A property management MVP that sits on top of your PM system
Portals and maintenance requests first, with rent data read from where it already lives.
A property management app MVP puts one part of the renter or owner experience in front of real people: a tenant portal, a maintenance request flow, or an owner view. Rent, leases, and ledgers usually live in AppFolio, Buildium, Yardi, or Rent Manager already, so the MVP reads what it needs from that system by API or export instead of rebuilding it.
The short answer
A property management MVP is a narrow first product for renters, owners, or the PM team: usually a tenant portal, maintenance requests with photos, and notices. It reads rent and lease data from your existing PM system instead of replacing it, so you can test whether residents and owners adopt it before building sync, payments, and statements.
Marlowe Co
What it does
- A tenant portal with sign-in by unit, lease details, and a read-only balance
- Maintenance requests with photos, a category, and permission to enter
- Status updates on each request, so tenants can check progress without phoning the office
- Building and unit notices sent to the right residents by email or text
- An owner view of open requests and occupancy across their properties
- A read-only connection to the PM system that holds rent and ledgers
Best for
Property managers testing a better resident experience, and founders whose customers will be property management companies.
What you provide
- Which PM system holds your rent, leases, and ledgers, and the access it allows
- A portfolio or pilot customer with real units and residents to test with
- How a maintenance request moves today, from the tenant's first message to a closed ticket
[HOW WE'D BUILD IT]
We build on top of your system of record, not in place of it
Your PM system stays the source of truth
Rent, leases, and balances already live in your property management software. We connect by API or scheduled export and show that data read-only, so the MVP never becomes a second ledger someone has to reconcile.
Tenant and owner views, each scoped by role
Tenants see their unit, their requests, and the notices meant for them. Owners see their properties and nothing else. Getting those boundaries right early matters more than the number of screens.
Pilot with one portfolio
We launch to a set of buildings or one pilot customer and watch what residents do: how many requests arrive with photos, how often they check status, and how many calls the office still takes about repairs.
From one pilot portfolio to every door you manage
[TALK TO A BUILDER]
Show us how a maintenance request moves today
We begin by talking through your units, your residents, and the PM system behind them. After that, discovery works out which portal and which requests belong in the first version.
Reads your PM system
Rent, lease, and balance data come from the software your office already runs.
Requests with photos
Tenants attach pictures and entry permission, so the technician arrives knowing what to bring.
Portals by role
Tenants, owners, and staff each see only the units and requests that belong to them.
Ledger left alone
The MVP shows balances read-only, so your books keep one source of truth.
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