Today a vacant unit usually means: post somewhere, collect applications in email, screen in another tab, send a lease from a third tool, then stand up rent collection and a portal the tenant will hate.
On EchoPM the PM publishes once. Renters search and apply for free. The same record carries through screening, signing, move-in, rent, and maintenance.
If you self-manage (or you ve watched a PM do this): which step actually kills the week getting applications, deciding, getting the lease signed, or collecting month one?
Hey I m Walker, founder of EchoPM. We re launching on Product Hunt tomorrow.
I got tired of independent property managers paying enterprise prices to stitch together listing, apply, e-sign, rent, and a tenant portal while renters get application fees and five logins.
EchoPM is one platform for the full lease lifecycle. PMs publish units. Renters search and apply for free. Then the same record carries through screening, signing, move-in, rent, and maintenance. Per live unit, from $4.25. Tenant portal has no extra fee.
I ll be in this thread through launch. Ask about the product, the two-sided renter/manager split, pricing, or why we didn t lead with AI.
Independent PMs keep telling us the same thing: they don t want another 14-module suite. They want the one workflow that currently lives in a spreadsheet, a Facebook group, or a $12k/year tool they only use for that one job.
EchoPM already covers the lease lifecycle on one record apply, screen, sign, move-in, rent, maintenance. Draft units are free; you pay per live unit.
If you self-manage or run a small shop: which of these would actually change your week?
Owner statements / payouts that don t take a Sunday
Deeper accounting mapping (QuickBooks / Xero)
Listing export / syndication
Smarter screening recommendations (manager still decides)
Most PM software prices like enterprise: seats, minimums, setup fees, then a tenant portal add-on.
EchoPM is the opposite:
Platform fee only for live units (published, or with a pending/active lease)
Drafts and setup are free
Starts at $4.25 / unit / month, cheaper as you scale
30-day free trial, no setup fee
Tenants use the portal at no extra charge no tenant portal fee
Screening is a separate Checkr-aligned order the PM pays for. Rent collection is online in the same portal (including roommate split and PayLinks so a parent can pay a specific invoice).
Built for independent landlords and small PM shops tens to a few hundred doors who are stitching together a listing site, an apply form, e-sign, rent, and a tenant portal.
It is not:
A drop-in for a large AppFolio / Buildium shop that needs every accounting edge case on day one
A promise that we syndicate to every major listing site (export kit is live; deeper syndication is not GA)
AI that declines tenants. Ava helps with ops. Screening recommendations are manager-decided.
Hard tradeoff we made on purpose: one product for renters and managers, instead of a prettier PM dashboard bolted onto someone else s apply flow.
EchoPM is the long-term rental operating system for independent property managers. Publish units once: renters search and apply for free, then sign, pay rent, and request maintenance in the same portal your team runs. End-to-end leasing on one record — apply, screen, sign, move-in, rent. Roommate splits and parent PayLinks included. No tenant portal fee. Pay per live unit (published or under lease); drafts are free. From $4.25/unit/month, cheaper as you scale. 30-day free trial, no setup fees.
