Billmation

Utility billback for property operators

Utility accounting.
Automated.

Billmation automates utility invoice processing and resident billback for property managers—from provider bill retrieval through resident allocation and property-management-system integration.

Keep control. Eliminate manual processing.

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Illustration of the intended path, from a provider invoice through allocation to charges prepared for your property management system. Sample figures only.

Workflow

  1. 01 Retrieve Bills from your providers
  2. 02 Validate Accounts, periods, charges
  3. 03 Allocate Rules and occupancy
  4. 04 Post AP and resident charges
  5. 05 Reconcile Invoice through ledger

How it works

From the provider bill to your ledger.

Utility month-close is still a manual chase for many operators: bills scattered across portals and inboxes, allocation in spreadsheets, and a handoff into the property management system. Billmation is designed to automate that path and keep it inside the operation you already run.

  1. 01 · Retrieve

    Automated Bill Retrieval

    Billmation is designed to collect utility invoices from provider portals, billing email, and other billing sources, so the cycle does not wait on a manual download.

    • Portals
    • Email
    • Other billing sources

  2. 02 · Validate

    Invoice Processing & Validation

    Invoices are checked against the accounts, periods, service dates, and charges you expect before anything is allocated.

    • Accounts
    • Periods
    • Service dates
    • Charges

  3. 03 · Allocate

    Resident Billback

    Allocation follows property-defined rules and the occupancy and lease information you already maintain, including by-the-bed student housing. Each month, Billmation emails every resident a short statement and PDF, delivered in your property’s name. The sender is the property, not Billmation. The statement shows the full math — meter reads, the resident’s share, the rate, and any allowance. Replies go to the leasing office.

    • Property-defined rules
    • Occupancy and lease data
    • By-the-bed
    • Full math

  4. 04 · Post

    Accounting Integration

    Accounts payable and resident charges post to the property management system you already run. Residents pay the utility charge with rent on that ledger. Billmation does not bill residents or take their payments.

    • Accounts payable
    • Resident charges
    • Paid with rent

  5. 05 · Reconcile

    Complete Reconciliation

    Each cycle can be followed from the provider invoice through resident allocation, the vacancy or property share, and the accounting output.

    • Invoice
    • Allocation
    • Vacancy / property share
    • Accounting output

Who it's for

Built for complex property utility accounting.

Especially powerful for student housing, by-the-bed leasing and properties with building- or unit-level utility accounts.

  • Property operators

    Multifamily and other portfolios that bill utilities back to residents and want month-close off a spreadsheet.

  • Student housing

    By-the-bed leases, where allocation follows each bed and the lease on that bed.

  • Building- and unit-level accounts

    Utility accounts that sit on the building, the unit, or both, and still have to be divided across occupants.

  • In-house recovery

    Teams that already bill internally, or that want recovery back inside the property management system they run.

The same accounting path fits multifamily and other portfolios with real utility accounting, alongside student housing. It is built to work with the property management system you already use.

Why Billmation

Outsource less. Automate more.

Traditional utility billing companies take control of the billing process. Billmation is designed to automate the work inside your existing property-management operation.

When an outsourced biller sits between you and the resident, dissatisfaction can stay out of sight, and the admin economics of billing usually leave with that vendor. Statements go out under the vendor’s brand, so residents end up in a relationship with that company. Some third-party final bills tell residents to contact the billing company, not the property.

Billmation is built so recovery stays in the operator’s workflow. Statements are delivered in your property’s name, replies go to the leasing office, and charges are paid with rent on the ledger you already run. Billmation does not collect payment from residents. On the statement itself, Billmation appears in a small footer at most.

Don’t outsource the relationship with your residents.

How outsourced utility billing and Billmation differ in design.
Traditional outsourced billing Billmation
Send process to third party Keep control internally
Separate vendor workflow Integrates with existing workflow
Vendor-controlled resident billing Property-controlled billback
Statements under the vendor’s brand Statements in your property’s name
Resident pays the vendor Paid with rent on your ledger
Per-resident service fees Automation-based pricing
Limited accounting visibility Invoice-to-ledger audit trail

Shown as a difference in approach. Billmation is early-stage software built to work inside your operation, and this table describes that design.

Request a pilot

Tell us about your portfolio.

Ask for a pilot, or for a conversation about how utility billing works in your operation. We read every note.

  • A direct reply from Billmation
  • A look at your billing method, property management system, and portfolio
  • A pilot where there is a real fit

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