I really don’t understand why in the age of the internet people still use business software that runs off their P.C. There’s so much hassle involved with installation and maintaining data synchronization. Also, with the power of the internet we have gotten used to having access to our data from anywhere, but with a program that is locally installed you can only use it if you are sitting by that computer.

Think of the difference between a pop3 email client and the convenience of a web based email system. I have no doubt that the future of business software is online and in fact web based. The good news is that if you deal in property management, you can sign up with buildium.com and use their Online Property Management Software. You have no downloads at all and software upgrades are automatic since the actual software is hosted by buildium.com.

I actually think it is natural to use a web based system when dealing with property management since so much work is done on-location. You also don’t have to worry about backing up your data since Buildium maintains secure backups on a regular basis.