Multi-Housing News has announced the winners of their 2009 Technology Choice Awards, as selected by their readers.
I'll echo the comment in the article:
Now, more than ever, your technology choices are critical to efficient operations—the bonus is retaining and attracting satisfied residents.I'm not going to write much more about this, primarily because I'm not a fan of the selection process employed by MHN. When some of the companies on their original list aren't even categorized correctly, I can't agree with their emphatic statement, "please confidently use this list as your reference."
I would also love to see a study of residents'/prospects' impressions of some of these same services, if for no other reason than to see any possible differences in the results.
Don't get me wrong ... there are many outstanding companies on this list. Congratulations to all of the winners. I've taken the work out of searching for you (where possible) by linking directly to the website of each winner:
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
AMSI
Intuit Real Estate Solutions
One Site by RealPage
Yardi Systems
RESIDENT SCREENING SYSTEMS
First Advantage SafeRent
One Site Screening (LeasingDesk) by RealPage
On-Site.com
Resident Data
INTERNET LISTING SERVICES
ApartmentGuide.com
Apartments.com
ForRent.com
Rent.com
RESIDENT PAYMENT SYSTEMS
NWP Services Corporation
One Site Payments (Velocity) by RealPage
PropertyBridge
ResidentPay by Property Solutions
Yardi Portal/Yardi Checkscan
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS
AT&T
Comcast Cable
Time Warner Cable
Verizon Enhanced Communities
SECURITY
KeyTrak, Inc.
Kwikset
Saflok (Now KABA Multihousing)
Schlage/Ingersoll Rand
UTILITY MANAGEMENT
American Utility Management
ista North America
NWP Services Corporation
Velocity
LEAD MANAGEMENT
CallSource
Lead Tracking Solutions
Level One
Resite Online
RESIDENT PORTALS
Crossfire by RealPage
Property Solutions
Resite Online
Yardi Portal
MARKETING WEBSITES
Crossfire by RealPage
Ellipse Group
Property Solutions
Resite Online
What do you think? Do you agree with these picks? Are there companies (or whole categories) that you would add to the list?
