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Automation Proposal

Property operations,
run by software.

Prepared for OptimumProp — ~1,500+ units · Rent Manager (power user; integrations in use: Findigs, Butterfly MX, FCO, Avid, Zego, Savant, Blue Moon).

Fixed price per build Satisfaction guarantee Valid 30 days from issue

Prepared by David Laskin · PM Automations.ai · david@hyprassistants.com

The cost of doing nothing
The maintenance system you asked us to cost — and what it's costing you not to have it

You asked for the whole maintenance picture: work orders and inventory. So that's the recommended first phase below.

Start with inventory, which Fred called the highest priority — and which has no tracking at all today. At your own benchmark of roughly $800 per unit per year across 1,500+ units, that's on the order of $1.2 million a year in repairs-and-maintenance spend flowing with no system behind it: no view of what comes in, what goes out, what it was used for, or which portfolio is over budget. Recovering even a few points of that through accountability is tens of thousands of dollars a year, every year — and the data then lets you negotiate with vendors from fact instead of guesswork.

The second cost is time: two maintenance directors and the office team manually re-keying, re-categorizing, assigning, and closing every work order across ~1,600 apartments — work a tuned intake-and-scheduling system absorbs, while keeping the priority and routing calls reviewable by a human.

There's no off-the-shelf platform that does this your way and nothing you don't want; the point tools each cover a slice and are built for the whole industry, not for how you run portfolios. Because AI-assisted development has collapsed custom build time from years to weeks, a system built around your workflows — and owned by you — costs a small fraction of a single year's untracked R&M spend. Everything lives inside Rent Manager, your system of record, with humans kept in the loop wherever the stakes are high.

The maintenance system (inventory + work-order intake/scheduling) is priced as Phase 1. Violations, utility-trend flagging, license/compliance, recurring reports, and the eviction final-step hand-off are scoped alongside it as the roadmap; leasing is parked at your request until your new leasing platform is in play.

Each build in this proposal is self-contained — start with one, add others later, or take the set. Every price is fixed; overruns are on the vendor.

What's breaking today

The daily grind, named.

Inventory & purchasing accountability is the #1 priority — Fred: 'there is no tracking right now, we want to build a tracking system.' No view of what comes in, what goes out, what it was used for, or whether a portfolio is over budget.

Material is bought in bulk in advance (HD Supply, Chadwell) into per-portfolio depots — with one shared Jersey City depot used by several portfolios — and pulled by supers for jobs, but pulls are logged only on pen-and-paper and never tied to a unit or work order, so cost can't be allocated. Only maintenance directors carry cards; supers pull from the depot.

Accountability is wanted top-down at the maintenance-director / portfolio level, NOT per-super micromanagement: meter each portfolio's R&M spend against a ~$800/unit/year benchmark ($800 × units ÷ 12 monthly), and fire an over-budget alarm that forces an extra approval.

Maintenance work-order intake is manual: tenants submit (Savant email / portal / phone), then office staff re-categorize, re-prioritize, assign, open and close every ticket. Two maintenance directors each oversee ~800 apartments. Tickets also get mis-routed (a 4th-floor 'leak' marked Emergency is really a roof job for the director/roofer, not the building super), and tenants aren't kept updated.

Violations arrive by mail and get hand-keyed into RM as work orders — pure admin time inside customer-service headcount.

Utilities (older NJ buildings, one water/gas bill per building) need a trends dashboard that flags bills up/down beyond seasonal norms instead of catching it on the T12.

Licenses/permits (BBPR/DBPR, etc.) are tracked manually; a lapse means ~6 months to reinstate.

Recurring reports (pest-control analytics, others) are assembled by hand; eviction hand-off to the lawyer is the one un-automated step; leasing tour scheduling + prospect pre-screen still manual.

Hard requirement: everything must live INSIDE Rent Manager — Fred won't adopt standalone third-party portals his team has to babysit.

What we'd build · 1/2

The builds, at a glance.

BuildFixed price
Inventory & Purchasing Accountability Phase 1 — start hereZero spend tracking today — Fred's #1 priority: no view of what comes in, what goes out, what it was used for, or which portfolio is over budget.$6,700
Maintenance Work-Order Automation (intake → priority → RM) Phase 1 — start hereOffice staff manually re-keying, re-categorizing, re-prioritizing, assigning, opening and closing every inbound ticket across ~1,600 apartments under two maintenance directors.$4,600
↳ Recommended Phase 1 — Inventory & Purchasing Accountability + Maintenance Work-Order Automation (intake → priority → RM)$11,300
Utility Trend Dashboard + Anomaly FlaggingManually scanning ~150 utility bills, or only catching a spike when the T12 already shows the damage.$3,200
License & Permit Renewal TrackerA lapsed license that takes ~6 months to reinstate because no one was watching the date.$2,100
Violation → Work-Order AutomationSomeone opening each mailed violation and hand-building the work order.$3,500
Eviction Hand-off Step (lawyer routing)The one un-automated step in an otherwise automated delinquency process: manually assembling and sending the file to counsel.$2,300
What we'd build · 2/2

The builds, continued.

BuildFixed price
Recurring Reports Automation (pest-control + more)Hand-assembling recurring reports and doing the analysis manually (currently in 'claw').$3,400
Resident Engagement & Reputation WorkflowPaying outside vendors to generate good reviews and suppress bad ones, with no early-warning on unhappy residents.$2,700

Fixed-price builds at AI-assisted speed — one price per build (the upper bound), and the signed price is final. The next slides walk each build; pricing options follow.

Build 1 of 8 · Phase 1

Inventory & Purchasing Accountability

A single source of truth for maintenance spend, inside Rent Manager. We model each depot's stock — including the shared Jersey City depot — capture restock orders, and give supers a fast, bilingual way to log every pull (item, quantity, work order, unit) so cost lands on the right unit and portfolio. Each portfolio's repairs-and-maintenance spend is metered against your ~$800/unit/year benchmark; the moment a portfolio runs over its monthly allocation, it raises an alarm and routes to an additional approval. Accountability sits where you want it — at the maintenance-director and portfolio level, not micromanaging individual supers — so you finally know what's coming in, what's going out, what it was used for, and where you're over.

The headache it kills: Zero spend tracking today — Fred's #1 priority: no view of what comes in, what goes out, what it was used for, or which portfolio is over budget.

$6,700

One fixed price — overruns are on the vendor.

Build (MVP)17h
Testing & edge-cases21h
Build 2 of 8 · Phase 1

Maintenance Work-Order Automation (intake → priority → RM)

A resident ticket — from Savant email, the portal, or phone — becomes a Rent Manager work order automatically: priority set (and the over-flagged 'emergencies' that aren't, downgraded, with your office able to re-flag), routed to the right person — a building super for an in-unit fix, a maintenance director for a roof job — booked on the calendar, and the tenant kept updated. Nothing re-typed by hand; your team manages the work, not the data entry.

The headache it kills: Office staff manually re-keying, re-categorizing, re-prioritizing, assigning, opening and closing every inbound ticket across ~1,600 apartments under two maintenance directors.

$4,600

One fixed price — overruns are on the vendor.

Build (MVP)12h
Testing & edge-cases14h
Build 3 of 8

Utility Trend Dashboard + Anomaly Flagging

One dashboard for the whole portfolio's utility bills, with per-building trends and automatic flags on anything moving beyond its seasonal norm. The three expensive bills this month surface the moment they post — not when the T12 finally shows the damage.

The headache it kills: Manually scanning ~150 utility bills, or only catching a spike when the T12 already shows the damage.

$3,200

One fixed price — overruns are on the vendor.

Build (MVP)8h
Testing & edge-cases10h
Build 4 of 8

License & Permit Renewal Tracker

Every license and permit tracked with its expiration, renewal lead-time, and contact — with reminders and an escalation before anything lapses, so you never lose six months reinstating a permit no one was watching.

The headache it kills: A lapsed license that takes ~6 months to reinstate because no one was watching the date.

$2,100

One fixed price — overruns are on the vendor.

Build (MVP)5h
Testing & edge-cases7h
Build 5 of 8

Violation → Work-Order Automation

A mailed violation is read automatically, turned into a Rent Manager work order with the required remedy, assigned to the super, and tracked against the 30-day cure window through close-out with the inspector — removing the hand-keying entirely while keeping a person on the final close.

The headache it kills: Someone opening each mailed violation and hand-building the work order.

$3,500

One fixed price — overruns are on the vendor.

Build (MVP)9h
Testing & edge-cases11h
Build 6 of 8

Eviction Hand-off Step (lawyer routing)

When a case crosses your thresholds, the ledger and lease are packaged and routed to the lawyer assigned to that property — with one human approval before anything legal goes out. It closes the last manual gap in your already-automated delinquency process.

The headache it kills: The one un-automated step in an otherwise automated delinquency process: manually assembling and sending the file to counsel.

$2,300

One fixed price — overruns are on the vendor.

Build (MVP)6h
Testing & edge-cases7h
Build 7 of 8

Recurring Reports Automation (pest-control + more)

The recurring reports you build by hand — starting with pest-control patterns per building and quarter — are pulled from Rent Manager and your vendor portals on a schedule and delivered ready to read, so you can see the real driver behind repeat issues without assembling it yourself.

The headache it kills: Hand-assembling recurring reports and doing the analysis manually (currently in 'claw').

$3,400

One fixed price — overruns are on the vendor.

Build (MVP)9h
Testing & edge-cases10h
Build 8 of 8

Resident Engagement & Reputation Workflow

Newsletter and calendar alerts go out to residents from Rent Manager, and 15 days after move-in a satisfaction survey routes five-star responses to a public Google review and anything lower to internal follow-up — replacing the outside vendors you pay to manufacture and scrub reviews.

The headache it kills: Paying outside vendors to generate good reviews and suppress bad ones, with no early-warning on unhappy residents.

$2,700

One fixed price — overruns are on the vendor.

Build (MVP)7h
Testing & edge-cases8h
See it working

A working preview,
built for OptimumProp.

An interactive preview of the platform this proposal describes — the modules below, populated with sample data, clickable end to end.

MaintenanceInventory & POsUtility TrendsViolations & LicensesEviction Hand-offLeasing (future phase)
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demo.optimumprop.pmautomations.ai · sample data, illustrative
Pricing — two ways to pay

Own it, or subscribe.

Everything is billed at the standard rate of $175/hour, as a fixed price per build. If a build runs over the estimate, that is on the vendor — the signed price is final.

Option A — Own it outright

$28,500

One-time, owned in perpetuity. Split 50% on signing, 50% on delivery. Includes 60 days of post-delivery troubleshooting.

Option B — Managed subscription

$9,263 setup + $1,544/mo

Lower cash up front — 25% setup on signing, then a flat ongoing monthly subscription with hosting, monitoring, and support always included. Cancel anytime.

Per-build breakdown · 1/2
BuildOwn it outrightSubscription (setup + /mo)
Inventory & Purchasing Accountability$6,700$2,178 + $363/mo
Maintenance Work-Order Automation (intake → priority → RM)$4,600$1,495 + $249/mo
Utility Trend Dashboard + Anomaly Flagging$3,200$1,040 + $173/mo
License & Permit Renewal Tracker$2,100$682 + $114/mo
Violation → Work-Order Automation$3,500$1,138 + $190/mo
Eviction Hand-off Step (lawyer routing)$2,300$747 + $125/mo
Recurring Reports Automation (pest-control + more)$3,400$1,105 + $184/mo
Per-build breakdown · 2/2
BuildOwn it outrightSubscription (setup + /mo)
Resident Engagement & Reputation Workflow$2,700$878 + $146/mo

Subscription: the build price carries a 30% service charge covering hosting, monitoring, and support — billed as 25% setup on signing plus a flat ongoing monthly. Bug fixes, troubleshooting, and a small monthly allowance of tweaks are always included. No fixed term; cancel anytime.

Pass-through costs

Third-party costs, at cost.

These third-party service costs are billed exactly at the provider's charge — no markup. Items marked volume-dependent scale with usage.

ItemEst. monthlyVolume-dependent
AI / OCR credits (violations, receipts, reports)$60–$180/moYes
Data collection / portal access (utility, vendor feeds)$25–$90/moYes
Hosting + storage$25–$75/moNo
Terms

Simple terms, on paper.

  • 100% satisfaction guarantee. Each build is a fixed price. If the work goes over the estimate, that is on the vendor — payment is due only on satisfaction with the delivered product.
  • Research carve-out (Phase 0). Any upfront feasibility research — system access, API tiers, integration reachability — is a non-refundable Phase 0. It is the work that lets the rest be quoted firmly, so it stands on its own whether or not a build proceeds.
  • Timely input. Builds run at AI-assisted speed once requirements are signed off. Delivery dates assume timely access and answers; gaps in access pause the clock on the affected build only.
  • Re-engagement. A build paused on the client side and later resumed picks back up at the same rate — no penalty, simply re-slotted into the schedule.
Next steps

Three steps to kickoff.

  1. Pick the builds. The acceptance page sent alongside this proposal lists every build with its price — tick the ones to proceed with and choose a payment option.
  2. Sign and return the acceptance page to david@hyprassistants.com.
  3. Kickoff. A short working session covers access and configuration — most questions are answered together there, nothing is needed up front.
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David Laskin · PM Automations.ai · david@hyprassistants.com · proposal valid 30 days from issue

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