AGENT, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
PRnewswire | April 05, 2023
RentSpree, the industry's premier end-to-end rental management software provider, today announced the release of its brand new subscription service, RentSpree PRO. PRO bundles transaction and marketing tools for agents that help streamline the entire rental process. With existing home sales continuing to fall in a rising interest rate environment, the focus has shifted to the rental market and these new tools support its steep increase in competition.
PRO combines existing transactional capabilities in RentSpree's offering, such as RentSpree's award-winning online rental application and tenant screening, with brand new tools to ensure RentSpree is a one stop shop for agents and their rental clients alike.
"We are constantly pushing ourselves to develop better solutions within the rental process to cut down on wasted time and other pain points," said Michael Lucarelli, CEO of RentSpree. "We've been diligently working on PRO to up our ability to specifically support agents as they advance their rental process." He added, "PRO will exponentially increase agent efficiency in dealing with rentals, with the ultimate goal of increasing each agent's return on investment."
New tools on PRO will give agents the opportunity to exponentially level-up their business. These tools include:
Document Upload: This feature seamlessly collects necessary documents from rental applicants within one singular platform, eliminating the need to move between multiple solutions to complete a rental transaction. It ensures that transactions are closed faster with less friction.
Reference Checks: Automated reference checks help streamline outreach to potential references. It speeds up the process and assists agents in finding the right applicant for a rental.
E-Sign Documents: The rental/lease agreement stage is one of the most important, tedious and drawn-out procedures of the rental transaction process. PRO alleviates the need for agents and landlords to perform manual tasks like sending lease agreements via print, scan, email, or other tools outside of their current solution. It helps execute and securely store lease agreements smoothly.
Agent Reviews: A high volume of positive reviews from past clients can be displayed and easily shared with an agent's network. Agents will be able to prompt their clients to leave a review, which can be seen by anybody that visits the profile page. The reviews an agent collects can be shared via social media to promote their service and profile on RentSpree.
Custom Link for your Agent Profile Page: Agent Profiles can help generate an online presence and create professional branding opportunities that can increase the likelihood of attracting more business. This feature offers another opportunity for agents to further build on their professional brand with the ability to modify the slug in their Agent Profile Page's URL, offering increased link trust and discoverability of their services. Since these pages are indexable, Google can surface if someone were to be researching a particular agent.
"RentSpree PRO helps me keep all my listings, applications, and supporting documents in one place," said Juan Caba with Velez Realty Corp. "It saves me time vetting the best tenants for my clients and helps me build relationships with future buyers. It's my virtual office."
About RentSpree
Los Angeles-based RentSpree is a provider of award-winning rental software that helps seamlessly connect real estate agents, owners, and renters to simplify and automate the entire rental process, from listing to lease. The all-in-one platform is known across all 50 states for its easy and secure interface and suite of rental tools, including tenant screening, rent payments, marketing and renter management. To date, RentSpree has partnered with more than 250 of the most influential MLSs, real estate associations and brokerages to serve over one million users in the U.S. RentSpree is ranked 625th on Inc. 5000's fastest-growing private companies in 2022. Visit http://www.rentspree.com for more information.
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REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
Globenewswire | April 13, 2023
Inhabit has launched ResidentIQ a first of its kind ecosystem for residential property managers. This new solution provides technological innovation and best-in-class solutions while maintaining the efficiency of their existing core property management system (PMS). ResidentIQ by Inhabit brings comprehensive offerings in the operations, resident engagement, insurance, payment, and screening solutions within one simple relationship designed to pair with your existing PMS.
Gustavo Sapiurka, EVP & Managing Director of ResidentIQ, said “Property managers love the idea of a single invoice, contract, and point of contact. ResidentIQ provides all of that, plus a host of product experts under one umbrella in a completely flexible and customizable ecosystem.”
With a custom-tailored solution, ResidentIQ increases choice while reducing administrative friction caused by layers of interconnected vendors. By packaging industry leading solutions within one proven partner, ResidentIQ allows for easy scalability and seamless support by creating a powerful combination of connected PropTech.
“We’re proud of this unique collection of best-in-class, stackable solutions that give property management companies a real edge in business without having to change their core software system,” said Lisa Stinnett, CEO of Inhabit. “ResidentIQ gives owners and managers the power and flexibility of choice and the ability to close crucial gaps in their tech stack.”
By further revolutionizing the PropTech buying experience, ResidentIQ simplifies the technology stack with a “build your own solution” as needed based on portfolio or asset type. Instead of multiple vendors serving small niche needs, ResidentIQ provides one contract, one bill and one customer service point of contact beyond the core PMS relationship. This provides accountability, strong integrations, and ease of use for today’s busy PMC leaders.
ResidentIQ offers tech solutions covering all the essential areas of property management including payments, inspections and facilities, utility billing, lease compliance and audit, insurance, document management, marketing, online leasing, and employment and resident screening. The suite also has resources for learning management, a contact center, and a CRM for prospect and resident engagement. Each PMC has the flexibility to choose one, or all services to work seamlessly with their current management objectives and goals with adding new solutions as easy as completing a work order.
ResidentIQ’s network of solutions cater to all residential sectors, including multifamily, single-family, affordable housing, student housing, HOA communities, and mixed-use properties.
About ResidentIQ
ResidentIQ by Inhabit is the easiest way to bring industry-leading tech solutions to any property management system. With a compelling collection of tools, ResidentIQ empowers property owners and managers to make better leasing decisions and run their business more efficiently. Simple and seamless workflows create an exceptional user experience for both renters and leasing teams. ResidentIQ was specifically designed to improve top-line performance with a proven fast path to revenue on the front end while lowering debt on the back end by reducing fraud, evictions, and skips. For more information, visit ResidentIQ.com.
About Inhabit
Inhabit is a software company serving the residential and vacation property management industries. It delivers best-in-class software solutions while fostering industry-leading innovation and collaboration. Powered by its diverse team of business leaders and industry experts, the company focuses on providing property management professionals more choice through its software ecosystems. Inhabit believes that property managers are central to the success of the residential and vacation housing markets and delivers products built to empower them, their investors, and communities. Inhabit’s private equity partners include Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Insight Partners, Greater Sum Ventures and PSG, which support the company’s commitment to property management software solutions. To learn more, visit Inhabit.com.
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REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY, MORTGAGE AND LENDING
Businesswire | May 19, 2023
Sagent, a Warburg Pincus-backed fintech software company modernizing mortgage servicing for banks and lenders, today announced a seven-year partnership extension with American Savings Bank (”ASB”) to continue powering its mortgage servicing ecosystem.
American Savings Bank will continue powering its scale servicing operations with Sagent’s cloud-based LoanServ system of record. For more than two decades, ASB has relied on Sagent’s nimble, highly configurable servicing technology to automate complex, high-volume tasks and workflows, deliver a better customer experience, and adapt in real time to constantly evolving customer and regulatory requirements.
“American Savings Bank’s high-touch, high-tech banking is the key to lifting up the communities we serve and making their dreams possible. Sagent’s cloud-native platform combines the best of core banking and mortgage servicing technology that makes things easier for our customers and our team members who serve them,” said Tony Au, Director of Consumer Loan Operations at American Savings Bank.
“We genuinely appreciate how Sagent helps American Savings Bank offer the most modern customer experience while adding our special human touch, and how Sagent’s platform depth enables us to manage every little service and compliance detail. This is what sets us apart.”
Since 1987, Hawaii-based American Savings Bank has served Hawaii’s businesses and communities, providing a full range of financial products and services including business and consumer banking, home loans, and insurance. ASB matches its exceptional customer experience with an employee experience that has garnered local recognition as one of Hawaii Business Magazine’s Best Places to Work for 13 consecutive years, as well as national recognition by American Banker Magazine (Best Banks to Work For) and Fortune Magazine (100 Best Workplaces for Women and 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity).
“American Savings Bank is a market leader because they get how to combine high-touch service with high-tech experiences for their customers and teams. Sagent is honored to help power this industry-best customer experience, and after our long relationship, I feel like we’re just getting started,” said Dan Sogorka, CEO at Sagent.
“With the help of long-time customers like American Savings Bank, Sagent continues to build out our platforms to engage and retain their customers for life. We listen to what they and their borrowers need, then keep building our cloud-based core, default, and consumer platforms to manage every granular detail of their loan servicing business.”
Sagent’s cloud-native, open-API mortgage servicing platforms are the industry’s only scale systems all synchronized by real-time data. This is the latest in a series of Sagent moves to transform the homeowner experience for financial orgs servicing millions of consumers with trillions in mortgage balances.
About Sagent
Sagent powers America’s top bank and nonbank lenders to engage, care for, retain, and modernize the homeownership experience for millions of borrowers. Servicers use our flexible, scalable, and configurable solutions to engage borrowers and earn customer loyalty, lower servicing costs, ensure compliance, and increase the value of servicing rights throughout full market cycles. Sagent is backed by Warburg Pincus, one of the world’s leading private equity investors, and powers trillions in outstanding mortgage servicing for its customers. Visit www.sagent.com to learn more.
About American Savings Bank
American Savings Bank (ASB) has been serving Hawaii’s businesses and communities since 1987 and provides a full range of financial products and services, including business and consumer banking, home loans, and insurance. ASB is one of Hawaii’s leading financial institutions, with online banking services and branch locations in the state offering evening and weekend hours. ASB provides Hawaii’s consumers and businesses with more extended weekday and weekend hours than other similarly sized local banks, as well as a convenient in-store location.
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