Product Updates: Week 40

This week's biggest release lets you sign in to RentEngine with your Google or Microsoft account. Now you can use the work account you already sign in with every day.

Plus, Command Center 2.0 is in the RentEngine mobile app. So now you can see tasks, Hot Leads, upcoming showings, and prospect emails from your phone.

Here's what's new in RentEngine.

Sign in to RentEngine with your Google or Microsoft account

You can now sign in to RentEngine with Google or Microsoft. Pick the account that matches the email on your RentEngine user, and you are in.

That means one less password for you and your team to create, remember, and reset. If your company already runs on Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, everyone signs in to RentEngine the same way they sign in to their email.

For a new leasing agent joining your team, that means accepting their invite and signing in with the company account they already have. No setting up a separate RentEngine password first.

Use Command Center 2.0 from your phone in the mobile app

The updates we shipped to Command Center 2.0 last week are now in the RentEngine mobile app. Open tasks show with an orange outline on the conversation. Inside the thread a "Needs attention" banner explains why, with a Resolved button once you have handled it. Also, a new filter shows only conversations with an open task.

Hot Leads and prospects with an upcoming showing now have an icon next to their name, so you can spot both from the conversation list. Prescreening results now show in Prospect Info, and prospect emails appear in the same thread as their texts and calls.

You can also swipe left on a conversation to archive it, or press and hold to mark a Hot Lead, resolve, snooze, or set a reminder without opening the thread. A new sort control switches between Most urgent and Newest.

For an agent between showings, that means easily opening the app, sorting by Most urgent, and working through open tasks.

Stay on a call while you move to other pages in RentEngine

You can now keep a call going while you move to other parts of RentEngine. The call stays connected and the call controls stay on screen, so you can look up a unit, an application, or a showing without hanging up.

When a prospect asks a question, that means you can click over to find the answer and come back to the conversation without the call dropping.

Note: you still need to be in the Command Center to start or answer a call.

Where to find it: Command Center > start or answer a call, then click to any other page.

Collect applications with move-in dates up to 12 months out

Applicants can now choose a desired move-in date up to 12 months away on the rental application. This is up from the original 4 months. This gives you room to collect applications well ahead of when a unit becomes available.

For a property near a university, that means you can list a unit for next summer and take applications from students who make their housing decisions 6 to 9 months in advance.

Where to find it: Rental Application > Move-in date.

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