We are excited to announce that our annual update is here. RENT+ Version 43 brings you new features and significant enhancements, all tailored to optimise your workflow. Take a look at a selection of the brand new and updated features below.
Electronic Signatures in RENT+
It is with great excitement that we announce that E-Signatures are now available within Version 43 via Docusign. This feature directly integrates with your Mail Merge functions, allowing you to send off contracts or documentations for signing through RENT+. Track every communication, including the date of signature and updated documentation, in the diary of the recipient.
Tenant File
Multi-Tenant Screen
Version 43 brings you a revamped Multi-Tenant screen, with additional fields and tabs to enhance your information retrieval. You can now store more individual detail, with dynamic fields that reduce double entry.
Tenancy Checklist
Another addition to our Tenant File is the Tenancy Checklist. Track and action processes at the start of a tenancy, with a list bespoke to you in both content and order. Access two new reports that assist in maintaining this checklist.
Tenant Vacating
A brand new ‘Tenant Vacating’ tick allows you to track tenants that are leaving your management and fill the vacancy as soon as possible. Paired with our Tenant Vacating Report, Version 43 keeps you in the lead by eliminating decreased income from empty properties.
Part Rent Calculator
The Part Rent Calculator has undergone some modification to make it more user friendly. The new charging date feature gives you more freedom of choice and makes invoicing easier, and the tooltip clearly shows how the final figure is reached.
Landlord Statement Per Property
With growing portfolios and legislation changes, financial transparency is more vital than ever. Version 43 brings the option to produce a statement for a landlords entire portfolio, or specific elements of it. With this boosted flexibility for both your team and your landlords, you can enhance your presentation of financial data, and further foster positive relationships.
Real-Time Data Feed Uploads
Version 43 introduces Real-Time Data Feed (RTDF) uploads. Say goodbye to the latency of Bulk Load Mass (BLM), and instead see your properties promptly showcased to a vast audience of potential tenants or buyers.
Sage 200 Export
Within Version 43, we have added a brand new export to Sage 200. Sage 200 includes many of the features and benefits of Sage 50, while also having the capabilities of processing larger figures per period and promoting scalability within a business.
Logon Message
We have revamped our logon message, bringing you even more information on upcoming features and events. With a new full-screen view, an image tying to our other outlets, and an “E-mail me a reminder” button, Version 43 ensures you can get the most possible out of being a RENT+ user.
Sales Modules
Communications
New communication options have been added to the deal status screen, with the option to email or text the solicitor of any party involved in the sale of a property when changing a property status to “Exchanged” or “Completed”. Additionally, you can now attach Sales Invoices to these emails.
Invoice Creation
Within your Financial Details screen, you will now find an additional button labelled “Produce Sales Invoice”, tying your invoice creation together by completing the process from data entry to fee creation.
Pictures
Version 43 incorporates particular elements into the General Tab of the Residential & Business Sales modules, with an additional screen allowing you to view all photos attaches to a property.
Reports
Through Version 43, we have continued to expand our reporting functions within RENT+ to ensure that the data you need to action day-to-day tasks is accessible with only a few clicks of a mouse. Reports added or updated include but are not limited to:
- Daily Banking Report
- Property Tenancy Deposit Listing Report
- Property Tenant Arrears List Report
- Financial Details Sales Invoice
- Sage Nominal to Nominal Export Report
- Property Occupancy Report
- Tenant Accruals & Prepayments Report
- Tenant Vacating Report
- Tenancy Checklist Report
- Commercial Property Rent Review Dates Report
Tradesman Invoice & Attachment
Intracompany Validation
Although powerful as it stands, you can further enhance your RENT+ software with any of our plugins. One of those plugins is the Tradesmen Invoice & Attachment Plugin. Version 43 and the addition of the Intracompany Validation feature allows you to send your invoices internally as well as to your true recipients, ensuring the correct information is raised at every step, every time.
FCP Agent Banking
Banking Formats
Another enhancement to one of our powerful plugins is the expansion of FCP Agent Banking. Version 43 sees even more banking formats added, making our plugin compatible with thirteen banks and their individual sub-account types:
Simple Search
We have refined our matching algorithm to ensure that your FCP Agent Banking experience is as fast as it can be. The improved algorithm brought by Version 43 sorts your data faster, resulting in a 3x faster loading experience than previously.
Multi-Tenant Selection
With this new addition, you can select the exact person within a tenant file that has multiple tenants when importing a payment, making your reconciliation even easier.
Manual
Our already in-depth manual has undergone an update to cater for additional features and brand new functions. Included in this expansion is the inclusion of new Mail Merge codes, giving you more freedom in letter creation.
Bug Fixes
- Applicants with matched properties now receive all property matches in the e-mail sent to them.
- We have fixed the Zoopla RTDF JSON format.
- Rightmove Upload with KF & VT format now incudes the PRICE_QUALIFIER item, as does the Rightmove Extended Upload.
- ToDoToday now displays tenants with a bespoke rent due frequency on the View list and report when housing benefit is switched on.
- The Property Planning Use dropdown now includes a “<None>” option, fixing an issue when the user went onto the Commercial tab if the field was empty.
- Sales Particulars – the <Sale Price> for residential properties has been fixed to always use the askingsaleprice when set to Leasehold/Either.
- The Landlord Statement Routine has been fixed to prevent TIA attachments from being sent in multiple emails to landlords.
- An issue with edit/save emptying Tenure in a Commercial Sales property when set to anything other than “Freehold”, “Leasehold”, or “Either” has been resolved.
And so much more…
We at Focus Micro Systems hope that you enjoy this latest update. For more information on the update, and a full list of features, have a look at the update letter in the Help section of your RENT+ software.
Alternatively, call 08712 500 021 or email support@focus-property.co.uk to reach a member of our support team who will be delighted to assist you.