Property Management Software: Technology That Changes Lives

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:22:54 +0000

When you think of technology that changes lives you probably don’t think of property management software—at least not immediately. I myself when faced with deciding which technology makes the most difference in my own life would definitely default to my car or a washer/dryer combo. However, property management software, despite its relative anonymity, has indeed changed many lives for the better, especially landlord lives, property manager lives and the lives of those involved with property associations, etc. Even renters and unit/home owners’ lives have been changed due to the fact that renting and buying from those who use property management software is a “different—more evolved animal” than renting and buying from those who still run processes manually.

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In this article, I would like to discuss some of the benefits that property management software technology can provide. I would also like to discuss a far more “explosive” technology that has impacted the entire world with its benefits. The technology? Nuclear power. “Hmmmm????” you might say, “the two technologies don’t exactly seem related.”

My answer to you my dear friendly reader is that in a general sense they really have more common ground than you might suppose. With both technologies, it seems sure that the well-deserving inhabitants of our dear planet Earth (if not all then definitely some) have saved a good amount of both time and money and who doesn’t want more of those precious commodities?

What is nuclear power good for?

If you think like I used to think, then you are probably assuming that nuclear power is used for creating mortal explosions that start Stalin-Era type Cold Ward scares. However, nuclear power decidedly extends beyond the horizon of weaponry and reaches out towards more peaceful applications. Thank goodness!

For example, according to an interesting online source1, nuclear power is good for producing electricity. There are many ways to produce the power that keeps us warm, comfortable and surrounded by light. Using fossil fuels or hydro/wind power are both viable options2 for generating electric power. However, it would seem that nuclear power has some clear advantages over its sister authorities. Nuclear power for instance has less impact on the environment and in many cases is less expensive to “manufacture.” Why? Well, according to the same online source, “The energy in one uranium fuel pellet—the size of the tip of your little finger—is the equivalent of 17,000 cubic feet of natural gas, 1,780 pounds of coal, or 149 gallons of oil.”3 Wow! Power in a nutshell!

What is property management software good for?

Not all property management software options are equally comparable in terms of the features and benefits that each option provides. With the right property management software however, landlords, property managers and those involved with property associations can take advantage of some pretty impressive features and benefits.

Property Management Software Features and Benefits

Property management software4 can provide a sort of scheduled directional map for landlords. In other words it can tell landlords when and where there is a vacancy in an apartment, rental unit or a condo and can also help property managers keep track of upcoming vacancies. With the right property management software, landlords can also take advantage of a program that will easily calculate and/or track security deposits, rent or purchase payments and fees. With the right property management software, you can also waive any individual fees that you think are unnecessary or invalid for certain individuals.

Another difficulty for landlords is finding the time and the organizational means to keep track of maintenance requests and make sure that the requests are met satisfactorily. With property management software, landlords can easily keep track of requests for maintenance and improvement.5 With the right software, landlords can also take advantage of an in-system email application. This email application can be used to send information to leasers or renters. Property management software can also be used by managers of property and those who are involved with an association of units or homes.

What are the similarities between these two helpful technologies?

The similarities between the technology that changes nuclear power to electricity and the technology that streamlines many landlord processes simply lie in the fact that each of these two technologies saves people time and money. Nuclear power that is generated into electricity saves people time that they don’t have to spend lighting fires or candles and money that people don’t have to spend on more time consuming and human labor intensive tasks like using coal or other sources to generate electricity.

The property management software saves landlords time that they might have spent hiring apartment complex managers or simply doing the administrative tasks themselves. Property management software also saves them money that they would have used to pay managers for the time that they used to spend performing routine and monotonous tasks.

1 http://www.nei.org/index.asp?catnum=2&catid=106

2 http://library.thinkquest.org/5217/produce.htm

3 http://www.nei.org/index.asp?catnum=2&catid=106

4 http://www.buildium.com/Whats_New/Whats_New.shtml

5 http://www.buildium.com/Landlord_Software/Landlord_Edition.shtml#trackRequests

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Gadgets That Really Change Life

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:23:15 +0000

Too often we think about gadgets like small devices made for us to have fun: mp3 players, cell phones, PDA’s, music players. So we forget about the ones made to help people and really change their life.

This article is about the gadgets that improve people life and aren’t so known as party and funny gadgets. I’m going to talk about the gadgets built for people with disabilities, devices that help this people to have a better life. The majority of these gadgets are made for the blinds so I will start with those.
Electronic eyes

This high-tech device recognizes the white stripes of a pedestrian crosswalk and reads traffic lights could tell a blind person when it’s safe to cross the street. The electronic eyes are being developed at Kyoto Institute of Technology.
Braille PDA’s and computers

The Braille Display allows blind users to use standard computers or PDA devices. The Braille gadgets use refreshable Braille displays, which raise small dots through holes in a flat surface to create Braille that refreshes as the user inputs commands. So a blind person will be able to play music, read books, take notes, making presentations or reviewing/editing documents.
PC with a screen reader

Screen readers access information displayed on computer monitors and interpret that information via text-to-speech output. This software must be used along with text to speech synthesizers to allow the blinds to use the computer easy.IBM offers Home Page Reader, special software to read and navigate Web pages for those who are blind.
Cell phone with Talks software

Talks software was created by Cingular Wireless. With it a blind person will have full access to the capabilities of the cell phone using only his voice.
Other usual gadgets for blinds are: Braille and talking clocks, Braille color-identification labels for clothing, tactile writing and signature guides, talking calculators and magnifiers.
For deaf persons there are several helpful gadgets which I will tell you about.

Portable amplifiers

These are small devices that can be easily carried and they are used to provide increased sound amplification.
Telecommunication devices

The telecommunication devices for deaf have typewriter keyboards, and the typed conversation appears either in a readout display or on paper.
Telecaption Adapters

The adapter is attached to television set. These enable viewers to read captions on their television screen.
Alerting gadgets

Now a deaf person can know when someone knocks at the door, when the baby is crying or the telephone is ringing. All these are possible because of the alerting systems. An alerting system for deaf will send a signal if: the baby is crying, the doorbell rings, telephone rings, the smoke alarm systems is on, the security alarms or the wake up alarm was started. The signal may be visual (a flashing light); auditory (an increase in amplification); or vibrotactile.
For the ones without hands or fingers there are some new gadgets designed to improve their life.
X-Finger

X-Finger is medical gadget replaces lost fingers created by Dan Didrick. X-Finger is a non-robotic prosthetic finger, or set of multiple fingers, with a full range of motion, including being able to curl like normal fingers.
The Bionic Hand

The Bionic Hand was created by David Gow. It is unique because thumb and fingers can move and grip just like a human hand and it is unique because it is uses patients mind and muscles control the movements.
So when you hear the word gadgets don’t think only to a device to have fun with, think about devices that improve people life, especially the ones with disabilities.

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