Feel Like You’re Doing Everything Right, but Stuck Playing Defense?
Property Management Software is Holding You Back
In the age of AI, you can’t win if you’re reacting — no matter how fast you move. Efficiency just doesn’t cut it anymore.
But there’s a new way forward. Introducing Real Estate Performance Management: an operating model that creates the leverage you need to get out of the weeds, shift from reactive to proactive, and build greater value for the people that matter to your business — your residents, your clients, and your team.
Overcome the Performance Gap
We’re facing a tough market. Record-high costs, rising vacancies, and increasing application fraud are squeezing operators, and the fragmented technology the industry has relied upon for decades can’t keep pace.
We’ve been told that tweaking tasks and fine-tuning processes in the name of "operational efficiency" is the answer. This narrow focus is a trap. And your property management software keeps you there, unable to pursue Real Performance: when residents, owners, investors, staff, and your business all get value. Real Performance is when everyone wins.
“I think you can be a win-win-win. When I say that, I mean… Owners can win, residents can win, and the property manager can win. We all want the same thing.”
Josh Winch, President, Focus
5,000 Units Under Management
The New Game
Real Estate Performance Management
Deeper human connection. More community impact. Bigger business outcomes. Real Estate Performance Management recasts the role of the property manager from task master to value driver.
From Reactive....
Checking Boxes
Gut Feel
Chaotic
Busywork
Fighting Technology
....To Proactive
Championing Strategy
Full Confidence
Cohesive
Building Community
Fueling Growth
The Solution
Performance by Design
While property management software was effective at digitizing your tasks, a performance platform is designed to create winning outcomes for everyone through a unified experience.
Designed with AI as a core building block, not an add-on, the platform’s native agentic workflows have limitless capacity to handle repetitive questions, data entry, scheduling, follow-ups, and more. Get instant, consistent, round-the-clock results.
With the tech doing its thing, your people can get back to doing theirs: building trust with your clients and communities.
How It Works
The Anatomy of a Performance Platform
Platform systems work together to create network effects and winning outcomes that compound over time.
AI-Native Architecture
Provides the Foundation
An AI-Native Architecture is designed with AI as a core building block, not an add-on. Data flows, workflows, permissions, APIs, and user experiences are all structured so that AI can be embedded seamlessly and continuously.
System of Record
Captures the Data
A System of Record anchors the performance platform as the trusted source of truth, where data is stored, sorted, and searched.
System of Action
Does the Work
In a System of Action, agentic AI proactively finds opportunities to improve performance through task and workflow automation. It’s where context is activated and work gets done.
System of Growth
Creates Value
A System of Growth capitalizes on critical moments in the customer journey, unlocking growth opportunities that benefit everyone.
Unified Experience
Brings it All Together
The Unified Experience connects residents, owners, investors, and operators through a single platform — eliminating friction, improving communication, and driving joint value.
Value for Everyone Who Matters to Your Business
What Real Performance Looks Like
Happy Residents
When you give residents a place they’re glad to call home and access to services that make life more convenient, they don’t just renew — they put down roots.
Impressed Clients
Investors and owners who consistently see strong returns from your partnership deepen their trust — and their investments — in your business.
Thriving Teams
Freeing your people to ditch the busywork and do their best work ignites a new sense of purpose that extends to the communities they support.
The Latest Research & Insights
Operate Beyond Efficiency. Explore a Future of Performance.
Connect with our team to see how the AppFolio Performance Platform can help you shift from reactive to proactive and achieve winning outcomes for all.
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