Past 200 doors? Stop paying AppFolio's per-door rent. Own the platform.
Replace AppFolio / Buildium per-door fees with a custom platform: leasing → tenant portal → owner reporting → maintenance dispatch. Keep your accounting / dispatch SaaS if it's working. We replace the customer-facing surface that actually moves NOI. Typically 8–18 weeks.
Migrating mid-market PM operators off AppFolio + Buildium without losing a tenant record. Year-2 SaaS savings typically pay back the build.
Trusted by 50+ operators, PropTech companies & digital-first brands
Built for these operators
Multi-family operators
200–10,000-unit portfolios past the AppFolio per-door tipping point.
SFR aggregators
Single-family rental aggregators across multiple metros.
CRE managers
Office, retail, industrial property management with tenant portals.
Boutique PM firms
200–800-unit operators graduating from spreadsheets + Buildium.
Owner-operator hybrids
Operators with their own + third-party-managed portfolios.
Who this is NOT for
- Operators under 100 doors. Buildium / DoorLoop will be cheaper for you. We'll happily recommend the right one.
- Teams that want to fully replace their PMS accounting. We don't replace Yardi accounting; we replace the customer-facing + leasing layer that's painful in the SaaS UX.
- Anyone planning to sell the management business in 12 months. Owning code only pays back in year 2+.
Pick the stage that matches you
Boutique operator
Past 200 doors, on Buildium
Tenant portal + leasing flow on a custom stack. Keep Buildium for accounting. Typically 8–12 weeks. Pays back in year-2 SaaS savings.
Mid-market PM
1,000–5,000 doors, on AppFolio
Full customer-facing platform + owner dashboards + maintenance flows. Typically 12–16 weeks. AppFolio savings fund the build by year-3.
Enterprise PM
5,000+ doors, multi-region
Custom integrations to Yardi / RealPage / accounting + retention CRM + multi-region. Typically 16–24 weeks.
The traps that tank a custom build
Custom builds drift
Without weekly checkpoints scope creep tanks the launch date and the budget.
Schema goes stale
AEO-eligible markup needs to be regenerated continuously, not hand-edited once.
PMS / CRM / web silo
Three tools run separately and reconciling spreadsheets costs more than the build.
No cost guardrails
Per-tenant + per-feature cost is invisible until the bill arrives.
Compliance afterthought
GDPR, RERA, MLS, KYC bolted on at the end is 5× the cost of building it in.
Coming from a SaaS you've outgrown?
Migrating off per-door SaaS is one of our most-requested engagements. We've done it cleanly, with URLs preserved + tenant data ported.
AppFolio
Customer-facing surface migrated; AppFolio kept for accounting only.
Buildium
Full platform migration including tenant data + maintenance history.
Yardi Breeze
2 engagements
Tenant + owner portals replaced; Yardi Voyager retained for accounting at enterprise scale.
RentManager + spreadsheet stack
Boutique 800-door operator replaced 7 disconnected tools with one Noseberry platform.
The full stack, end-to-end
Tenant portal + app
Payments, maintenance, communication, amenity bookings. Branded to YOUR operator, not generic SaaS UX.
Owner dashboard
Per-asset financials, vacancy, work-order spend, NOI. The view your investors actually want.
Leasing automation
Application → screening → e-sig → deposit → move-in. End-to-end, no SaaS handoffs.
Maintenance workflows
Vendor dispatch, SLA tracking, completion verification. Webhooks to your existing dispatch SaaS if you want to keep it.
Retention CRM
Lease-renewal nudges, satisfaction surveys, win-back drips. Tied to renewal economics.
Discovery website
SEO + AEO-tuned property listings funnel. Owns the long-tail city + neighborhood searches.
A 6-step process
- 01
Discovery
1-week scoping sprint with stakeholders + risk register.
- 02
Design
Wireframes, brand alignment, IA, content model.
- 03
Build
Frontend + backend + integrations sprinted weekly.
- 04
Launch
Staging → UAT → DNS cutover. 301 plan if migrating.
- 05
Optimise
SEO + AEO + perf tuning. Lighthouse ≥ 95.
- 06
Operate
Retainer-backed maintenance, content, growth.
Pulled straight from the portfolio
Multi-region property management operator
Scaled bookings + ops with a Noseberry-built platform across multiple cities. Owns the codebase, no per-seat licensing.
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Launched the digital stack in under 12 weeks with full code ownership and a 90-day go-live commitment.
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Opinionated for real estate
Frontend
Server components + great Lighthouse.
- Next.js
- React
- Tailwind
Backend
Boring stack that ages well.
- Node
- Postgres
- Redis
Search + AEO
Both classic search + AI citation surface.
- Algolia
- pgvector
- schema.org
Payments
Region-specific gateways for India + UAE + global.
- Stripe
- Razorpay
- Telr
Every brief is scoped to the operator's goals.
We don't publish fixed pricing because every engagement is shaped to the operator's stage, scope, and target outcomes. Book a strategy call and we'll share a tailored scope, timeline, and investment range within 24 hours.
What AppFolio actually costs you over 5 years
AppFolio's per-door fees scale with your portfolio. A custom platform doesn't.
| Doors | AppFolio, 5 yr | Noseberry, one-time | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | $18K | $35K | — |
| 1,000 | $90K | $80K | $10K |
| 5,000 | $450K | $200K | $250K |
| 10,000 | $900K | $300K | $600K |
5-yr SaaS cost = published per-unit per-month list price × 60 months × units. Real-world fees often higher once transaction percentages + add-ons are included. Noseberry build = scoped one-time fee with optional 12-mo support retainer (~15% of build). Talk to us for a per-vertical quote.
How we stack up
| Capability | Noseberry | AppFolio | Buildium | DIY in-house |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real-estate domain | 100+ ops in 14+ countries | Generic | Generic | — |
| Code + IP ownership | ||||
| Schema-first SEO + AEO | Limited | |||
| Cost guardrails | ||||
| Time to launch | 8–14 weeks | 30 days onboarding | 6+ months | Months |
| Per-seat licensing |
Real-estate domain
- Noseberry
- 100+ ops in 14+ countries
- AppFolio
- Generic
- Buildium
- Generic
- DIY in-house
- —
Code + IP ownership
- Noseberry
- AppFolio
- Buildium
- DIY in-house
Schema-first SEO + AEO
- Noseberry
- AppFolio
- Buildium
- Limited
- DIY in-house
Cost guardrails
- Noseberry
- AppFolio
- Buildium
- DIY in-house
Time to launch
- Noseberry
- 8–14 weeks
- AppFolio
- 30 days onboarding
- Buildium
- 6+ months
- DIY in-house
- Months
Per-seat licensing
- Noseberry
- AppFolio
- Buildium
- DIY in-house
Frequently asked questions
How long does the engagement take?
8–24 weeks depending on scope. Single-vertical launches at the lower end; multi-region platforms at the upper end.
Do we own the code?
Yes. Every line, every model, every contract. Deployed to your cloud. No SaaS lock-in, no per-seat licence.
Can you migrate from a templated SaaS?
Yes. Most builds are migrations. We rebuild on Next.js with proper schema-first SEO/AEO, keep your URLs intact, and 301 the old paths.
Do you handle ongoing ops?
Yes. Most operators continue with us on a retainer covering content, SEO, paid, and growth experiments.
Operator-led overviews
This solution serves multiple audiences: Property Management Companies, Build-to-Rent (BTR). Each has its own audience-led overview with sub-verticals and named clients.
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