Smart building ecosystem (1/13): Managing property in the digital era
Property management is the daily oversight of residential, commercial, or industrial real estate contracted to a third-party company by the property developers or building owners. Generally, property managers take responsibility for day-to-day repairs and ongoing maintenance, security, and property upkeep.
Their primary roles are to manage routine tasks delegated to them by the owners and to preserve the value of the properties they manage while generating income.
Their scope of responsibilities generally involves the following:
Screening potential tenants
Drafting, signing, and renewing leases on behalf of property owners
Collecting rent
Maintaining properties, including landscaping
Arranging for necessary repairs to properties
Setting up and adhering to budgets for property maintenance
According to Mashvisor, a real estate investment analytics platform, listed the items for property management trends on technology in 2020. Among the list are tenant communication, energy conservation, security, social communities, fitness, online payment, keyless door entry, etc.
“The items look isolated. It makes property managers think they can add one by one. But if property managers have this kind of thinking, they’re on the wrong footing because, in the digital era, everything has to be interconnected, all equipment and all systems have to be interdependent, joint as an ecosystem,” said Teh Hon Seng, CEO of TimeTec Group.
He continued, “And, if we can achieve ‘Engagement’ instead of ‘Communication’, that’s an improvement, because communication is just shallow, like saying a ‘hi’ to someone, but engagement is a more in-depth conversation. We adapt to the new normal fast enough after the Covid-19 attack. But do we accept defeat for the adaptation or thrive in the new normal? For example, social distancing is a submission to the new norm. But if we can enhance engagement to even adhere to social distancing, that’s an improvement.”
“Property management systems are commonly scattered and isolated. Like parking, accounting, visitor management, facility booking, and access control, each activity is independent. Even if you add better technology, if there is no communication between systems, no data flow between activities, and no data analytic available, your understanding towards your tenants remains fragmental, it is hard for you to establish further engagement with them. When a property manager has no full picture of the building he manages, there is no service quality, and monetization is just out of reach.”
“Nowadays, short stay becoming another trend, tenant flow more rapidly, and it adds complexity to the property management.”
Hence, TimeTec Digital Building Ecosystem is the solution for modern property management. By covering all the essential functionalities in one TimeTec Tenant super App, plus the integration with other main modules like cloud property accounting system, TimeTec i-Account; cloud guard patrol system, TimeTec Patrol; cloud cashless and touchless parking system, TimeTec Parking, etc. TimeTec Digital Building Ecosystem brings the property management system to a new height.
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Contact Mr Mo Shuan Jin (017-3668891) or write to [email protected] for more information. We also welcome enquiries from new housing development projects. This is the first article of the TimeTec Digital Building Ecosystem series, stay tuned on Malaysiakini for the 2/13 series, next Wednesday.
About TimeTec
TimeTec Group was established in 2000. With its strong in-house R&D for software and hardware development, the Group has filed more than 20 patents in US and Malaysia; and developed the state-of-the-art HRTech solutions for workforce management and PropTech solutions for smart residential, digital building, smart home/office, smart parking, and smart township, unleashing the power of biometrics, cloud & edge computing, IoT and AI technologies to build its unique cloud ecosystem. All these solutions connect and change the landscape of work life and home life in a larger digital perspective via its consolidated super app.
The marketing efforts of TimeTec Group have successfully bred three homegrown but globally recognized IT brands, FingerTec, TimeTec and iNeighbour. Through a vast network, TimeTec Group distributes its biometric hardware products and 18 cloud applications, including IoT devices, to more than 150 countries worldwide. For more information, visit our company website: www.timeteccloud.com.
Various renowned clients have subscribed to multiple TimeTec cloud solutions, including IOI Properties, Putrajaya Holdings, Ibraco, Binastra, Thriven, Hock Seng Lee, QSR Brands, Central Sugars Refinery CSR, Sunway Constructions, Mamee, Yakult, Nano Malaysia Berhad, Kossan, Zalora, Focus Point, Yee Lee Group and many more. The versatility and feasibility of TimeTec products also attract various international customers from all over the world, including Hong Kong, US, UK, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Australia, Qatar, South Africa etc.
This content is provided by TimeTec Cloud Sdn Bhd.
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