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Property Management Software Glossary: Key Terms & Concepts

List of Property Management Software features

Billing and Invoicing

An invoice and a bill are documents that convey the same information about the amount owing for the sale of goods or services. Still, a company uses an invoice to collect money from its cu...read more

Tax Management

A tax is a governmental mandatory financial charge or levy imposed on a taxpayer to fund certain public expenses. The taxation system is critical for a country's economy since money is req...read more

Self Service Portal

A self-service portal is a website or app that enables workers (or external clients for externally visible support providers) to help themselves when they require assistance, information, ...read more

Contact Management

Contact management refers to keeping, organizing, and managing information about your customers, prospects, and sales leads. In its most basic form, an address book or an Excel or Google s...read more

Marketing Automation

Marketing automation is a technology used to assist marketing departments, and businesses promote more effectively across different internet channels while automating tiresome operations. ...read more

List Management

Publishing data cards and boosting sales through promotional efforts are part of list management. Processing orders, organizing approvals with the list owner, and coordinating fulfillment ...read more

Multi-Location

Connected Business's Multi-Location Accounting function helps businesses with many locations or branches to keep track of their financials per location. Some multi-location companies have ...read more

Mobile Payments

Payment made with a portable electronic device such as a tablet or cell phone for a product or service is known as Mobile payment. Mobile payment systems, such as PayPal and Venmo, can als...read more

Online Payments

Trading money electronically is known as online payment. Computer networks, the internet, and digital stored value systems are commonly used in this process. You accept an online payment w...read more

Payment Processing

Payment Processing is defined as providing a Person with the ability to charge or debit accounts using any payment mechanism, including but not limited to Remotely Created Payment Orders, ...read more

Customer Portal

A customer portal is a website that allows current customers to access services and information. It's usually safe and confidential, and it requires authentication. Account information, pa...read more

Recurring (Subscription Billing)

When a subscription business charges a customer's credit card for items or services on a regular billing schedule, this is known as recurring billing. Subscription services typically charg...read more

Quotes (Estimates)

Quotes, also commonly known as estimates, are an integral part of any software that deals with project management or client services. They serve as a way to provide potential clients with ...read more

Contact Database

A contact database allows a business to more efficiently manage and coordinate information about its clients, customers, and other contacts. Many businesses frequently confront duplicate d...read more

CRM

Customer relationship management (CRM) is a tool that allows to keep track of all of the company's relationships and interactions with its customers and prospects. Its objective is straigh...read more

About the reviewer

Rajat Gupta is the founder of Spotsaas. Over the past two years, he has reviewed 2,000+ tools across CRM, HR, AI, and finance — applying hands-on product research and a background in commerce and the CFA program to evaluate software through a business and ROI lens. His goal: help teams make software decisions they won't regret.

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