New versions of Rental Property Tracker Plus, Commercial Rental Tracker Plus, Resort Rental Tracker Plus, Vacation Rental Tracker Plus and Bed & Breakfast Tracker Plus were released today.

Here’s what’s new in Bed & Breakfast Tracker Plus

* Asset Tracker keeps track of any appliances, furniture, etc. that is rented with the unit.

* Work Order Tracker keeps track of any repairs or maintenance schedules.

* In Reservation Tracker, PayPal is now a payment method.

* To have all charges due by the Deposit date use the Prepay Charges option in the Deposit section of Reservation Tracker.

* You can now add Service Fee charges as a percentage of rent in Reservation Tracker.

* To switch from security deposits to prepayment deposits select the I accept prepayment deposits instead of security deposits option on the Reservation Tracker Prefs screen. To access this screen, click Prefs and then Reservation Tracker Prefs.

* In Reservation Tracker, if you have filled in the 1st Due Date and the Amount Due fields then Unpaid will change to 1st Due when the deposit has been paid or partially paid, so you can access these fields.

* There is now an option for a second payment due date on the Reservation Tracker Prefs screen. If you require two payments before arrival (plus a deposit) select the I require a second prepayment in the amount of option. You will be asked if this amount is a Percent, a Multiple of one nights rate, a Variable amount, or a Set Amount, and for the number of days prior to arrival that this second payment is due. If the Prepay Charges option is enabled, the remainder of charges will be computed if you choose Variable. The 1st Due Date and Amount Due must be filled in for the second due date to be activated.

* You can now process Online Credit Card Payments. When the Enable Online Payments option in the Reservation Tracker Preferences is selected, and you choose the payment type of Credit Card or Debit Card in Reservation Tracker, you will have the option of using this new feature. Go to http://www.productivity-software.com/online_payments.html for more information.

* When a Reservation Payment is made with the new Online Credit Card Payment feature, the confirmation number and process id # are both added to the Notes field.

* Added 1099-MISC Printing feature to Expense Tracker’s Reports – this works similarly to the check printing feature.

* Added Owner accounting reports. After creating a Property Management Invoice there is a new Reconcile Owner’s Account button in the top right corner of the Invoice screen.

* New option in Expense Tracker’s New record dialog creates a Combined record or check for the current Payee with the current Date.

* Added new Find feature for Expense and Other Income Trackers. Great for creating duplicate expense records for recurring expenses.

* New Address Format menu allows you to print addresses in many common international formats.

* Added a Category menu to Task Tracker so you can easily create several different to do lists.

* New Frequently Called Contacts feature in Contact Tracker lists people you want to call often, when they were last contacted, a special notes field, their phone number and email address.

* Improved Email features. Users now have the choice of using the email program on their computer or an online email program.

* Many other improvements. Go to this page to see a complete list of changes to this software.

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