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Buildium, AppFolio, and RentManager are great for apartments. But sober living isn't an apartment business — it's a recovery business. Here's what generic PM tools miss.
Property management software solves a different problem. These are the gaps that matter when you're running a sober living home, not an apartment complex.
UA logs, curfew tracking, meeting attendance, and medication management — none of which exist in Buildium, AppFolio, or RentManager.
Every resident gets a private dashboard with sobriety tracking, goals, and 24/7 AI mentors. PM tools offer tenant portals for maintenance requests.
Collect rent via Stripe with no Sober Friend platform fee. Many PM tools charge per-unit fees that add up fast.
Your listing appears in a national directory searched by families and case managers. PM tools list on apartment sites — wrong audience entirely.
Monthly reports comparing you to same-model competitors in your city. No PM tool offers anything like this for recovery housing.
Sober Friend understands house managers and case managers, not just property managers. Role-based access designed for how sober homes actually run.
Sober Friend vs generic property management software (Buildium, AppFolio, RentManager, Yardi).
"Planned" = on our short-term roadmap. PM software capabilities represent typical features across Buildium, AppFolio, RentManager, and Yardi. Always verify with each vendor before purchasing.
You can use them for rent collection and basic tenant management, but they completely lack recovery-specific features: UA tracking, curfew logs, meeting attendance, medication management, sobriety milestones, and NARR compliance documentation. You'd still need separate tools for everything that makes a sober living home different from an apartment complex.
For apartments, yes. But sober living is a different business. Short stays, shared rooms, compliance requirements, resident accountability — these don't fit the lease-and-maintenance-request model that PM software is built around. Sober Friend is built specifically for how recovery housing actually operates.
Enterprise PM platforms are powerful but built for commercial property portfolios. They're overkill for most sober living operators and completely miss recovery-specific needs. A 10-bed sober living home doesn't need lease abstraction and CAM reconciliation — it needs UA tracking and a compliance trail.
Maintenance request tracking is on our roadmap. Most sober living operators handle maintenance informally today. Our focus is on the features that PM software can't offer: compliance tracking, resident accountability, AI mentors, and a national recovery directory.
Yes. Most operators transition within a billing cycle. Import your resident list, set up Stripe rent collection, and start tracking compliance from day one. Your PM tool's lease and maintenance history stays accessible in that system.
Everything works together — see how the rest of the platform fits your house.
24/7 private AI mentor for every resident — cravings, CBT, check-ins.
Occupancy, rent, compliance dashboards with one-click exports.
Monthly AI-researched competitive report for your market.
Stripe-powered automated rent with zero platform fees.
Profiles, beds, milestones, and a private recovery app.
UA, curfew, and meeting attendance — audit-ready.
Side-by-side comparison with transparent pricing.
30-day free trial. Recovery-specific from day one. Zero platform fees on rent.