# Page 2 | Stessa Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is Stessa the right Real Estate Property Management solution for you? Explore 103 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/181042/Stessa/reviews --- Stessa 4.5 (103) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/181042/Stessa/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of Stessa ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 103 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use PC Pedro C. Treasurer Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Stessa; A must-have app! " September 2, 2024 5.0 We love Stessa. When we started we relied on multiple and confusion Spreadsheets. Stessa has simplified our lives and freed us up to focus on scaling our business. Don’t miss the endless hours working on spreadsheets. Pros The ease and comprehensive system to track transactions and the pain-free preparation for each year’s taxes. Cons Still adjusting to duplication of entries. Review Source MC Mario C. President Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Stessa is just fantastic" September 20, 2024 5.0 Our experience has been fantastic and we have the premium account so we can generate the data for our accountant Pros It is just the best Real Estate Management Program out there Cons No Cons for us The program does everything we need Review Source SS Scott S. Managing Member Real Estate Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great Product we highly recommend. " June 17, 2024 5.0 We are every satisfied and use of the product everyday Pros The ability to manage our entire portfolio, primarily on our mobile devices. Cons Some minor upgrades would be helpful, like renaming of expense categories. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great for rental real estate bookkeeping!" March 4, 2024 5.0 Pros I love using Stessa for bookkeeping for my rental properties! It's a great alternative to QuickBooks specifically when it comes to real estate. It's very user friendly and has most of the features I'm looking for. I highly recommend it to other real estate investors to keep track of income and expenses! Cons I wish Stessa had more customization, specifically the ability to add your own transaction categories in addition to the default ones provided. Customer service could also be more helpful and knowledgeable about the product and with resolving bugs. Alternatives considered [QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/) Review Source MA Marty A. Managing Partner Real Estate Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Ok for main stream, struggles to adapt" November 11, 2022 3.0 It's ok. we wouldn't pay for it, not remotely. But it seems like they're trying to grow their business by solving the big problems only and ignoring the "small" ones. We will keep with them at least until the end of the year for ease of tax reporting, but will seriously look at other options as December rolls around. Pros Look, it's free, we get that. And it has added value to our business. But their inability to resolve a seemingly simple issue after 5 months is inexcusable. Cons For a software company, they are surprisingly not agile. Two examples:- For every nearly transaction that comes through, we have to attribute it to the property/tenant in spite of the amounts and ledgers being exactly the same every month. It appears the only AI they use is a checkbox that ties a bank account to a property. That's great for loans, but it should be able to handle rents too. - We can go on mint.com and enter all the log in credentials and that gives us every balance of every card. Stessa has continuously struggled with adding some credit cards attached to one of my banks. We have reached out to them for the better part of a year off and on and they seem perplexed and unable to wrap their heads around it. Now, after 5 months of us staying on them about it, they've ghosted us, or given us the "yeah we're working on it." If it's that hard to do, how can another company just do it with ease? Switched from [QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/) Quickbooks wasn't great and was charging us without the customization we wanted. However, it's starting to look more attractive as Stessa struggles to solve basic problems. Review Source MH Morgan H. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The links NEVER work" June 29, 2023 3.0 Worst Experience ever. Pros It was great at first until their customer service is the absolute worst and my link has not worked for 5 months and they just keep telling me sorry. They even told me if it does somehow work again, I will have to manually enter in EVEYTHING! It has been a nightmare. Cons Their customer service. Every time I received a response, it was very general and never helpful. Review Source JS Josh S. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great Mobile Management for all Real Estate" August 3, 2021 5.0 It’s the first platform I’ve used that I have been able to use as a one stop shop for everything for our portfolio. We can manage our vacancies and tenancies, as well as our finances. It’s been great. Thanks \[SENSITIVE CONTENT\] and the Stessa team! Pros This app is amazing. It’s the first platform that has allowed me to manage our entire portfolio directly from my phone if I want to. I can track all expenses and directly import from the bank, and assign to each property and even a specific unit. Cons I wish the transaction importing would occur in real time directly, versus having to log in and refresh the transactions. Review Source Eric Z. Property Manager Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Stessa is a game changer for the independent rental owner." January 14, 2021 5.0 Pros Stessa offers the most intuitive, purpose-built rental property financial software that I’ve come across. Far too many colleagues of mine are still either using overly complicated general accounting software, or worse, tracking everything manually in Excel. Stessa not only allows me to automate the majority of my bookkeeping, but the real time reporting functionality allows me to monitor the performance of my assets and catch anamolys much quicker. While other property management software may offer expense tracking or basic accounting features, Stessa’s exclusive focus on the financial aspect of rental property ownership allows them to offer a far more robust feature set and innovate at a faster clip. Cons As a single-entry accounting system, it comes with all the drawbacks associated with that method of accounting (no cross-checking, greater potential for error, no tracking of real accounts, etc.). This was an intentional design decision, however, as this software is geared to be more user friendly for the average rental owner. While it lacks the sophistication of a double-entry system, Stessa has come up with innovative ways to simulate certain aspects of a double-entry system through features like a derived Balance Sheet report using user provided asset values and debt information. Review Source NH Nicholas H. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I wanted to love Stessa, unfortunately the features fall short" December 21, 2023 3.0 The major issue I have with Stessa is when Stessa downloads your transactions from the bank it will remove some automatically. Customer service said it was just removing duplicates. Anyone that is in property management or owns and operates rental housing knows many transactions are going to be the exact same. Rent doesn't change by month, and many bills are the exact amount each month, like mortgage payments. Stessa would regularly remove 10-20% of the transactions, and the even worst part is it wouldn't say it did. They just wouldn't show up. I only noticed it as the reports looked WAY off. To get correct reports through Stessa I would have to download the CSV file and compare it to my bank CSV file. Then I would have to enter the transactions manually. It isn't worth it. At the VERY LEAST we should have the option to turn off "removing duplicate transactions". I've mentioned this to customer service more times than I can count and they never do anything. Pros The design of the site was very intuitive. Useful and pretty reports. Cons Pretty reports are useless as there is a serious bug in Stessa software, specifically how it processes transactions downloaded from your bank. I noticed it when I first signed up to this site several years ago and have messaged customer service numerous times. Occasionally it gets fixed but then goes right back to being broken again. I'll describe the specific issue below. Review Source VA Vickie A. Owner Hospitality Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Stessa Changed My Life!" October 17, 2023 5.0 Allows me to spend far less time managing the accounting aspects of my business. I am a small business owner with a full life and Stessa has allowed me to have a more enjoyable work/life balance. Pros Stessa is an easy to use, online real estate management software that is reliable, easy to learn, easy to use and almost fun. It had changed the way I look at accounting (a pain in the past), and I almost look forward to opening Stessa! Cons I wish I could force the software to "name" certain vendors the way I like when their info is automatically imported. It's a bit of a pain to have to go in and constantly update them from their "DBA" name to the name that I recognize in my daily business. Not a deal breaker, just a suggestion! Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "New Free Tier is Insulting and A Joke... Horrible Decision" February 6, 2023 5.0 Pros 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 Cons Horrible value at the new Pro Tier.. And the Free features have been stripped to basically not helpful. Very disappointed Reason for choosing Stessa It used to be free.. I will be switching to Baselane now Review Source KD Karl D. Real estate investor Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best software for the price of FREE" November 5, 2022 5.0 Pros This is just a really well thought out application that allows you to track every and all expenses for the property. It can assign tags to all expenses to track them for each unit. Cons I really wish they would offer lease management in a way where you can create and edit the leases on the app and tenants can esign the leases. Alternatives considered [Buildium](https://www.capterra.com/p/47428/Buildium-Property-Management-Software/) Reason for choosing Stessa Cost Review Source TB Tony B. Managing Director Investment Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Ease of Use" July 16, 2022 5.0 Able to pull reports quickly and professionally. Pros The ability to track every important metric used by investors in real estate. Cons I wish the system would track owner financing deals Switched from [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) I used both as a backup but the ease of use was the primary reason for switching. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CEO Real Estate Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Stessa Support is non-existent" January 26, 2024 4.0 terrible.. I want my money back but no one will respond since day 1 Pros ease of use, ease of setup Cons support Switched from [QuickBooks Desktop](https://www.capterra.com/p/212058/QuickBooks-Desktop-Pro/) QB broke after an upgrade and Intuit will not fix it... Review Source BD Benjamin D. HMFIC Real Estate Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great Product " October 16, 2019 4.0 I purchased a group of 8 properties as my first investment deal. One loan, one insurance bill, multiple taxes in escrow complicated the property setup and accounting. This was easy to address with the software and when I asked for help on the "help me" message board, I got a complete, useful answer the next day. A few more questions and support called me "to chat" and were happy to do a WebEx type session to see what I was doing and offered tools and techniques that were very helpful. It was not long that I was doing all of the imports, and reporting on my own and felt confident that I was doing it right (or at least not wrong). Pros There is nothing to install as it is in the cloud. Setup the first few properties was a easy and quick. Back filling data was relatively easy and they could pull data from my bank even with two factor authentication, and could get the data from my property managers software which is little more than a zip file with receipts and PDF owner report. Cons I found that I have some duplicate items from different data sources that I set aside in a "For Audit" bucket (like a company entity). So while this gets ignored by the real company buckets it is included in the 'all companies reports". Reason for choosing Stessa It was easy to add data and update. Mistakes were easy to 'correct' and I had confidence that I could recover from doing something stupid reasonably easily. I got from data entry to actionable intelligence in two sessions. (total of about 6 hours). I had sketched out the 'perfect software' and all of the key features were included 'right out of the box', or cloud as it were. Review Source NK Nick K. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Fantastic Software" May 22, 2021 5.0 I think this is the best thing out there. Everything about Stessa is top notch from the product itself to the customer service. Pros Its easy to use, their is no guess work. I like the banking integration, tenant ledgers, general ledger, balance sheet, income statement, cash flow and every other report you could need. The best part for me is the year end package it generates for my tax guy. Cons I'd like to see the ability to update the RE Tax PIN number. Although customer service is excellent and will make any updates you need quickly. Switched from [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) Excel is great but its very cumbersome. You never know where you actually stand with your property. Review Source Patrick P. Controller/Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Two thumbs up for Stessa: What-gets-tracked-gets-improved made easy." January 17, 2019 5.0 Awesome. Well worth the time inputting​ the data. Pros 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. Cons 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. Review Source HF Heidi F. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Buyer Beware" February 21, 2024 1.0 Cons I’ve been using Stessa to manage my rental properties for a year and a half. Recently discovered that hundreds of receipts are missing. Stessa is unable to assist; Offers no resolve. They also recommend that you check every receipt every month. It is not a reliable product. Review Source Cami B. Realtor Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A must have software program for Landlords" April 9, 2020 5.0 Overall, I can not imagine my life without Stessa now. My partner and I currently have 9 rental properties with a goal to grow to 15 properties in the next year. Pros 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. Cons 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. Review Source Janea B. Real Estate Investor Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Perfect for Investors just getting started" December 14, 2019 5.0 I just bought my second property. I’ve been tracking transactions on my first property for about a year and half now with Stessa. I’m in the process of setting up my second investment property now. It’s super easy for a beginner. The last thing I need to be worrying about is how to navigate accounting software. I need one place to store and track all the transactions on my real estate property. I know I can access them anytime and run a quick report for my accountant at the end of the year. It’s su0per easy to use this platform as a way to analyze whether or not a property is profitable by running a quick report. Looking forward to growing with Stessa as I add more properties to my portfolio! Pros This is super easy to use and set up. The software walks you through property set up one question at a time. You don’t have to know a lot about accounting or accounting software, but it is evident the software is setting up a structure for you to monitor and track the transactions of your real estate investment(s) and be able to pull financial reports at the end of the year for your accountant. I use it once a month. It takes me less than 5 minutes to enter the transactions and I’m done! Cons There are no options for assigning HOA fees in the “money going out” category. I lump them under the Management fees section. It would be nice to be able to categorize HOA fees in their own world. Review Source JM Jim M. Co-Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Right tool for the job" September 21, 2022 5.0 After using Quickbooks for a few years, this program is a breeze and intended just for rental management, so not any clutter to have to work through or modify. Pros Pre set up for rental properties with all the categories, tax reports (my tax preparer loves it), etc. Bank transactions transfer into Stessa automatically Rent collection option, which I haven't begun using yet but intend to Cons Split transactions appear on the ledger as individual transactions rather than true splits, which makes reconciliation a bit challenging sometimes. Cannot split transactions with the mobile app, only desktop Switched from [QuickBooks Desktop](https://www.capterra.com/p/212058/QuickBooks-Desktop-Pro/) Was getting too expensive and difficult to use Review Source SA Stephen A. owner Real Estate Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Perfect for Rental Owners" January 22, 2021 5.0 My accountant loves it and it saves me hours of manual entry. As an added bonus, I have critical information in real time that can help me make good decisions for the future. Haven't really even scratched the surface on this part but it's all there. Pros I have used QuickBooks for years but got tired of the barrage of come-ons and sticky marketing techniques they use on customers. It seemed every time I opened the program, there would be new hoops to jump through if I wanted to do any actual work. Stessa is designed from the ground up for rental property owners. You enter income and expense items, that's it. All items fall under one of the carefully considered categories they provide. Multiple locations and units are also accounted for. You can add or sell buildings, add or replace tenants, run targeted reports including exporting the year end to your accountant and graphically view your performance which is generated by your data. Even more powerful, you can auto import entries from bank account, credit accounts, whatever. Once you're up and running, all your data is entered for you to edit or delete as needed. Saves a ton of time. Oh, did I mention it's free??? Don't know what the long range plan is, but this software won't cost you a dime. It makes QB look tired and cumbersome, not to mention annoying, which it really has become over the years. Cons This is not a property management platform in the sense that you can schedule maintenance and track hours. However, you can capture and import invoices so your records are all in one place. Review Source AH Aaron H. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Why do everything twices" April 6, 2023 1.0 None.....I think it needs to be redesigned. Pros I like the interface, very easy to use. The reporting is nice. Cons It lacks so many features that you need as a property manager. You have to connect it to bank and credit card accounts to get it to work. So if you have petty cash accounts or anytime up manual transactions that are paid from specific accounts it won't work. Its transaction base which is fine, and you can associate a transaction with a property but you can't associate a transaction with an account, so there is no way to filter by account. If you manually add a transaction you can't associate it with an account. You can't create reoccurring bills or income. You need to have the ability to track different types of accounts and you just can't do that. It lacks a lot of functionality that I think any real estate investor or property manager would need. I think that's from a small investor to a large property manager. You pay for what you get unfortunately and I don't see any value in doing everything twice. Just not worth the time. Review Source BM Bradley M. CEO Real Estate Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "RE investor? You need to start using Stessa!" July 7, 2022 5.0 Pros The ease of income and expense tracking allows you to take control of your business. By linking accounts or adding transactions as you go, Stessa does the rest - generating all the reports you'll ever need, making tax time a walk in the park. Cons It would be nice to allow another user, like a partner or manager, to login with their own credentials and have limited(or full) accessibility to the your data. Switched from [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) Stessa is much easier without adding the limitations that come with other similar products. Review Source ZM Zachary M. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Game Changer" November 26, 2020 5.0 The product is consistently getting better and more robust. The creators listen to feedback and implement new features all the time. Loving it! Pros It is easy to set up and use. Very user friendly. Cons Issues with data sources disconnecting. Reason for choosing Stessa Endorsed by Bigger Pockets and bought by JLL so seemed credible. Free for small owner like myself. Tailored for real estate investors, by real estate investors! Switched from [QuickBooks Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/174984/QuickBooks-Enterprise/) I found quickbooks to be cumbersome. Review Source Similar Products Featured