm not sure about all the things I'd have to include. I'll trawl the archives in search of examples.

Cheers
OTV
 
Spreadsheets always a good option - when in doubt, keep it simple. Also a very big fan of Nathan's property tracker. MYOB & QB are terrible for property, don't do it for your own sanity... let alone that of your accountant. But if you're really keen on that sort of thing, Xero is the better of its kind.
 
Its Property Manager Pro for me also...Ive been using it for 12 years - its simple & easy to use. Records everything that's James GG requires plus more. :)
 
First, this is a great site - some contributions by posters have given me much to think about and I'm very appreciative of people sharing their experiences and journey. Many are inspirational, so many thanks.

I'm still evaluating some commercial software but find Excel more than adequate if you know how to set up a robust spreadsheet.

Some of the software discussed in this thread offers a trial period so that it can be evaluated prior to purchase. I won't say which one, but the trial period can be extended significantly by changing your PC's time and date to a far distant time in the future prior to installing the program. When you change the date back to normal following installation, the program doesn't know any different and you have an almost infinite trial period that will only run out at the far distant time in future selected.

I'm surprised flaws like this still exist. Nowadays, most switched on programmers only provide trials with a set number of instances the program can be run prior to expiring - like Quickbooks for instance.
 
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I use Rentmaster as I deal with several different owners and am required to have OFT compliant software.

Prior to this, I used (and +1 still uses) Property Manager Pro for our own stuff. Rentmaster has recently released another product which is a pay per property basis, which may be useful for some - also comes with a free trial.
 
We were using excel Australia's spreadsheet but noted errors so built something ourselves

The wife enters the data so it had to be something that suited her and excel did that, I liked PM Pro though

It would be great to have an overall spreadsheet that not only tracked annual income/expenses but something where you could add in details for maintenance contact cards, paint colours, tile type/details, landlord and other insurance details and an ability to chart the individual property values over time also

If you build one PM me ;)
 
Spreadsheets always a good option - when in doubt, keep it simple. Also a very big fan of Nathan's property tracker. MYOB & QB are terrible for property, don't do it for your own sanity... let alone that of your accountant. But if you're really keen on that sort of thing, Xero is the better of its kind.

Ouch. My property tracker is expensive. I tried having a look at the excel Australia website as I've heard it mentioned a few times in the site. Not much in terms of a preview. I feel I would be buying on a gamble.

I'm currently using an excel spreadsheet that I pinched from here. Only 2 properties. Less than 6 months and it looks a mess. Looking for something better.

POSH doesn't seem to be highly regarded here. Rentmaster seems to be NZ and seems to be more for self managers and property managers?

I wish PM pro was still available
 
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Rentmaster seems to be NZ and seems to be more for self managers and property managers?

Rentmaster is an NZ product but is compliant for Fair Trading purposes ie true trust accounting, so can be used by property managers at % of the cost of the more powerful systems eg: Console, Clarke etc.

It can be used by property owners - easy enough to set up, plenty of inbuilt reports. Small cost for a system which is stable, has regular updates.

They also have a similar pay per property model - Rent HQ at $7/mth + $0.40/property

I personally prefer rentmaster as a one-off cost (+ updates if you want them).
 
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