The RealPage Investment Management supplies tools manage a portfolio of real estate assets, including financing and investment accounting, rich reporting features, and sharing for investors and partners.
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Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
Score 6.3 out of 10
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Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate is an end-to-end construction and property management product.
When it comes to collecting data for analysis RealPage does an excellent job thoroughly collecting everything we may need from the moment when a person is applying up until a lease is signed.
Sage is not at all well suited for small companies who want an agile, nimble setup for quick moving situations and mobile use. These type of companies should look elsewhere such as a SaaS offering from another vendor. In addition Sage is very expensive both in its initial outlay and ongoing support. Medium and larger sized companies benefit from a Sage install much more than the smaller constructor. Having the modules all work in unison is important when a company is of a certain size as is having the long tenured support structure. In addition Sage requires the terminals services setup to use it remotely and the larger companies are more likely to have the infrastructure and support for that type of setup
Sage is somewhat easy to use as far as its simplicity, however, when I first started using it I really wished there were more training materials available. As I did research to figure out what resources were there to learn how to use the paid software, all I found were courses you have to pay for. In my personal opinion, I don't think you should have to pay to learn how to use a software you bought.
They have a very quick, responsive team that assists. They also have great higher-level engineers who assist in more complicated matters and all in all, you need a support team that is quick to respond when you are in the middle of business crises.
Adding a rider to a lease on one property or several properties can be a headache and support is not very responsive. You can always use the customizable rider option, but on many occasions that portion is needed for something else and it shouldn't be used instead of a rider which should be permanent. This is extremely frustrating when leases have to be made in a timely matter; however, this is a support issue rather than a software issue. A mobile app would be amazinggggg and/or a more user-friendly mobile web experience.
We currently have Sage in place which handles the majority of our business needs on the back end, but compared to some others that are on the market like Builder Trend, it does lack the client facing side of the house. To make it a better product, a client facing portal would be best so they can be up to date.
The accounting functions (AP, AR, GL) are mature so it does a great job with core financials. The reports are flexible so it does a good job of providing flexibility in report writing. The application is written for a workgroup so multiple people can use it at the same time. The transaction detail is strong so that a transaction can be rolled back if necessary.
