On-Site.com

On-Site.com is a patented online lease management software system that minimizes or replaces traditional paper-based functions while
ensuring compliance with laws pertaining to fair housing, resident screening, credit
reporting and lease contract forms.
Company History
1999: Tom Harrington, an apartment community owner, and his son, Jake Harrington, began brainstorming about using technology to help provide real-time visibility into the operations of remote apartment communities.
2000: Summer 2000, Jake and two classmates from Duke University begin software prototyping from an apartment in Los Altos, CA with a focus on electronic preparation of apartment leasing documents and call the new company Forms Dash. In July, Forms Dash prints first lease for the Greenery Apartments in Campbell, CA.
Scott Jones, who holds a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Mechatronics from Stanford begins development of the software in ernest. Forms Dash becomes On-Site Manager, Inc., named after the real estate job position it helps the most. December 2000, Via Reggio Apartments San Jose, CA becomes first paying customer.
2001: On-Site Manager Inc subscribes to the credit bureau Equifax, adding credit screening to its auto-form filling technology. The auto-form filling and credit screening services get a new name - Rental Express.
2002: Eviction & criminal searches and verification of employment, rental & banking history are added to the Rental Express service. Customizable lease documents are introduced, creating an onboarding tool for new renters.
2003: Regional offices are opened in Seattle, San Diego, and New York City.
2005-06: Opens new regional office in Los Angeles. On-Site Manager Inc. becomes On-Site.com. RentNow, a resident screening service designed to meet needs of private landlords, goes live on On-Site.com leading to a record 1000 applicant processed in a single day in May 2006 (doubling in less than a year). Nov 2006, On-Site is featured in The New York Times article
2007: Regional offices added in Phoenix, Chicago, and Atlantic City. On-Site acquires Need 2 Know Reporting and RentQuest. RentQuest becomes the Washington satellite office. On-Site partners with RentBureau to add rental payment data to resident screening reports.
2008: The main office relocates to Mountain View, CA. On-Site acquires apartment listing site Rent Spider. Rent Spider becomes On-Site marketing suite, which helps apartment managers promote their communities and drive traffic. May 2008, On-Site is awarded patent 7.376,619 (insert pic) for its screening and forms automation technology. The patent took 7 years to be approved.
2009: E-Sign (e-signature) is introduced, allowing binding signatures to be captured and imprinted on lease documents. Regional offices opened in Denver and Atlanta.
2012: Offices are relocated to Campbell, CA in what was once the Sunsweet processing plant.
2015: Acquires the assets of Ellipse Communications, a Dallas-based real estate website development and digital marketing firm. The creative agency is rebranded as Ellipse Design.
Business model
On-Site.com positions itself as a web application that assists both resident
applicants and multi-family residential communities to efficiently move through the
stages of leasing a rental property online.
In a typical example of the online process flow, a resident fills out an online application to rent; the data on the form is immediately
submitted to return a credit report; the report and a
recommendation to rent based on income requirements is submitted back to the
leasing agent; if the decision is made to rent, a lease contract is dynamically
generated from the resident and property data, and the resident and the agent close
the contract using electronic signatures. The complete process
can take place online from diverse
remote locations.
In contrast to traditional in-office leasing procedures, the system is designed to
eliminate subjective discriminatory practices while automatically enforcing legal
compliance with credit and housing laws and reducing or removing the industry's
historical reliance on
paper-based documents.
Primary Customers
* EdR
* Greystar (formerly Riverstone)
* FPI Management
* Holland Partner Group
* Capstone
* Two Trees Management LLC
* Viking Properties
* Hudson Real Estate
* Evergreen Apt Group
* Allied Residential
* HNN
Acquisitions
* Need2Know Reporting (2008)
* RentQuest (2008)
* Rent Spider (2008)
* Ellipse Communications (2015)
Industry recognition and awards
In August 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2013 the Multi-Housing News Technology Choice Awards
voted On-Site.com Top Resident Screening System.
On-Site.com was also selected as a finalist for its First Annual Green Initiative
Award. On-Site and EdR took top honors at the recent Student Housing Business Inovator Awards for "Best Off-Campus Venor/Operator Solution".

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