Buildium

Buildium is a comprehensive property management platform for residential property managers — providing tenant screening, lease management, rent collection, maintenance tracking, and accounting for portfolios of any size.

What Makes Buildium Stand Out

Complete property management from screening through accounting. Online rent collection with automated late fees

Maintenance request tracking from tenant submission through completion

Pricing and Plans

Buildium is a paid product, reflecting its position as a professional tool. Pricing is structured to match the scale and needs of the organizations that use it.

Who Should Use Buildium

Buildium is best for teams and individuals who need property management software capabilities and where complete property management from screening through accounting. It may not be the right fit when monthly pricing at $55+ can be significant for very small landlords.

Verdict

Buildium delivers on its core promise as a property management software tool. Buildium is a comprehensive property management platform for residential property managers — providi... For teams evaluating property management software options, Buildium is worth considering based on its specific strengths and how they align with your requirements.

Buildium Marketplace

Buildium's marketplace integrates with screening services (TransUnion SmartMove, Rentec Direct), utilities management, insurance verification, and other property management tools — extending the platform without requiring custom API integration work. These integrations eliminate data re-entry between Buildium and complementary services.

Owner Portal

Buildium's owner portal gives property owners visibility into their property performance: financial statements, maintenance requests, vacancy information, and documents accessible without contacting the property manager directly. This self-service visibility reduces the reporting overhead that property managers face from frequently inquiring owners.

Vacancy and Listing Management

Buildium's listing syndication publishes vacant properties to Zillow, Trulia, HotPads, and other rental listing sites from one interface — reducing the manual work of posting the same listing to multiple platforms and enabling centralized inquiry management.

Overall rating: 4.1 / 5

Buildium is the property management software for residential landlords and property managers — providing lease management, rent collection, maintenance tracking, accounting, and tenant portals for portfolios from a few units to thousands of properties.

Full Property Management Lifecycle

Buildium covers the complete rental property workflow: marketing vacant units through listing syndication, processing rental applications with screening integrations, creating leases with e-signatures, collecting rent online, tracking maintenance requests, and generating financial reports. This comprehensive coverage eliminates the fragmented tools that many property managers piece together.

Tenant Portal and Communication

Buildium's tenant portal enables self-service rent payment, maintenance request submission, and document access — reducing the phone calls and emails that consume property manager time for routine tenant interactions. Online rent collection through the portal achieves higher payment rates with lower administrative overhead than check-based collection.

Accounting and Tax Reporting

Buildium's property accounting tracks income and expenses by property and unit, generates owner statements, and produces 1099 tax forms for owner distribution — providing the accounting documentation that property investors need for tax preparation without a separate accounting system.

Overall rating: 4.1 / 5