APM Help vs. Proper
Both APM Help and Proper (proper.ai) offer outsourced accounting for property managers. Here's an honest look at what APM Help brings on audit protection, reconciliation cadence, software expertise, and support beyond bookkeeping.
Details about Proper verified against its public website as of .
What’s the difference?
| Feature | APM Help | Proper |
|---|---|---|
| Daily bank reconciliations | ||
| Proprietary audit software that checks your books daily | ||
| Guarantee you'll pass a trust-account audit | ||
| Published trust-audit pass rate (100% since 2017) | ||
| 1,000+ property management clients served | ||
| Trust-compliance audit prep consulting | ||
| Teams dedicated to your specific PM software | ||
| PM software migrations | ||
| Experts who came from the PM software companies | ||
| Free trust-compliance risk calculator | ||
| Free AppFolio and Buildium video tutorials |
Comparison based on each company's publicly available website as of October 2, 2026. Details may change; verify current offerings with each provider.
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Why property managers choose APM Help
Trusted by 1,000+ property managers
APM Help has served more than 1,000 property management companies across AppFolio, Buildium, Rentvine, and Propertyware, with per-unit pricing that scales as your portfolio grows.
An audit-pass guarantee
We guarantee you'll pass your trust-account audit. Our clients have a 100% trust-account audit pass rate since 2017.
Bank reconciliations every day
We reconcile your bank accounts every day, so a variance is caught the day it happens and corrected before it compounds into owner statements, deposits, or year-end.
Specialists in your software
APM Help fields dedicated teams for AppFolio, Buildium, Rentvine, and Propertyware, including experts who came from the software companies themselves. That's true institutional knowledge of the platform your books live in.
Humans first, technology where it counts
We pair experienced PM accountants with purpose-built auditing automation: technology that checks the work every day, and people who know your software answering within one business day.
Beyond bookkeeping
PM software migrations, trust-compliance audit prep, and free compliance tools, so the same partner covers you as your operation grows and changes.
A free database review, not a sales call
Some providers offer a free mini audit to size up your account for a quote. Ours goes much further. Our free database review is a live review inside your actual AppFolio, Buildium, Rentvine, Propertyware, or QuickBooks database, and we publish exactly what it covers: bank reconciliations, trust account balances, security deposits and liabilities, owner and property balances, uncategorized transactions, reporting and workflow, 1099 readiness, and your corporate books in QuickBooks Online if you want them included. You leave with a written action plan: what's wrong in plain language, what to fix first, and whether you need a cleanup and roughly how big it is. The plan is yours to keep, whether or not you hire us.
“My accounts are now what I would call ‘audit proof.’… something that we make sure our owners know about.”
Robert Dell’Osso
Master Key Property Management
Where Proper fits
Proper is a credible option for larger operators: its site describes an ideal fit of 250 to 50,000+ doors across a dozen-plus accounting platforms.
Where APM Help fits
APM Help is built for property management companies that live in AppFolio, Buildium, Rentvine, or Propertyware and can't afford to fail a trust audit. You get a team dedicated to your software, daily reconciliations, automated daily audit checks on AppFolio, Buildium, and Rentvine, and a guarantee you'll pass your next audit, with per-unit pricing that scales as you grow.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, especially if you want bank accounts reconciled daily, a guarantee that you'll pass your trust-account audit, and a team dedicated to your property management software.
Audit protection. APM Help guarantees that you'll pass your trust-account audit (100% client pass rate since 2017), reconciles bank accounts daily, and runs automated daily audit checks with our proprietary software.
APM Help prices by the unit rather than by the hour, based on the size of your portfolio and the services you choose. Book a free database review and we'll recommend the right services and give you a quote.
Yes. We handle onboarding and cleanup regularly, including taking over books mid-year from other providers. Book a free database review and we'll show you exactly where your current books stand.
It's a live review inside your actual AppFolio, Buildium, Rentvine, Propertyware, or QuickBooks database, covering bank reconciliations, trust account balances, security deposits and liabilities, owner and property balances, uncategorized transactions, reporting and workflow, 1099 readiness, and your corporate books in QuickBooks Online if you want them included. You get a written action plan covering what's wrong, what to fix first, and whether you need a cleanup. It's free, whether or not you hire us.
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