Intuit Real Estate Solutions' (IRES) strength and stability, outstanding support and committed staff are among the top reasons why Ferland Property Management is pleased to be a client of IRES. Ferland uses the MRI Residential product to provide high quality professional management services to 4,000 conventional and low income/subsidized housing units throughout Rhode Island.

“We wanted to upgrade to a Windows environment and evolve our systems using the latest technology,” says Paul Plunkett, MIS Director for Ferland Property Management. “Our Skyline system was not giving us what we wanted. We checked out IRES and Yardi, and IRES knew their product much better. Their presentation showed us that they understood our business needs and how MRI Residential could provide the cost-effective, real-world solutions tools we required.

“We’re certainly glad we talked to IRES,” he says.

“We had met with IRES four years prior. The people we talked to then were still with IRES four years later. They’d moved up the ladder, but they were still with IRES. That says a lot,” says Plunkett. “It says the IRES team is committed to its product, people and vision. We can have confidence in the strength of the company and the commitment of its people. We can rely on IRES to be there for us 100%.”

IRES' people still make the difference to Ferland.

“The support we receive is outstanding,” says Plunkett. “We always get the help we need. It’s all about service for us, and in that regard IRES really impresses us.”

Today, Ferland is looking forward to enjoying the advantages of a comprehensive system with integrated tools for conventional residential management and affordable housing. Sixty percent of Ferland’s holdings are low income/subsidized units, thus an integrated system can provide true business advantages.

“Right now all of our HUD units are handling processing and management locally on their own,” he explains. “With Affordable Housing from IRES, we’ll have one complete integrated system. Data for each tenant will only be entered one time. Eliminating redundant data entry will prove a valuable time savings and will ensure greater accuracy as well.”

About Ferland Property Management

Ferland Property Management has been providing Rhode Island with quality Apartment living and Professional Management Services for over 30 years. Ferland Property Management strives to provide customers with effective, innovative service as Rhode Island’s #1 Property Management Firm. Ferland Property Management is an Accredited Management Organization (AMO). Extensive experience and superior staff allow Ferland to provide unparalleled service and results. For more information about the company, please visit their website at www.ferlandmgt.com.