App Idea and Proposal

Features

Overview:

Create convenience/communication features for tenants and landlords/property managers via mobile app

Target: 

Apartment Rental buildings, Real Estate Management Companies. There are currently similar software but for larger/more sophisticated buildings. I am talking about smaller scale here.

Use Cases:

• Report Maintenance Issues
• Make Complaints/Safety Reminders
• Bill Pay and Rent Reminder
• Contracts, Lease Renewal, Lease Terms and Length
• Package Notifications
• Utilities
• Emergency Info.
• Bulletin Board

Revenue:

• Offer a premium subscription with a free app. Advertisement could come from local businesses.

Business Strategy:

• Create a free app- requires a login (username and password) to activate and use the app
• The login can be created on the website, link to setup the account will be at the bottom of the launch page. 
• Sign up will ask tenant or landlord 
• Landlords must pay a monthly subscription fee to use the service 
• App will generate a code to link the tenant and the landlord 
• Tenant will receive the access to this app for free 
• Landlord will pay a monthly service subscription for the service
• Monthly cost (example $34.99/ month) 
• Pro (property managers 15 or more properties) subscription (example example $75.99/month) 

Marketing strategy:

• Propose the use of the app to multiple well known property managers in the area. 
• Use social media and digital marketing to reach the wide masses of landlords and tenants. 
• Display the need for the product and service to landlords and tenants. 

Agenda

February 1, 2017

• Business and marketing strategy must be made 

February 5, 2017

• Must have an app with a login and register page

February 15, 2017

• Must have the app connect to the database

February 25, 2017

• Must have a website with 
• overview of the product 
• bios
•  login capabilities. 
• a prototype of the app that can connect both ways (landlord or tenants

March 15, 2017 -

• The Bulletin board must be added into the app 
• Should be able to create alerts that can be pushed onto the phones 

April 5, 2017 

• There should be reminders that can be made

Framework

1. Databases to use with swift:

• SQLite
• MySQL
• MongoDB

Server arch

• https://stormpath.com/blog/swift-on-the-server-today >4 most popular server side framework
• http://perfect.org/about.html >REST service
• Exis.io >goes on top of server as a framework
• Node.js 

UI

• https://designcode.io/swift-design
• https://developer.apple.com/xcode/
• https://www.sketchapp.com/