Property Management
Software for managing rental portfolios, HOA and strata communities, maintenance requests, and tenant communication.
HOA management software for 60 homes: what it actually costs per year
Board budgets are annual; vendor pages quote monthly. We converted every published Buildium and DoorLoop tier into a single yearly figure, added the dues-collection fees a 60-home association actually pays, and flagged the numbers neither vendor publishes.
Tenant screening fees inside property software: $10 to $40 per applicant
Rentec Direct's screening price swings from $10 to $29.45 depending on which subscription you're on. Hemlane charges a flat $40 paid by the tenant. TenantCloud doesn't publish a screening fee at all.
Online rent collection: who pays the fee, and what it costs per unit per year
ACH rent collection costs you between nothing and $28.20 per unit per year depending on the plan you sit on. Cards cost 2.95% to 3.50% of rent, which on a $1,500 rent is over $500 per unit per year.
Free property management software: only one of these three publishes a $0 plan
Only Hemlane publishes a free-forever plan, and it stops before rent collection. TenantCloud's cheapest tier bills you $180 a year and bills your tenant $1.95 per ACH payment. Here is who pays for what.
Buildium vs DoorLoop: the monthly minimum neither page puts up front
Buildium's cheapest published plan is $62 a month. DoorLoop's is $69 a month for up to ten units, billed yearly. Below fifteen doors you're paying the floor, not per unit — and the per-transaction fees decide the rest.
Ten rental units: what property management software actually costs you in year one
At ten doors you are buying every vendor's minimum, not a per-unit rate. TenantCloud Starter runs $180 a year, Rentec Starter $300, Buildium Essential $744 — and the rent-collection fees can double the cheapest one.