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Overview

Tenant screening, rental listing syndication, online rental applications, electronic lease signing, robust accounting features, trust accounting, rent payments.

SimplifyEm is a property management platform for property managers, landlords and real estate investors who want to automate recurring tasks, payments, and more

  • 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

25

Per month

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

Starting from

40

Per month

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

User reviews

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

4.1

132

5

4

3

2

1

70

34

11

6

11

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
73%
would recommend this app

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

Pros

“My only exposure to accounting was in high school bookkeeping back in the mid-sixties.”
Verified reviewer profile picture

Bill S.

Managing Member

“What really sealed the deal, beyond the great customer service, price, unlimited training, and quality of the product, was the ability to get my company, tenants, and owners signed up for e-pay in less than five minutes.”
jt

jennifer t.

Owner

“Right from the start, they were charged $3 for using EFT payments and $9.95 for debit card payments.”
CA

Cynthia A.

Owner and Agent

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

Cons

“I couldn't use the function of having tenants electronically sign a lease because the lease that is available is worthless for us.”
CA

Cynthia A.

Owner and Agent

“It typically took 6-10 business days. Unless you are a large company, you can't afford this to happen.”
CA

Cynthia A.

Owner and Agent

“I need other information compiled than what this software offers. ”
CA

Cynthia A.

Owner and Agent

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa month ago

Key features

  • Total features113
  • 1099 Preparation
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Module
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Amenity Management
  • Analytics
  • Application Management
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Autonomous Task Execution
  • Background Screening
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Building Announcements
  • Calendar Management
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Certificates of Insurance (COI)
  • Client Portal
  • Client/Property Matching
  • Commercial Leases
  • Commercial Properties
  • Communication Management
  • Company Financials
  • Complaint Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Confirmations/Reminders
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Credit Check
  • Criminal History Verification
  • Cross-system Integration
  • Customer Database
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Decision Making
  • Digital Signature
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Expense Tracking
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Fee Collection
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • File Storage
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Commercial Real Estate
  • For Property Managers
  • For Real Estate
  • For Residential
  • Fraud Detection
  • General Ledger
  • Generative AI
  • Identity Verification
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Inspection Management
  • Insurance Management
  • Integration with Rental Payment Solution
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • Late Fee Calculation
  • Lead Management
  • Lease Auditing
  • Lease Management
  • Lease Origination
  • Lease Templates
  • Lease Tracking
  • Listing Management
  • Listing Syndication
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Maintenance Service Requests
  • Marketing Management
  • Member Database
  • Metered Billing
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Multi-Location
  • Natural Language Interaction
  • Occupancy Management
  • Online Payments
  • Overdue Payments
  • Owner Portal
  • Payment Processing
  • Portfolio Management
  • Proactive Assistance
  • Property Database
  • Property Inspections
  • Property Management
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recurring Invoicing
  • Recurring Payments
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Rent Collection
  • Rent Tracking
  • Rental Applications
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Residential Leases
  • Residential Properties
  • Retail Leases
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SMS Messaging
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Service Portals
  • Service Request Management
  • Task Management
  • Tax Filing
  • Tax Management
  • Template Management
  • Tenant Management
  • Tenant Portal
  • Tenant Screening
  • Tenant Tracking
  • Third-Party Integration
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transaction History
  • Transaction Management
  • Transaction Monitoring
  • Trust Accounting
  • User Management
  • Utility Billing
  • Vacancy Advertising
  • Vacancy Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Virtual Tour
  • Web-based Deployment
  • Website Management
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features130
  • 1099 Preparation
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Module
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Amenity Management
  • Analytics
  • Application Management
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Autonomous Task Execution
  • Background Screening
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Building Announcements
  • Calendar Management
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Certificates of Insurance (COI)
  • Client Portal
  • Client/Property Matching
  • Commercial Leases
  • Commercial Properties
  • Communication Management
  • Company Financials
  • Complaint Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Confirmations/Reminders
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Credit Check
  • Criminal History Verification
  • Cross-system Integration
  • Customer Database
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Decision Making
  • Digital Signature
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Expense Tracking
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Fee Collection
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • File Storage
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Commercial Real Estate
  • For Property Managers
  • For Real Estate
  • For Residential
  • Fraud Detection
  • General Ledger
  • Generative AI
  • Identity Verification
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Inspection Management
  • Insurance Management
  • Integration with Rental Payment Solution
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • Late Fee Calculation
  • Lead Management
  • Lease Auditing
  • Lease Management
  • Lease Origination
  • Lease Templates
  • Lease Tracking
  • Listing Management
  • Listing Syndication
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Maintenance Service Requests
  • Marketing Management
  • Member Database
  • Metered Billing
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Multi-Location
  • Natural Language Interaction
  • Occupancy Management
  • Online Payments
  • Overdue Payments
  • Owner Portal
  • Payment Processing
  • Portfolio Management
  • Proactive Assistance
  • Property Database
  • Property Inspections
  • Property Management
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recurring Invoicing
  • Recurring Payments
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Rent Collection
  • Rent Tracking
  • Rental Applications
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Residential Leases
  • Residential Properties
  • Retail Leases
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SMS Messaging
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Service Portals
  • Service Request Management
  • Task Management
  • Tax Filing
  • Tax Management
  • Template Management
  • Tenant Management
  • Tenant Portal
  • Tenant Screening
  • Tenant Tracking
  • Third-Party Integration
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transaction History
  • Transaction Management
  • Transaction Monitoring
  • Trust Accounting
  • User Management
  • Utility Billing
  • Vacancy Advertising
  • Vacancy Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Virtual Tour
  • Web-based Deployment
  • Website Management
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations14
  • Apartments.com Rental Manager
  • CSG Forte
  • CloudConvert
  • Docusign
  • Dropbox
  • Dropbox Sign
  • IntelliCorp
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Payscore
  • Plaid
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • ShowMojo
  • Twilio
  • Zumper
  • zInspector
  • Total integrations2
  • Apartments.com Rental Manager
  • CSG Forte
  • CloudConvert
  • Docusign
  • Dropbox
  • Dropbox Sign
  • IntelliCorp
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Payscore
  • Plaid
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • ShowMojo
  • Twilio
  • Zumper
  • zInspector

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