Real Estate · Property ManagementProperty Management Software Development
Custom property management systems for commercial, multifamily, student housing and HOA portfolios — leasing, rent, maintenance and owner reporting built around how your segment actually runs.
TRUSTED BY TEAMS
Property management software runs the day-to-day of a managed portfolio: leasing, rent collection, maintenance, accounting and reporting to owners.
Sodio offers property management software development for managers whose portfolios the standard platforms do not fit — commercial property management software with service charge reconciliations, multifamily and student housing systems, HOA management software, and mixed portfolios that need all of them working together.
/// IS CUSTOM RIGHT FOR YOU?
When AppFolio, Buildium or Yardi Is the Right Answer
Property management has mature platforms. AppFolio and Buildium serve residential managers well, Yardi, Entrata and RealPage run many large multifamily portfolios, and MRI covers much of commercial. If one fits the way you manage, use it. Custom property management software earns its place in four situations.
///WHAT THE SYSTEM COVERS
Built for the Way Your Segment Works
Commercial property management
Service charge and CAM reconciliations, tenant billing, recoveries driven by each lease, and reporting to owners who expect detail.
Multifamily
Unit turns, leasing funnels, amenity bookings and communication with hundreds of residents at once.
Student housing
By-the-bed leasing, roommate matching, parental guarantors and a whole building turning over every academic year.
HOA and community associations
Dues and assessments, violations, architectural requests, board approvals and communication with every homeowner.
Mixed portfolios
Residential, commercial and association properties managed side by side, with reporting that rolls up across all of them.
Service charge and CAM reconciliations, tenant billing, recoveries driven by each lease, and reporting to owners who expect detail.
Learn MoreUnit turns, leasing funnels, amenity bookings and communication with hundreds of residents at once.
Learn MoreBy-the-bed leasing, roommate matching, parental guarantors and a whole building turning over every academic year.
Learn MoreDues and assessments, violations, architectural requests, board approvals and communication with every homeowner.
Learn MoreResidential, commercial and association properties managed side by side, with reporting that rolls up across all of them.
Learn More/// MODULES
What Property Management Software Covers
Portfolio and units
Leasing and applications
Rent collection and payments
Maintenance and work orders
Resident and tenant portal
Owner reporting and statements
Property accounting
Inspections
Vendor management
Documents and compliance
/// THE TENANCY LIFECYCLE
From Listing to Move-Out — and Back Again
A unit becomes available
Listing published and syndicated; enquiries captured
Applicants apply and are checked
Application, screening and approval recorded against the unit
Lease signed and keys handed over
Lease stored, deposit recorded, move-in inspection captured
Rent, requests and communication
Rent collected and reconciled; maintenance tracked; notices sent
The tenancy comes up for renewal
Renewal offered, negotiated and recorded before the deadline
The resident leaves
Move-out inspection, deposit deductions and return, unit turned for the next resident
/// INTEGRATIONS
Systems It Connects To
///AI IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Where AI Helps
Property management is a volume business. AI helps most where the same judgement is made hundreds of times a month.
Maintenance triage
Requests with photos sorted by trade and urgency and routed to the right vendor, so an emergency is never queued behind a dripping tap.
Renewal prediction
Residents unlikely to renew flagged early enough to act before a unit sits empty.
Leasing assistant
Prospect questions about availability, pricing and viewings answered at any hour from your own listings and policies.
Requests with photos sorted by trade and urgency and routed to the right vendor, so an emergency is never queued behind a dripping tap.
Learn MoreResidents unlikely to renew flagged early enough to act before a unit sits empty.
Learn MoreProspect questions about availability, pricing and viewings answered at any hour from your own listings and policies.
Learn More/// COMPARE
All-in-One Platform, Enterprise Suite or Custom
/// COST AND TIMELINE
What Drives the Cost and Timeline
A working system on your real portfolio typically arrives within 30 days, with a core production build in 90.
The cost moves with six things: how many properties and units you manage; how many segments the system must handle; payments and trust accounting; the integrations your operation depends on; migration from an existing platform, including ledger history; and whether residents and owners need their own portals or mobile apps.
/// FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
If one fits your portfolio, use it — they are mature products that handle standard residential management well. Custom property management software makes sense when your segment works differently from what the platform assumes, when you manage several types of property that no single platform handles together, when your operations are spread across tools that do not connect, or when property management is a product you sell.
Yes. Tenant ledgers, balances, leases, owners, vendors and history are moved across and validated. We run the new system in parallel through at least one month-end close, and nothing is switched over until the balances reconcile exactly with the old platform.
Owner funds and security deposits usually have to be held separately and accounted for under rules that vary by state in the US and by scheme in the UK, where deposits must be protected. We build the accounting to the rules of the places you operate; your accountant confirms how they apply to you.
Yes, and that is usually why a custom system is built. Student housing needs by-the-bed leasing and guarantors, HOAs need dues, violations and board workflows, and commercial property needs service charge reconciliations. Standard residential platforms handle some of these partially or not at all.
Yes — by bank transfer, card or direct debit, with autopay and reminders. The rules for partial payments, late fees and how payments are applied across charges are set to your policies and your jurisdiction.
A working system on your real portfolio typically arrives within 30 days, with a core production build in 90. Migration from an existing platform is timed around a month-end close so the books stay clean.
/// RELATED SERVICES
Related Industries and Services
Routes where scope overlaps with real estate software.
/// GET STARTED
Start With Your Month-End Close
Tell us how many units you manage, which segments they sit in, and what month-end close looks like today. We will prepare a free solution architecture for a system that runs your portfolio the way it actually operates.