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INTELLIGENCE FOR PROPERTY OPERATIONS

Your entire operation,moving as one.

Terra is a full-stack operating system for property operations. Technology runs the daily work, from invoices to reporting. Our team handles the exceptions.

An illustration of Terra at the center of a property operation, connected to residents, vendors, property teams, asset managers, lenders, and investors. A vendor invoice arrives, Terra reads and verifies the data, routes the approval to the property team, schedules the payment once approved, updates the ledger for asset managers, and records the audit trail. The system shows the operation as current.

$12B+Client assets supported
80,000+Units operated

The problem

Software promised to make property management simpler. It added more to manage.

We know, because we’ve spent the last decade supporting operations across more than 80,000 units. Now we’ve built that experience into a platform, backed by the team that knows the work firsthand.

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Actually simpler

Your operation.
Built into Terra.

Terra learns how you work, adapts to your operation, and applies proven practices wherever there are gaps.

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Why Terra

Built from experience.
Designed for what’s next.

We didn’t start by building software.

We started by doing the work it now automates.

Every workflow on our platform, we’ve done ourselves first.

Experience, built in.

Proven operating practices are part of how Terra works.

Always improving.

As technology advances, so does your operation.

Accountable.

People own every outcome.

Keeping up with technology is a job in itself.
Our job.

Accountability built in

Technology does the work.
People own the outcome.

Terra handles more of the day-to-day work automatically, while our experts stay on top of your operation: overseeing results, improving how things run, and stepping in when expertise matters.

Technology for scale. People for expertise.
Terra is accountable for both.

The Terra effect

You stay in control.
Terra keeps everything moving.

The single most contributing factor in the growth of my company.
Aaron Aderet · Vice President, Capital Management
See what matters.
Make the decisions that need you.
Know the rest is handled.
Less operational overheadBetter visibilityGrowth without the growing painsFewer things missed

One solution for your entire operation.

Every part of the operation, run as a single system.

01Intelligent Operating System

Everything works together.

Terra connects your property management system and the tools around it into one platform, monitors every integration, and runs your workflows on top of them.

  • Your property management system and more than 40 connected tools in one view
  • Integration failures flagged the day they happen, not at month end
  • Workflows built on your own policies and procedures
Across the portfolioOperation healthy
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02Resident & Revenue Operations

Revenue stays on track.

From move-in to move-out, Terra posts and checks charges, payments and ledgers against the lease automatically, so resident balances stay accurate every day.

  • Charges, payments and ledgers reconciled daily
  • Full visibility of adjustments and waivers
  • Collection status visible in real time
Resident · Unit 4BResident account currentBalance $0
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03Vendor & Expense Operations

Clear spend. Better control.

Invoices go straight from email into your system. Terra reads each one, codes it, routes it for approval and tracks it to payment, so you always see what you are spending, what is due and what needs approval.

  • Invoices captured from email and entered automatically
  • Coded and routed for approval under your own policy
  • Vendor W-9s, insurance certificates and contracts tracked automatically
Payable · CenterPoint EnergyPayable ready · verifiedJasmine Apartments · $18,742.16
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04Accounting & Reporting

Know where you stand. Always.

Terra reconciles accounts as transactions post and tracks every close task, so your books stay accurate through the month and reports come from current numbers.

  • Audit-ready books, every month
  • Owner packages generated automatically at close
  • Reporting built to your requirements, not a template
September close · 100%September reporting ready12 entities
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05Property Onboarding

Grow without the growing pains.

Terra imports each new property’s balances, vendors and history, maps it to your accounts and workflows, and brings it onto the platform without disrupting the business.

  • Each new property configured to how you operate
  • Balances, vendors and history imported and checked
  • Live on the platform without disrupting the business
Riverside Apartments · 248 units94% mapped
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Your portfolio25 properties · 35 entities
Healthy
Questions

Terra, in plain terms.

Terra works alongside your property management system and connects more than 40 tools around it, including RentCafe, EliseAI, HappyCo, ClickPay, BlueMoon, Weimark and Cinch.

About Terra

What is Terra?

Terra is a full-stack operating system for property operations. It connects your property management system and the tools around it, runs the daily work, and flags what needs a person.

Is Terra a service, software or AI?

All of the above. Terra uses AI and software wherever they are valuable, reliable and faster, and experienced people to make judgment calls, confirm the results and manage all the tools for you.

You do not get another tool to manage. You get the work done, alongside the systems you already use.

How is Terra different from an outsourced accounting firm?

An outsourced firm adds people to your process. Terra becomes a partner to your team.

We build the operations to your specifications while keeping accountability for the results. Routine work is performed and checked by technology, and our experts focus on exceptions, judgment and improving how things run. You also get a live view of your whole operation instead of waiting for month end.

How is Terra different from AI tools that promise to run property management on autopilot?

Terra is a copilot, not an autopilot. Technology does the work it can do reliably, and experienced people step in where judgment matters.

Your policies and approvals stay in place, every adjustment has a full audit trail, and people are accountable for every outcome.

Who is Terra for?

Real estate owners, operators and asset managers across the United States, including third-party management companies and self-managed owners.

Terra works with portfolios from a few hundred units to many thousands, and with simple structures as well as complex, multi-entity portfolios with demanding reporting requirements.

What Terra handles

What does Terra handle for us?

Terra runs the operation as a single system, across five areas:

  • Intelligent Operating System: connects your property management system and the tools around it, builds workflows around how you operate, and trains your teams to use them.
  • Resident & Revenue Operations: charges, payments, ledgers, collections and all other income, audited from move-in to final account disposition.
  • Vendor & Expense Operations: invoices, approvals, payments and vendor compliance.
  • Accounting & Reporting: month-end close, audit-ready books and owner reporting.
  • Property Onboarding: new properties and acquisitions brought onto the same systems and workflows.

Across all five, Terra turns portfolio data into asset intelligence.

How does Terra manage revenue and collections?

Terra accounts for every dollar that comes into your properties, with backup and variance analysis.

We work with your onsite team on how data is tracked, and Terra keeps that data accurate in real time. Every transaction is processed and audited, from move-in through ledger adjustments and renewals to final account disposition, checked against the lease and expertly accounted for.

Real-time reporting and notes let every department see collection activity, and Terra tracks all other income the same way as rent.

How does Terra handle accounts payable and vendors?

Every invoice is coded, routed for approval and tracked to payment, and approvals follow your own policy.

Vendor W-9s, certificates of insurance and contracts are kept current. You can see what you are spending, what is due, what needs approval and what needs attention.

What does month-end close and reporting look like?

Your books stay accurate through the month, so the close stays on track and the books are audit-ready every month.

Owner packages are ready before you ask, and reporting is built to your requirements rather than a template, however complex the portfolio.

What is asset intelligence?

Asset intelligence is Terra’s view of how each property and entity is performing.

Terra brings together data from across your systems, including ledgers, payables, collections, close status and reporting, so owners and asset managers can see which assets are healthy, spot issues early and decide with current numbers instead of last month’s.

How does Terra onboard new properties and acquisitions?

Terra runs on an enterprise platform built for growth. It learns each new property, configures it to how you operate, and carries over balances, vendors and history cleanly.

The property is running without disrupting the business, so adding properties does not mean rebuilding your back office.

AI and oversight

How does Terra use AI?

AI agents do the routine work and check it.

For example, when a vendor invoice arrives, Terra reads and verifies the data, routes the approval to the property team, schedules the payment once approved, updates the ledger and records the audit trail. Anything unusual goes to an expert. Answers come from your own procedures, not a generic manual.

Who checks the work?

Terra’s experts. They oversee results, improve how things run and step in when expertise matters.

Technology performs and verifies routine work, and people own every outcome. Every client has a Terra team responsible for its portfolio.

Do we keep control of approvals and decisions?

Yes. Terra works within your systems, policies and approval rules.

Approvals follow your policy, decisions that need you come to you, and everything else is handled and recorded, so you see what matters without chasing it.

Systems and integrations

Do we need to change software?

No. Terra works with the systems you already use and pay for.

It brings them into one place, keeps them connected and helps your team get full value from them.

Which tools does Terra connect?

More than 40, including:

  • Leasing and marketing: Knock, Anyone Home, LeaseHawk, PERQ and Zillow
  • Payments and collections: ClickPay, PayLease, ManageGo, Bilt and Esusu
  • Maintenance: HappyCo, AppWork and EliseAI
  • Screening, deposits and insurance: Findigs, Weimark, Jetty, Rhino, TheGuarantors and Foxen
  • Pricing and market data: YieldStar, LRO, Rentana and ApartmentIQ
  • Resident experience and building services: ActiveBuilding, Cobu, ButterflyMX, Parcel Pending and Valet Living
  • Utilities: Conservice
  • Leases and procurement: BlueMoon and Cinch

What happens when an integration breaks?

Terra watches your integrations, so a broken connection surfaces and is handled before month end instead of being discovered during the close.

Working with Terra

We already work with Terra. What changes?

Same Terra, now with intelligence built in.

  • What stays the same: the team you work with today, accountability for every outcome, and your systems, policies and approvals.
  • What is new: technology performs and verifies routine work, you get a live view of your whole operation, and experts step in where judgment matters.

How is Terra priced?

Pricing is based on the scope of work and the size and complexity of your portfolio.

After a short conversation about your properties and goals, we put together a proposal for the work you want Terra to run.

How do we get started?

Tell us about your portfolio in a few quick answers. Then we walk you through how Terra would run your operation.

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What happens next

  1. 1Tell us about your portfolio in a few quick answers.
  2. 2A member of our team follows up with you directly.
  3. 3We walk you through how Terra would run your operation.
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For years, property management has been promised that more software, and now AI, would lower costs and simplify operations.

Instead, teams got more software to manage, more decisions to chase, and more handoffs to coordinate. The work still depends on people moving everything forward.

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So we did the work ourselves.

First, Terra built specialized departments that took responsibility for the work: coordinating systems, resolving exceptions, and delivering the outcomes.

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We didn’t study the operation. We operated it.

Across more than 80,000 units, doing the work ourselves showed us what technology could handle, where workflows break, and when human judgment matters.

Completed workflowsRepeatableNeeds judgment80,000+units operated

Then we built what we learned into Terra.

We use automation and AI where technology can move the work faster and more accurately, and experienced people where judgment and expertise matter.

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The people behind Terra

The people accountable for your operation.

Joel Weinberger

Founder

Joel grew up around real estate and always wanted to build his own business. He founded Terra in 2015 after setting up the back office for a New York operator. He holds a master’s degree in accounting and has underwritten hundreds of syndicated multifamily deals.

Solve old problems in new ways.

Naftali Hellman

Chief Executive Officer

Naftali sees the whole picture, down to the last detail, and turns it into clear systems for clients and inside Terra. He holds a master’s degree in accounting and builds a close working relationship with every client.

To build the right solution, first get to know the client: their goals, their preferences and how they operate.

Rachel Marcus

Chief Operating Officer

Rachel has been with Terra since the beginning. She keeps the operation running smoothly, from training the team to meeting every client need and everything in between.

Exceed expectations with great service, so our clients succeed.

Ariella Kraft

Director of Operations

Ariella runs Terra’s accounting department. Every day she balances what clients and the team need, so the work gets done and gets done right.

When finance and operations move as one, nothing slips through the cracks.

Yitz Feig

Chief Product and Technology Officer

Yitz leads the technology behind Terra. He puts AI to work where it saves time and improves accuracy, turning Terra’s operating experience into a platform that makes running a portfolio easier.

AI should make great service more human, handling the heavy lifting so our team can do its best work.

Department leads

Breindy Willner

Onboarding and Accounts Payable Director

Leads every property onboarding so each transition is organized, checked and complete.

Sara Ritter

Director of Revenue Management

Runs revenue management and knows the latest move-in as if she processed it herself.

Temima Krischer

Internal Support Lead

Leads support so client questions get quick, accurate answers and operations keep running.

Your entire operation, moving as one.

Same Terra. Now with intelligence built in.

What stays the same

  • The team you work with today
  • Accountability for every outcome
  • Your systems, policies and approvals

What is new

  • Technology performs and verifies routine work
  • A live view of your whole operation
  • Experts step in where judgment matters
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