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by oojacoboo 10y ago
This logic is flawed in the sense of completely misunderstanding of "progress". Sure, the 900sqft home argument might be somewhat valid. But in the majority of the situations I've seen, it's the opposite happening. So
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
We use php b/c of previous experience, availability to scripts, compatibility with existing technology, and we like its licensing.
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
server was getting hit HARD there for a bit.
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
Well, if that's the case, this probably isn't for you.
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
Couldn't agree more, I appreciate the input on things! I am a very harsh critic myself ;)
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
What happens if your support is bad? Turnover increases and finding new tenant is not cheap. There is always a flip-side.
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
Now, what if they were automatically reflected on the tenants account balance and all notifications were handled, etc. Also, if they didn't pay on time, they'd get an automated reminder email letting them know they are late, auto assessmen
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
yours truly ;)
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
It's undoubtedly a legitimate fear. But compare this to a company like ATT for example who has way more clients than most any property mgt company. Do you think they would prefer to deal with online support requests from clients or talk t
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
We use the Symfony framework and jQuery.
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
ouch, I knew about this, forgot to put in a fix... thanks for reminding me!
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
bingo, you nailed it. At least that's how we see it ;)
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
we are targeting a more technical audience right now while we get our feet in the door. We feel this is the best audience to help us get going. If we start to see issues with traction (it's been great so far), we will pivot as needed.
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
Yea, the fees would either be passed to the tenant or absorbed by the manager (in order to improve their collections, better to get it with a fee than not)
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
We had a private beta.
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
You forgot to mention that their tenant turnover is much lower which drastically reduces their marketing overhead ;)
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
I guess tenant retention isn't important to you? Managers spend massive amounts of money trying to find new tenants for a unit. If you have yearly turnover b/c you intentionally stay disconnected with tenants, this will increase your overh
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
You make a good point on the work orders. You have full control over deleting, closing out, changing the priority, etc of them. Think of work orders as a support request for an online company. You get a lot of junk support requests as wel
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
We're targeting both, landlords are smaller, and property management companies are larger. Their needs a very similar though. To get our base established, we are mostly targeting somewhat tech savvy landlords and small property management
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
We'll review this, thanks for the input!
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
Well, we have hundreds of beta accounts currently. I'd say that is something. Also, the interest has been quite high, not to mention, we aren't pioneering anything in this space, there are quite a few other competitors that do very well.
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
yep, and there are others too, even web based ones. This isn't anything new, we just think our service is and will be better.
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
This is also how your units end up with leaking sinks and tens of thousands of dollars in repair costs. It depends on how you want to run your business. Many companies WANT work orders, and with the system you can read over them, prioriti
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
thanks for that. We do realize for deeper market penetration we will likely need an active sales team. We are happy with healthy online, technical user, adoption at the moment though as we establish our base.
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
I think you hit the nail on the head.. thrilled if your manager adopted this... Management companies are offering things like tanning packages, gym memberships and all sorts of crazy perks to get tenants, this is yet another advantage for t
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
If you want to take your business seriously and stay organized and stay on top of things, aside from rolling out your own system, there is no other way. You can't keep up with it all. I'd address each of these things but I am tied down at
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
wow, this is the first time I've seen them... I will have to check out their offering more. There are others too... http://appfolio.com http://buildium.com http://propertyware.com http://tenantfile.com and others. This isn't a new
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
wow yea, I thought for sure that said "A Few Goodies" :/ I dont' like that section all together though... needs redoing.
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
thanks for this, yea, we are connected with the ACH network for check processing, and we do send notices to tenants. We realize that the pricing is a bit low.
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by oojacoboo 16y ago
it's not a blow-up-over-night groupon or zynga business, we know. Our goal is to create a sustainable business with healthy growth. Thanks for your kind words.

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