This Breeze release is focused on flexibility and convenience.
Using Yardi’s Walk-in Payment System (powered by PayNearMe), residents can now pay rent in cash at participating convenience stores. Payments are transferred to Breeze within a few days.
We have added a global search feature -- a Search box at the top right of the screen that is always available. The search spans all categories in Breeze: tenants, prospects, vendors, owners, and properties.
You can now set up calendar tasks that recur on a regular basis, for example, weekly or monthly. Previously you had to set up these tasks one by one.
With the new Post Transfer feature, you can now easily move funds from one G/L account to another for one or more properties. The system creates the journal entries for you. This feature is typically used to transfer retained earnings at the end of the year, but it can be used to transfer funds from any account to another.
We have added a rent control feature that allows you to enter state guidelines for rent increases and then calculate new rent amounts for your tenants. Fore more information, click here.If you know you are going to pay a vendor for a service, but aren't sure how much, you can now print a blank check -- a check with the vendor's name, but blank lines for the amount. For more information, click here.
On the Property screen, we added a tab with customizable labels, where you can track any extra information that you would like; for example, the number of fire extinguishers, or the maintenance budget. You can then run a report that shows this information across your portfolio. For more information, click here.
The Google address predictor is now an option -- you can enter an address manually or use the search. We made it an option because sometimes it's hard to find the correct address with the search; for example, addresses that include suite numbers or unit numbers can cause issues. For more information, click here.
Other new features and enhancements are listed by product area below.
Property
When you set up Rentable Item Types, you can now link them to a specific property. Also, you can now assign a rentable item to a tenant starting on a specific date (for example, in the middle of a month) instead of just on a monthly basis.
RentCafe
When you set up a property on RentCafe, you can now differentiate between community and apartment amenities.
Applicant Screening
When screening is enabled at the company level, there is now a Screening tab on every Property screen. You can complete the screening details here and turn on screening for the property without having to republish the property on RENTCafe.
You can also update screening details for multiple properties at once (Admin > Toolbox > Screening Bulk Update).
There is an option on the Company screen to allow screening without social security numbers. For example, an applicant is a foreign student who does not have an SSN, but you still want to screen him.
Prospects
The Prospect screen now includes a prospect ledger.
You can now create payables to prospects if you need to give them a refund.
When you cancel or deny a prospect, you can specify the reason for your action. The cancellation or denial (and the reason for it) is added to the prospect’s activity feed, along with the user who made the change.
Tenants
The Tenant screen now includes the Maintenance Request tab, where you can see a history of that tenant's requests.
The Tenant Ledger now shows payables and payments in addition to charges and receipts.Previously, when a tenant’s status was Notice or Past, you could change their status back to Current and the date/time of the change was not recorded. Now you cancel the Notice or Past status, changing the status back to Current. The cancellation (and the date and time) appears on the Tenant History tab.
We have added a "Text to Pay" feature.
Accounts Receivable
You can now print a bank deposit slip that includes the MICR.
Accounts Payable
You can now edit notes on paid payables. Changes are shown on the activity feed on the payable.
When you are voiding a check and you no longer want to pay the original invoice, there is now an option to close the invoice at the same time you void the check.
The Make Payments screen now shows the next check number for each bank.
You can now create a new payable by copying an existing one.
Reports
On the Owner screen, there is now a dropdown for the preferred way to receive the monthly report packet: regular mail, email, or on the portal. When you run the monthly reports for owners, you can filter by communication method.
Financial Reports:
We added a report for Balance Sheet Period Change.
In the filter for the General Ledger report, you can now enter specific dates instead of whole months.
On the Owner Statement, there is now an option to add a Prepared For/By section to the report.
Bank Reports:
We added the Bank Directory Report.
There are now two bank reconciliation reports: the Bank Reconciliation in Progress report, and the Bank Reconcile History Report. The latter shows posted bank reconciliations and includes items reconciled via the check book maintenance feature.
The Expense Distribution Report will now include journals if you select the Include JE check box on the filter.
On the AR Analytics screen, you can run the Receivable Summary by account.