Real Estate Investing Tools

LandLord Locks

If you own rental properties or you are managing properties, you probably know how frustrating it is trying to find the right key for the right unit. We used to have an enormous ring of keys that we would carry around to each building. Our frustration was solved with a great resource called LandlordLocks. We have been using Landlord Locks for over ten years now and would never use anything else! The best aspect about Landlord Locks is that they give you ONE master key to open all of your units, so instead of carrying around tons of keys, you are carrying around one.

AppFolio

AppFolio caters to both small and large landlords. Great system to automate the application process, work orders and everything in between.

RentRedi

RentRedi is property management software with web and mobile apps for landlords to easily collect rent, list units, find & screen tenants, sign leases, and manage maintenance & accounting. RentRedi is affordable mobile software for any type of investor We have unlimited properties, units, and tenants in each plan is flat-priced, which makes us scalable, plus exclusive partnerships with maintenance coordination and accounting software services.

Cash Flow Analyzer

This real estate analysis is super helpful for real estate investors, agents and brokers. The Landlord's Cash Flow Analyzer Pro will help determine cash flow and investment return. The best part is that it provides reports that you can give your investors to pitch a deal to them. Want a 10% discount? Just type in “derosa” at the checkout page under “discounts.”

Business Tools

Bluehost

We have been using bluehost for many years now for web hosting. We also use bluehost to create simple property specific websites. Their services are amazing and their customer support is terrific.

Podio

Podio has so much to offer.  It is designed to make tracking your leads and sales as easy as possible. It has task management and real time communication all in one place. It is also a great contact manager and also syncs with Mailchimp. Oh, and a lot of the features are free!

Mailchimp

Great resource for marketing automation. Mailchimp provides an easy “drag and drop” marketing solution to send out newsletters to your contacts. It is so important in today’s market to stay in front of people. For a certain number of contacts, this resource is free too.

Canva

Canva allows you to create incredibly good looking email headers, social media posts, flyers, and newsletter headers.  This allows the average person to look like they are super creative and a graphic wizard!

Slack

Slack is a messaging app for teams to better collaborate and communicate. For example, Andresa and Liz use slack to update each other (and their team) on progress on various projects. Great way to share updates and have a record of these updates all in one place.

Genius Scan

A free app that allows you to scan files using your phone, convert it to pdf and share it with your team members. It saves a lot of time and paper!

Dropbox

One of our favorite apps that you can also have on your computer. Dropbox is a simple cloud based system where you can store all of your files and be able to access/share them wherever you are. It facilitates the organization of files and gives you the ability to share specific files with whomever you want.

Google Keep

Google Keep allows you to organize your to do list and check tasks off when you complete them. You have access to it to both your phone and laptop and it syncs wonderfully.

Voxer

Voxer is a free Walkie Talkie messaging app for your smartphone with live voice (like a PTT walkie-talkie), text, photo, and location sharing. Sending an email for a quick thought is a waste of time. Voxer allows you to share those quick thoughts efficiently and more clearly.

Jumpstart Your Tax Savings as a Real Estate Investor

Did you know that research shows that taxes are our biggest expense? The tax code is filled with benefits for real estate investors. You just need to make sure you are taking advantage of them! Join tax strategists and top-selling authors Amanda Han & Matt MacFarland to learn how to jumpstart your tax savings with your real estate investments. After working with real estate investors across the nation, Amanda and Matt have personally put together this introductory course to help investors take the first step in tax savings!

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Protect your Properties from Lawsuits, Tenants, and Contractors

Personal Growth Tools

Calm

Chances are if you are a super busy women investor, trying to “be it all,” and don’t have time to meditate, this is the EXACT reason you should begin meditating! Meditation and mindfulness has an amazing impact on all aspects of our lives and actually can change your brain! Calm is a great app with all types of meditations on all sort of topics such as stress, self-care, focus, calming anxiety, and happiness.

Here is the list of the websites and tools we strongly recommend for women real estate investors who want to grow their investment business and live purposeful lives. Many of them are free and everything else is very affordable (which should be music to your ears)!

Please note that we have personally used every recommendation on this page. Many of the resources listed here are critical to running our businesses. Here is an important disclosure:

Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, we will earn a commission. Please understand that this commission comes at no additional cost to you. We have experience with all of these companies, and we recommend them because they are helpful and useful, not because of the small commissions we make if you decide to buy something.