Harbor Group Management Co. chose Intuit Real Estate Solutions’ (IRES) NetSource application hosting service as the company’s real estate technology solution in order to manage their diverse portfolio of residential and commercial properties.

Harbor Group Management Co. is a full-service diversified property management company managing shopping centers, office buildings, multi-family residential and industrial space throughout the southeastern United States. IRES is a leading provider of information systems to real estate management organizations worldwide.

IRES provides Harbor Group Management Co. with a full-featured real estate management suite via NetSource, IRES' application hosting service. NetSource provides secure real-time access over the Internet to Harbor Group’s data and applications, hosted on IRES' servers and managed by IRES' experts.

Bob Childers, President of Harbor Group Management Co., talks about the need to select a new solution: “We had been using the same DOS system for nine years. It was time to take advantage of more up-to-date technology.”

“The system we were using offered adequate residential management tools, but today Harbor Group Management Co. has developed a more diversified portfolio,” he says. “We manage 5500 residential units and approximately 1000 commercial leases, thus we need an integrated feature-rich system that can handle our full range of needs.

“We turned to IRES for their proven track record. IRES offered all of the functions we needed from a software solution along with the longest track record in the industry. Working with a proven leader was important to us,” says Childers.

After choosing IRES as a provider, Harbor Group had to look at how they wanted their software delivered. According to Childers, Harbor Group chose IRES' NetSource application hosting solution because of the ease and speed of getting up and running.

“We could transition quickly without the delay of waiting for hardware to be implemented and tested at our home office, or for our staff to gain the expertise they needed to manage the new system. “Cost was also a factor,” says Childers. “New hardware and staff demands can create upfront costs that are not required by NetSource. Instead, we were able to test the system and see if we liked it. “Finally, IRES' Internet-based application hosting solution is proven,” he says.

About Harbor Group Management Company

Harbor Group Management Company is a diversified property management company managing shopping centers, office buildings, multi-family residential and industrial space throughout the southeastern United States. The senior executives are seasoned veterans who have been in the property management business for many years with leading companies. Harbor Group Management Company is a full service management company, with services including property management, property leasing, maintenance, engineering, construction, real estate planning and development. For more information, please visit their website at www.harborgroupmanagement.com.