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Overview

With features for marketing, reporting, leasing and maintenance, as well as online portals for tenants and owners, AppFolio provides an all-in-one solution for property managers looking to streamline processes and grow.

Rentec Direct gives you powerful tools to create and sign lease agreements online, track lease agreements, and renew upcoming expiration.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

25

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.5

1.8K

5

4

3

2

1

1.2K

414

116

36

37

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
83%
would recommend this app

4.6

179

5

4

3

2

1

134

32

9

0

4

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
88%
would recommend this app

Pros

“During our time with AppFolio we were able to build a bigger portfolio, and it helped us to keep everything organized. Once we reached a large number of units it began to glitch our payments were messed up.”
RL

Raechelle L.

Bookkeeper

“From listing properties, managing leads, processing applications, signing leases, collecting rent, handling resident communications, submitting and tracking work orders, paying bills, to providing accounting and income reports for owners and vendors”
Verified reviewer profile picture

Ajay P.

President

“The mobile access is also handy if you need to check something quickly away from the office.”
LH

Leslie H.

Founder

Pros

“Good for residential properties. ”
DB

Danette B.

accounting

“Multiple users can access and work on the same documents simultaneously,”
MR

Mbonjo R.

Network Engineer

“Simple enough and still has lots of power”
RM

RICHARD M.

Owner

Cons

“Some of the workflows seem to be overly complicated, especially on payments, reporting or more obscure tasks.”
LH

Leslie H.

Founder

“Waiting for someone to email you or chat with you so that you can get support is annoying because they don’t get back to you right away.”
JH

Jasmine H.

Property Manager

“Customer service can be frustrating when you just want a quick fix.”
LH

Leslie H.

Founder

Cons

“My least favorite thing is the lack of a full API to allow for more customization.”
JB

Jeff B.

Property Manager

“they tried but should not advertise themselves for commercial”
DB

Danette B.

accounting

“Cannot access login from search engine, locked out.”
MF

Michael F.

Owner

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review2 months ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago

Key features

  • Total features123
  • 1099 Preparation
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Add & Edit Photos
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Background Screening
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Client Portal
  • Client/Property Matching
  • Comment Library
  • Commercial Inspections
  • Commercial Leases
  • Commercial Properties
  • Commercial Property Management
  • Committee Management
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Confirmations/Reminders
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Credit Check
  • Criminal History Verification
  • Customer Database
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Deal Management
  • Digital Signature
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Dues Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Templates
  • Event Calendar
  • Event Management
  • Event Scheduling
  • Expense Tracking
  • Fee Collection
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • File Storage
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Commercial Real Estate
  • For Investors & Traders
  • For Property Managers
  • For Residential
  • Fraud Detection
  • General Ledger
  • Guest Tracking
  • HOA Violation Enforcement
  • Housekeeping Management
  • Identity Verification
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Inspection Management
  • Insurance Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • Late Fee Calculation
  • Lead Management
  • Lease Management
  • Lease Origination
  • Lease Tracking
  • Listing Management
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Marketing Management
  • Member Database
  • Member Directory
  • Member Portal
  • Membership Management
  • Metered Billing
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Occupancy Management
  • Online Payments
  • Overdue Payments
  • Owner Portal
  • Parking Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Portfolio Management
  • Property Database
  • Property Management
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recurring Invoicing
  • Recurring Payments
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Rent Collection
  • Rent Tracking
  • Repair Estimates
  • Report Summary
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Residential Inspections
  • Residential Leases
  • Residential Properties
  • Retail Leases
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SMS Messaging
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Service Request Management
  • Task Management
  • Task Scheduling
  • Tax Filing
  • Tax Management
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Tenant Management
  • Tenant Portal
  • Tenant Screening
  • Tenant Tracking
  • Third-Party Integration
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transaction History
  • Transaction Monitoring
  • Trust Accounting
  • User Management
  • Utility Billing
  • Vacancy Management
  • Vehicle Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Video Support
  • Visitor Management
  • Web-based Deployment
  • Website Integration
  • Website Management
  • Work Order Management
  • Total features113
  • 1099 Preparation
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Add & Edit Photos
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Background Screening
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Client Portal
  • Client/Property Matching
  • Comment Library
  • Commercial Inspections
  • Commercial Leases
  • Commercial Properties
  • Commercial Property Management
  • Committee Management
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Confirmations/Reminders
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Credit Check
  • Criminal History Verification
  • Customer Database
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Deal Management
  • Digital Signature
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Dues Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Templates
  • Event Calendar
  • Event Management
  • Event Scheduling
  • Expense Tracking
  • Fee Collection
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • File Storage
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Commercial Real Estate
  • For Investors & Traders
  • For Property Managers
  • For Residential
  • Fraud Detection
  • General Ledger
  • Guest Tracking
  • HOA Violation Enforcement
  • Housekeeping Management
  • Identity Verification
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Inspection Management
  • Insurance Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • Late Fee Calculation
  • Lead Management
  • Lease Management
  • Lease Origination
  • Lease Tracking
  • Listing Management
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Marketing Management
  • Member Database
  • Member Directory
  • Member Portal
  • Membership Management
  • Metered Billing
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Occupancy Management
  • Online Payments
  • Overdue Payments
  • Owner Portal
  • Parking Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Portfolio Management
  • Property Database
  • Property Management
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recurring Invoicing
  • Recurring Payments
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Rent Collection
  • Rent Tracking
  • Repair Estimates
  • Report Summary
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Residential Inspections
  • Residential Leases
  • Residential Properties
  • Retail Leases
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SMS Messaging
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Service Request Management
  • Task Management
  • Task Scheduling
  • Tax Filing
  • Tax Management
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Tenant Management
  • Tenant Portal
  • Tenant Screening
  • Tenant Tracking
  • Third-Party Integration
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transaction History
  • Transaction Monitoring
  • Trust Accounting
  • User Management
  • Utility Billing
  • Vacancy Management
  • Vehicle Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Video Support
  • Visitor Management
  • Web-based Deployment
  • Website Integration
  • Website Management
  • Work Order Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations19
  • Apartments.com Rental Manager
  • AvidXchange
  • Birdeye
  • Breezeway
  • ButterflyMX
  • CSG Forte
  • CloudConvert
  • Conservice ESG
  • Docusign
  • Dropbox
  • Dropbox Sign
  • Happy Property
  • Homebase
  • Knock CRM
  • LeadSimple
  • Opiniion
  • Payscore
  • Plaid
  • Procore
  • Property Meld
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • RemoteLock
  • Second Nature AI
  • ShowMojo
  • Showdigs
  • Twilio
  • Zego
  • Zillow Rental Manager
  • Zumper
  • zInspector
  • Total integrations13
  • Apartments.com Rental Manager
  • AvidXchange
  • Birdeye
  • Breezeway
  • ButterflyMX
  • CSG Forte
  • CloudConvert
  • Conservice ESG
  • Docusign
  • Dropbox
  • Dropbox Sign
  • Happy Property
  • Homebase
  • Knock CRM
  • LeadSimple
  • Opiniion
  • Payscore
  • Plaid
  • Procore
  • Property Meld
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • RemoteLock
  • Second Nature AI
  • ShowMojo
  • Showdigs
  • Twilio
  • Zego
  • Zillow Rental Manager
  • Zumper
  • zInspector

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