Apps are The Future For Property Management
Online rent payments have streamlined things for property managers for years, and now there’s an app to handle even more tasks. Landlords in Washington, D.C. and its Maryland neighbors can use Atlas Lane to conduct a variety of business:
- communicate with tenants
- let tenants confirm their own repair visits
- collect rent
- receive Schedule E tax forms
- renew compliance documents
- evaluate prospective tenants
Do You Need a Smart App for Tenant Management?
Apps like this can negate the need for more time-consuming and costly measures like paperwork, managing emails and voicemails, and other more manual tasks. Atlas Lane is only available in the D.C. area for now, but the national market appears prime for distribution.
The cost for using Atlas Lane is 8% of monthly rent. If that seems high, consider how much you already spend on property management tools, and more importantly, the cost of your time.
Because an app can track and record a service request, there’s no risk of forgetting about a repair call. Back-and-forth gets reduced because you can ask the tenant follow-up questions through the app. And the tenant confirms the appointment, meaning a few less phone calls for you.
Automation is Key for Property Managers
The more you and your staff can automate. It’s the same principle behind our motorized dumpster tugs — if an employee can use dumpster tugs to move containers rather than using strenuous, dangerous physical force, the job gets done safely and quickly. For property managers, automating your paperwork and communications through an app does the same thing.
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