VaultWare Innovation Timeline
| 2002 |
Mike Mueller, one of the Internet's early innovators and founders of the first apartment Internet Listing Service, begins development of the VaultWare 1.0 online leasing solution. First American Registry (now First Advantage SafeRent) becomes the first screening company to partner with VaultWare, allowing end users for the first time to instantly pre-qualify themselves online. |
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| 2003 |
VaultWare 2.0 is released, revolutionizing the industry and fulfilling a need no other service could provide by automatically displaying current rates, true availability, instant online pre-qualification and up-to-date promotions on demand 24 hours per day, 7 days per week from multiple websites. VaultWare CEO Mike Mueller named to MultiHousing News “Dozen who Make a Difference,” list of the 12 most influential people in the industry. ApartmentGuide.com, the largest Internet Listing Service, becomes the first apartment Internet search site to partner with VaultWare as part of its distribution network. |
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| 2004 |
VaultWare wins the Inman Innovator Award for “demonstrating extraordinary level of innovation that enhance consumer transactions and positively impacts the industry with key business models.” VaultWare Call Center solution, an enhancement to the VaultWare online availability and reservation system is announced. SatisFacts independent research study conducted; findings reveal that for the first time the Internet surpassed other marketing sources as the number one way people search for apartments. Study proves that on-demand information positively influences renter decision making. Realeum and VaultWare form strategic alliance creating the first two-way integration to and from a property management system. |
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| 2005 |
VaultWare introduces Aerial View capabilities to allow potential residents to identify the exact location of the apartment unit in relation to neighborhood and apartment community landmarks. Mike Mueller awarded MITS Leadership Award by the National MultiHousing Council. VaultWare introduces tax credit solution, enabling property management companies to market their tax-credit apartments online for the first time. VaultWare founded the Apartment Internet Marketing (AIM) conference as the first conference in the multifamily housing industry dedicated entirely to Internet marketing. VaultWare Market Index introduced to enable multifamily professionals to benchmark their online leasing results. |
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| 2006 |
Mike Mueller, CEO & Founder, Realty DataTrust, is selected as one of the top influencers in the industry by MultiFamily Executive Magazine. VaultWare enters into agreements with Internet search engines Google and Oodle to increase distribution of apartment unit vacancy information to online prospects. VaultWare introduces tax credit solution, enabling property management companies to market their tax-credit apartments online for the first time. |
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| 2007 |
VaultWare announces 4.5 million people checked availability via the VaultWare Apartment Reservation System in 2006; record numbers made online reservations. VaultWare launches the first on-demand Internet conference in the industry. VaultWare COO, Mike Cornell is named by American Express as the Spotlight Award Winner for Leadership in Technology for his demonstrated strategic leadership in the multifamily industry. VaultWare enhanced with Integrated Rental Application and online application fee collection with existing payment processor partners. VaultWare enhanced to integrate with leading multifamily revenue management systems to show optimized rates online through the VaultWare Flexible Pricing Grid™. VaultWare launches first Consumer Mobile Messaging Service for Apartment Availability Alerts™. Consumers can sign up to receive Availability Alerts directly to their mobile phone through text messaging or via email. |
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| 2008 |
Rent.com added to Internet Listing Service partner distribution and quickly soars to #1 source of traffic to VaultWare-powered Check Availability pages. VaultWare holds first VaultWare User Forum. VaultWare debuts PadZing.com multifamily market data trends resource at NAA. VaultWare relocates to new, larger offices to make room for our rapidly growing team. VaultWare sells the AIM Conference to Steve Lefkovits and works closely with Steve to expand the reach of the highly regarded industry gathering of like-minded apartment internet marketers. |
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| 2009 |
VaultWare's reservation system enhanced with robust manual pricing interface providing even more control over how rates are advertised. Rent.com enters into data sharing agreement with VaultWare's PadZing.com industry data resource. VaultWare Mobile Websites launched becoming the first industry provider to deliver fully-functional mobile websites with the ability to reserve and pre-qualify for an apartment from any smartphone. Village Green rolls out VaultWare Mobile Websites to their entire portfolio within days of the product launch. VaultWare publishes first Top Ten Most Popular VaultWare Powered Apartment Search Websites. Craigslist availability and reservation links give apartment marketers the ability to enhance each of their Craigslist postings with the power of VaultWare. |
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| 2010 |
VaultWare Property Leasing Websites debut at the Apartment Internet Marketing Conference. VaultWare Leasing Tablet prototype, the first touch-screen solution that puts all of the vital leasing tools into the hands of the on-site leasing professional on an Apple® iPad, is featured in the opening remarks of the AIM Conference. VaultWare PinPoint is released, giving apartment marketers the ability to give their customers an aerial view of the community with the location of available apartments identified on the map. Facebook availability and reservation links debut making VaultWare the first reservation system to enable social media users the ability to find and reserve an apartment online via Facebook. Craigslist Posting Tool released free to all VaultWare Reservation System customers as a value-added service. VaultWare’s Craigslist Posting Tool becomes the first solution of its kind to embed links to the property’s current availability and reservation pages in ad templates. VaultWare Direct released, making the VaultWare Reservation System available to all property managers and owners, regardless of the Property Management System that they use. |
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| 2011 |
VaultWarePlaces.com - a free, self-service template property website platform is launched making it easy for every property – regardless of size or budget – to have a high-quality, leasing-focused website. VaultWare Market Comps launched in partnership with Rent.com giving VaultWare Reservation System customers and Rent.com advertisers free access to current competitive pricing data for their self-defined markets. For Rent Media Solutions introduces exclusive VaultWarePlaces.com partnership, providing free websites for ForRent.com customers. ForRent.com customers can quickly and painlessly publish a high-quality property website using the content from their ForRent.com ad including property photos and floorplan images. VaultWare releases enhancement to the VaultWare Apartment Reservation System and VaultWare Mobile Websites that delivers an optimized experience to apartment hunters using tablet devices. ForRent.com partners with VaultWare Market Comps, adding additional market data to the Market Comps database making the service the most comprehensive source for current apartment market data with weekly, automated updates. MRI Software announces acquisition of VaultWare, expanding and strengthening MRI’s multifamily product line and allowing MRI to provide the strongest tenant lifecycle management solution on the market. |