Making Rent Payments Online Via Property Management Software

If you’re a landlord then you know at the beginning of the month that you have to track down all your tenants and make sure they’ve paid their rent. If someone hasn’t paid rent then you have to print up late payment notices as well as eviction notices if it’s a certain amount of days after the 1st. The process itself is very time consuming not to mention there can be many mistakes that are made accidentally. More and more managers are starting to use property management software which allows for renters to make online payments thus making the manager’s job a lot easier. There are several different aspects of the software that managers can use to their advantage.

One type of payment method that is used by some managers is an automated withdrawal system. Using this system managers don’t have to worry about collecting rent from everyone as the payments are taken out on the same day every month from tenant’s bank accounts. Tenants will have to give the manager their bank account number, routing number, and have to sign a consent form for the automated payments. Tenants that use this method don’t have to worry about making their rent payments every month. There can be problems every once in a while for the manager as some payments might be rejected due to insufficient funds. If this happens the property may be charged a fee by the bank that they will have to pass on to the tenant. Another problem for managers is that they can’t change the value of the rent. Therefore the managers will have to collect separate payments for utilities that change such as water.

Another easy payment method is by using a payment system that allows for credit card or debit card payments. This method can be slightly risky for management. This is because if a payment has insufficient funds the management might get stuck with a fee that is between 2 and 3 percent. The benefit of this system is that your tenants won’t have to run around to try to get money orders and they can do it quickly and effectively from their home. As a property manager you can benefit from this because all of the payments will be organized and you will have an easy to read record as to who paid their rent and on what day they paid it.

Finally you can also set up an online payment system where you use your bank account to pay your rent but it’s not automated. This system works best as there are no fees as there would be with credit cards.

Online property management software can be very handy for all types of managers as they can stay more organized with less effort. This also means that you won’t have to spend hours upon hours at the beginning of the month trying to figure out who paid rent because you can simply log onto the software and look.