The development team has been at it again, releasing crazy and amazing updates to our suite of products. Updates below are organized by PRODUCT.
Hello World,
That’s right - Property Solutions Dev Team will now be posting regular updates to this blog. First off, we hope you’re enjoying the holidays. May our updates bring you some cheer.
We are continually enhancing the different products and services provided by Property Solutions. In an effort to be more transparent about these enhancements, we plan to post regularly to this blog, under the “Product Development” category (the categories are on the left).
Look for an update soon!
Wishing you a happy holiday season,
-The Property Solutions Dev Team
Managing utility costs for a multifamily property can be a huge headache. Whether you’re working with a ratio utility billing (RUB) formula, submetering, or an allocation method, dealing with local utility providers, navigating local regulatory issues, and collecting fees from non-compliant residents can consume huge amounts of a property manager’s time. The industry has responded by creating a handful of tools to manage the minutiae of utility billing and collection. Unfortunately, managers have never been able to alleviate all of the headaches associated with utility billing. Until now:
With the industry getting more tech-savvy every year, property management companies are exploring ways to take advantage of an ever-growing number of technology products. Lincoln Property Company has perfected a method for incorporating new solutions. With a strong company culture and a tradition of “Lincolnizing” everything from technology products to charitable giving, Lincoln’ solutions work better and its operations run smoother.
“The goal is to make new tools fit, logically, with what our property managers are already doing,” explained Jennifer Staciokas, VP of Marketing and Training at Lincoln.
As the multifamily industry continues to adopt new(ish) technologies and platforms for marketing and leasing purposes, the question often comes up: How well are these tools really working? Unfortunately there’s not always a good “short” answer to this question, but we’ve observed that companies who make it a practice to establish benchmarks and track performance are seeing real benefits.
Mary Herrold, Marketing Systems Developer at The Marquette Companies, explained that benchmarks are not just a random number. “We base them on our performance history, industry averages, and other real-world experience,” she said. “We also research information available in industry publications and through research firms like Satisfacts and Ellis Property Services. We do our homework. Our research tends to confirm what we know from our own experience.”
Just like you, Property Solutions is taking time to enjoy the holiday season, but we’ve also got our eye on 2012. Here’s a little sneak peek at our next release to give you something to look forward to after the gifts are all opened and the radio stations stop broadcasting their 24-hour Christmas playlists. Our UX elves are busy putting the finishing touches on a fresh new navigation for ResidentWorks. The interface has been reworked to provide cleaner and more intuitive navigation. We’re also giving the resident screens a face-lift to make those pages more consistent with our recently re-designed lead view.
Here are a few of the changes you can look forward to:
Visitors to your website will feel as though they’re floating on a cloud with Harmony, the newest design theme from Property Solutions. Incorporating the eye-catching parallax effect, this web design lets visitors scroll through property photos, amenities, and floor plans without a single click. Call today to switch.
You can see it in action here.
Property Solutions is offering another small incentive to help encourage residents to pay rent online. Residents who pay rent online via ResidentPay between December 15 and March 15 will be automatically entered in a Sweepstakes drawing for a new Kindle Fire*. This is a great opportunity for properties to boost their online payment participation and give new residents a chance to see how convenient paying online by eCheck or credit card can be. If you’re using ResidentPay, we encourage you to display the attached flyer to help promote this opportunity. Also, your residents will be notified about the sweepstakes if you’re utilizing Property Solutions automated rent reminder email the next few months. If you haven’t activated rent reminder emails for your residents, contact your Account Manager today. And happy rent week!*No purchase necessary. See the ResidentPortal or attached document for the full terms and conditions. If you would like to opt out of this promotion, please contact your Account Manager for more details.
Property Solutions provides web-based property management software tools for the multifamily industry. The company maintains a reputation for
industry-changing innovations in property management software with cutting edge tools in marketing, leasing, and online payment processing.
Our scalable solutions make Property Solutions the leading provider of landlord software, apartment websites, and systems that allow residents
to pay rent online. Seamless integration with a variety of industry-leading property management systems makes Property Solutions' software tools
even more effective. Implementing property management software from Property Solutions allows property managers to streamline processes and simplify
transactions. Property Solutions' interactive apartment websites are easy to launch and effortless to maintain while our payment processing and online
leasing tools post online transactions directly to your property management software in real time.
