Online Property Management
We have a product in development called QuarterMaster Property Management. It is a system to help property management firms manage their websites for their main company, as well as for each individual community.
QuarterMaster came about when a Cambridge Partners, Inc. requested a basic content management system to manage some facets of their websites. This is a client that I have had for several years, one that I manage the regular maintenance on and last year, had completely redesigned and rewritten all of the sites. Needless to say, as we were working out the details for their requirements, we ended up creating a system that was much, much more than they had bargained for. We can’t be accused of doing things half-assed! Thus, QuarterMaster was born.
The system is being used by the Cambridge Partners site right now, and has been for the past several months. Currently the system is only handling portions of the website data, those that are directly related to the properties and their details. The textual content and layout of the site is still being maintained manually. Ultimately QuarterMaster will manage all of the content on a site.
Currently, QuarterMaster handles the following features:
- Create and manage individual properties
- Create and manage individual models (floor plans)
- Create and categorize all of your amenities
- Manage pricing
- Manage locations, contacts, URLs
- Create and manage custom neighborhoods
- Amenity value assessment
- Create, manage and schedule specials
- Apartment search functionality
- Leads management
- User management
- Changes to the QuarterMaster system updates your site immediately
- Integration with your existing site
If you have any questions, or are interested in using QuarterMaster for your own property website(s), please don’t hesitate to contact us. As we move forward with development, and have a public demo and beta system in place, we will post updates here.
Tags: community website, development, property management
hab.la works with your IM client
A couple of weeks ago we went to the TechNow 09 event in Royal Oak, Michigan. It was a conference, presenting and promoting information and technology based business / entrepreneurs in Michigan. One of the presenters was hab.la, a company that has created a great method of providing click to chat technology on your website.
Now, there are a lot of click to chat services out there…so what makes hab.la different? Well, for one, the service is free. For another, and this is most important to me, their service connects directly to your IM client, whatever it may be. I use iChat on my mac, and the hab.la service connects directly to iChat. This way I don’t have to download and install yet another desktop client on my mac, nor do I have to have a web browser open at all times in order to have the click to chat functionality available on our website.
A really great feature of hab.la is also the fact that my iChat shows when someone enters my site, and if they click to chat with me, I can see as they move from page to page within the site, allowing me to know what they are looking at as I chat with them.
If you are looking for a click to chat system for your site, definitely check them out at http://hab.la. You can also follow them on Twitter at twitter.com/hablagroup.
Posted by mbos on Feb 11, 2009 in
CrowsNest,
QuarterMaster Currently, we have two projects in progress. One is CrowsNest, the other is QuarterMaster.
CrowsNest
CrowsNest is currently being developed to meet a client’s specific needs. Once this is complete, we will be working to add additional features and functionality, and make the system generic so that it can be used by anyone. We are looking at having this available as a public beta around summer time. CrowsNest will be a survey, assessment and poll system.
QuarterMaster
QuarterMaster was initially developed to meet the needs, again, for a specific client, and is currently in use on the Cambridge Partners, Inc. websites. As soon as CrowsNest is wrapped up, we will be returning to QuarterMaster to beef up the functionality, add a ton more features, and get it ready for public beta. QuarterMaster will be a fully featured content management system for Property Management groups. It will allow for the complete build and management of a property management website, including all the details necessary for having a detailed and informational site for each individual community/property.
