Stessa Reviews

Ease of use: It works the way it should.
Automation: Once set up, the transactions of the download from owner each owner portal (when you own several properties), and bank accounts. User experience is similar to mint.com.
Visibility: it creates a consolidated dashboard for the portfolio, and derivative clean graphs, giving perspective and showing trends.
Amazing Customer support: hats-off to the reps, who have answered 10+ "hard questions". I only ask "hard questions" since the FAQ is also excellent.
- Insightful newsletter.

No Cons per se. Just two humble recommendations.
Users of Stessa would benefit tremendously if it:
- it offered a function for marketing the property (i.e. find tenants or buyers). Stessa being a repository of information (location, yr built, sq footage, pictures), a few clicks should allow spreading​ the good news throughout the specialized sites (Craigslist Zillow, Trulia, Redfin, local websites...)
- kept historical records of the tenant roll. Currently, it only offers a picture at the present time.

Data tracking, ability to compare statistics and metrics

I initially liked the app, but now the company has gone completely unresponsive- my money is locked in n account which they deleted. I received emails with links to add information, then links said information was already received. I cannot even get a person to call me after weeks of effort via email and online submission. It’s as if my money is held hostage. I spent so much time setting this up, and they have proven to care nothing about me as a customer and now I’ve wasted countless hours. Steer clear of this app, as I now will.

I love the ease of use and ability to connect to my business checking account as well as my business credit card.

Inability to do split transactions and didn’t know how to pull reports until recently.

This site has really helped me manage my rental properties much more easily and efficiently.... all of my accounting and info about interest rates/insurance/etc are all easily accessible in one spot. And their reports make it all easy to quickly review. Also great for doing my taxes.

Doesn't yet integrate with enough small banks, so I have to manually upload my transactions ever month via Excel.

I use it primarily to track income and expenses for rentals and so far it's been a very useful tool. It's user-friendly and allows me to easily categorize expenses. I actually really appreciate the simplicity of the app, sometimes using apps with robust features makes everyday use overwhelming. And obviously this app makes tax season easier.

Sometimes I feel like the preset categories for expenses are not as comprehensive as I need them to be.

Stessa software is the easiest program to manage my rental properties I love that once I set up a property profile and connect my bank account that manages that specific property, Stessa automatically uploads my transactions and sends me a notice to review transactions. Then monthly I get an update about whether I had positive cash flow. I love this program and can easily move between seeing all of my properties collectively or individually if I need to drill down even deeper. This program is a no brainer for anyone owning or managing multiple properties.

This was a little confusing setting up the initial property details, but once I got used to where things were in the program and how to add the information it was alot more friendly for me.

- Ease of use for product
- Visualization of overall portfolio
- Reports especially schedule of RE

- no integration with Buildium
- no double entry accounting system

Easily track and update my rental portfolio. They help me track expenses and made tax time a breeze

New product that is still missing some features. Have to jump through some hoops to account for sold properties.

The dashboard allows me to quickly see my equity, cashflow, vacancy, debt, expenses etc for all my portfolios. Great software! I also am excited to have my accounting integrated all in one place.

Things that I know the Stessa developers are working on: Android App, Email Receipt functionality and other features. I think this product will just get better and better!

Ease of use. And great for tracking expenses.

Would like to be able to download more credit cards.

I used to love Stessa.. And the new Pro features would be great - if they didn't charge $20 per month and downgrade the features of the Free tier...Extremely disappointed in Stessa whom I've been with for years. Will be switching as soon as I decide who the best free option is

Horrible value at the new Pro Tier.. And the Free features have been stripped to basically not helpful. Very disappointed

Very useful software specifically developed for real estate managers, makes accounting smooth and efficient by pulling bank transactions and creating ongoing graphs and reports

For my specific situation, there’s an issue with repeatedly having to refresh the bank connection but that’s because my bank is not as sophisticated as other mainstream banks that are better supported by the protocol that imports the transactions

Easy to set up, easy to use. Went from using spreadsheets to using Stessa and made a huge difference in productivity and accuracy. Loving it!

I just wish there was a way to add/modify categories.

This is a incredibly easy to use software to manage your property rentals. The expense categories break down into subcategories so you know exactly where your money is going and why. Everything you need to know or keep track of is at your fingertips in a simple, yet effective format.

Thus far, I have no cons. Everything about this software has exceeded expectation.

Quick and ease setup.

Interface is designed for property managers - provides accounting and bookkeeping using the terms familiar to property managers and owners.

Easy to track the expenses and capture everything for expense allocation and audits.

A few additional features requested:
- historical view of the property instead of just point in time - enable leveraging for audits if needed
- enable capturing receipt before the transaction comes through the CC to Stessa - store the image until matching available
- integration w/ OWA from RentManager

I like how Stessa connects to my property management company, and to my banks. It's great to see my portfolio snapshot. The tax package is also very useful and saves me a lot of time during the tax return prep.

Nothing really I dislike. But it would be useful to have a functionality that allows to split the multi-family units into their own units for reporting purposes. Admitted, it's my fault to have started with one property for a multi-unit one.

I love the import feature. Great for tracking and maintaining a balance of accounts and ability to separate and class properties.

There really isn't anything I don't like. Maybe if I could create folders without adding a property.

It's pretty simple to use. If you can't see what to do, there isn't much to search around for to figure it out.

The upload CSV feature doesn't make any sense. It needs more columns, that way I don't have to go and massage every upload to get the item into its proper subcategory.

Interestingly though when you download the CSV, all the columns are there.

This software is easy to use and comprehensively tracks everything related to our rental properties. I especially love that each property is tracked separately and together in various reports.

It would be nice if a Rent Roll report was available, by property and by portfolio.

The software allows me to easily manage my multi-family rentals. Transactions can be automated and or easily entered manually.

I do not have any cons at the moment with this software.

The easy of easy and the tax packages is increible

Sometime i need to check the same expenses several time before came on automatic

The value you get out of the free version is immense. I have eliminated 4 or 5 spreadsheets with stessa. Would recommend 10/10

They are still working through some features that currently need a work around