for Sage Property accounting driven by Sage Accounts There are numerous property management packages on the market today, each with their own accounting capabilities and each with their own steep learning curve. You need a solution that has a proven track record, that keeps your accountant happy and at the same time keeping your fees to a minimum. You need Landlord Manager for Sage to manage your property portfolio. Why reinvent the wheel? We asked ourselves why develop a new accounting engine when we can use the power of a trusted and widely used accounting solution in Sage. Landlord Manager has no built in accounting but links seamlessly with either Sage Instant or Sage 50 accounts. OVERVIEW For the first time there is an affordable property management software package that uses the power and familiarity of Sage accounts working seamlessly with a powerful management engine to bring you a complete property management experience. We have a wealth of experience and have been developing property management software since 1993 and Sage solutions since 1999 All your information in one place. Scan and store all paperwork, record all correspondence including telephone calls, emails, sms and mail merge letters Integrate with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel and Word Tight security means only the users you want can gain access to sensitive accounting information With Landlord Manager for Sage you can view the P&L for multiple properties in multiple companies without the need to have Sage open www.landlord-manager.co.uk
Working seamlessly with Sage Accounts Whether your organisation keeps your properties under one company or in multiple companies, you can view them all together in one Landlord Manager database. By simply creating a new company in Landlord Manager and linking that company to the corresponding Sage data path, Landlord Manager can then retrieve and write data accordingly. Landlord Manager for Sage uses a familiar Office type interface making it easy to learn Produced by long established software house, Visionbase Software, you can be sure of a reliable package with safe ongoing support. An Impressive System. ~ Tom Entwistle of LandlordZone Recording Property Information All aspects of your property management information can be recorded. Create single or multi let properties that allow tenant accounts to be kept on a room by room basis or as a whole. Simple data entry forms allow you to record insurance policies, safety inspections, utility providers, inventories and keys. The alert centre will remind you when critical events such as gas checks are due to be carried out. Attach up to 8 photo s for brochures and property lists as well as keeping record of property rooms their sizes and condition. You can even create your own user fields to store information specific to your organisation.
Property Accounting Landlord Manager for Sage uses the department codes in Sage to link to property records in Landlord Manager. When you create a new property in Landlord Manager you can either attach an existing department code or create a new one. If you are using an existing department code, all transactions in Sage will automatically become linked to the property. If you are creating a new property Landlord Manager will then update the department code in Sage View property transactions, profit and loss And mortgage information from your Landlord Manager property record Recording Expenses and Mortgages Record property expenses directly in Sage using the department codes created by Landlord Manager to link them to your property records. In the first month of using the Landlord Manager it highlighted rent arrears in excess of 1,000. ~ Steven Thriscutt - User Each property can have any number of mortgage/loan accounts attached to it simply by linking the mortgage records to a relating loan account in Sage. Each mortgage record stores all information required such as lender contact details, account numbers, loan start and end dates as well as a history of interest rate changes
Tracking Tenancy Agreements When you create a tenant record in Landlord Manager you attach a contact record usually an applicant record from the contact file. Your tenants are then created as customers in Sage. Each tenancy record is created with its own charging schedule for the duration of the agreement. It is this charging schedule that will then create invoices in Sage for rent as they become due. View tenant transactions in Landlord Manager as they were created in Sage Generate tenancy agreements and other documentation based on your own business processes Following extensive research to identify a suitable software system to recommend to our Complete Letting Agency Business Package customers, we found that Landlord Manager ticked all the boxes, and offered by far the best combination of ease of use and reasonable cost. ~ Mike Hathaway Letting s Opportunity Record all Tenant Correspondence It is vital you record all correspondence with your tenants. Landlord Manager has a powerful Word compatible word processor built in that will quickly generate tenancy agreements and other mail merged documents. These documents are automatically linked to the tenancy record as well as the property record for future reference. An Email Centre is also included in Landlord Manager. You can drag and drop emails from Outlook and link them to related tenancy and property records. You can also send emails and sms texts on mass. For example rent arrears notices. Record unlimited notes and telephone logs that can be printed if required for legal requirements.
Tracking Benefits Landlord Manager has the ability to invoice a third party for rent rather than the tenant who occupies the property. This is useful for housing benefit tenants as well as other council based invoicing such as emergency housing. Processors and User Fields Landlord Manager allows you to run your business around you and not around your software. With processors you can create pre-defined tasks that are triggered at different stages of a tenancy agreement. For example you can define reference letters to be printed when creating an agreement, print any type of supporting document with your tenancy agreement etc Landlord Manager will also let you create your own user fields so you can save information that isn t already available in Landlord Manager. Fields can be created individually or as groups of fields (mini forms) Landlord Manager is an excellent piece of software which all portfolio landlords should use; it is simple to input the data and once created ensures subsequent tasks are achieved with minimum effort. I certainly will be recommending this software to all of my residential portfolio clients' ~ Geoff Laird - Buy to Let Funding
Portfolio Performance Using the data stored in Sage, Landlord Manager can present you with property reports that are not available in Sage itself. View how your portfolio is performing with a number of performance views including nominal by property and property by month. Record valuations on your portfolio and view a graphical analysis of how the value of your property has changed over time. 'I have been using Landlord Manager for 2 years now and I can honestly say this is the best software I have ever used. This software just gets better and better and is backed up with excellent support. I can't recommend it enough' ~ Paul Shaw - A&B Properties An Equity and Yield report will display how much equity you have in your portfolio along with annual gross and net rental yields. Also available is an occupancy report for even more detail on how your portfolio is performing. All views can be printed or exported to Excel for further analysis
Diary and Alerts Landlord Manager has a powerful diary management module that can be used with or without Outlook. View diaries by department or by groups of individuals that will ensure you are on top of your letting's team View the diary by list, day, week And month Keep on the right side of the law You will already know how important it is to ensure you are operating within the law. Landlord Manager will ensure you don t miss a critical event such as a gas inspection or insurance renewal with the Alert Centre. The alert centre will show alert due up to 90 days in advance
Contact Management Manage all your business contacts in the contact centre. Customer and Supplier records can be imported from existing Sage data. Tenants from Landlord Manager are also created automatically in Sage when an invoice has been raised against them. Contact Types Contacts can be created for tenants, applicants, suppliers contractors, landlords, banks & building societies, benefit providers, employees and general. The information bar will display relevant data depending on the type of contact. For example a property search bar will appear for applicants, a list of jobs for contractors etc.
Projects and Work Orders Landlord Manager for Sage has a useful projects and work orders module. These are useful for tracking projects such as refurbishments and work orders for repairs. Tracking Time, Budgets and Costs Enter worksheets for tracking time spent on projects and work orders. Create a project budget and attach sage transactions to help ensure you keep within your spending constraints
Email Centre With Landlord Manager for Sage you can log incoming and outgoing emails, useful for recording correspondence with all your contacts. You can also Link emails to property, projects and tenancy agreements for quick and easy reference Import Outlook email and email to groups Drag and drop your Outlook emails into the Landlord Manager email centre then file them into user defined folders. Create email templates that can be used over and over again with mail merge facilities then send them to individuals or groups or contacts.
Document Management Centre Landlord Manager has built in scanning facilities that allows you to save multi page PDF documents and link them to relating records. You can also attach existing documents and images to any number of records making Landlord Manager a very powerful document manager. Powerful searching Need to find a document in a hurry? The document centre gives you the power to quickly search documents you have scanned or attached. Search for documents by keyword or content and have results available in seconds
About Visionbase Software Ltd Visionbase Software have been developing property management solutions since 1993 and Sage solutions since 1999 giving us a wealth of experience in market place Features at a glance Seamless Integration Property Management Tenant Management Diary & Alert Centre Performance Views Projects & Work Orders Email Centre Document Centre The only solution to use the Sage accounting engine. Read, write financial data for numerous companies under one database just as if it was part of Landlord Manager All the property management features you need. Track utilities, insurance, keys, attach photo s, monitor valuations and mortgages Enter single or multi-let (student lets) agreements with built in documents. Facility for benefit and other council / emergency based charging Keep on the right side of the law by recording critical events such as gas safety and insurance renewals. Manage you time with the built in diary View your properties profit and loss with reports and view ideal for property management finance analysis as well as occupancy and equity/yield reports Track projects such as refurbishments. Create budgets that allow you to attach Sage transactions to ensure targets are made. Log repairs with Work Orders and print job sheets Send and record emails to individuals or groups and create email templates that can be used over and over again. Drag and drop Outlook emails to help keep a full activity audit Scan documents with the built in Scanner module and create multi page PDF documents. Attach any type of file and link it to relating properties, tenants and contacts. A powerful search facility will help you find that document in seconds * Pre release document. Features may change on final release Blades Enterprise Centre Sheffield United Football Club John Street Sheffield S2 4SU www.landlord-manager.co.uk