Blog for Estonia

GuidesNov 4, 2026

Korteriühistu Board Member in Estonia: Term, Pay and Liability

A board member of an Estonian korteriühistu: who elects them, how long the term runs, who sets the pay, what the liability is and how to resign.

GuidesNov 4, 2026

Korteriühistu Annual Report in Estonia: Deadline and Possible Relief

Who prepares and approves a korteriühistu annual report in Estonia, what it must show, the filing deadline, and when the small-association relief applies.

GuidesNov 2, 2026

Beyond Apartments: Managing Ground-Floor Businesses in Mixed-Use Residential Buildings

Manage mixed-use buildings and shared amenities in Unitify while independent salons, clinics and studios handle appointments and clients in Altegio.

GuidesOct 30, 2026

Managing Finances Across Multiple HOAs: From Resident Billing to Group Reporting

Separate resident billing, HOA accounts and group reporting with Unitify Easybilly, accounting software and Helmstead.

GuidesOct 30, 2026

A Residential Developer's Marketing Stack in 2026: From Ad Analytics to the First Day After Handover

Connect ad analytics, lead capture, CRM and buyer emails with apartment handover and resident services using Albato, UniOne and Unitify.

GuidesOct 30, 2026

Selling Off-Plan Apartments to International Buyers: Video Tours, Multilingual Demos and Digital Handover

Use video tours, multilingual demos and digital handover to support international apartment buyers with Kinescope, Naoma AI and Unitify.

GuidesOct 29, 2026

How Management Companies Get on a Developer's Shortlist

How building management companies can find developers, start relevant B2B conversations and use a Unitify demo to support a credible management proposal.

GuidesOct 28, 2026

Management Company Website: Agency, No-Code or Template?

How to choose a website for your building management company or HOA: an agency, a no-code builder, a ready-made template or a built-in building website.

GuidesOct 23, 2026

6 Tools to Run a Small Building Management Company

Six tools for small building management teams: Unitify for building operations, plus bookkeeping, lead generation, websites, integrations and development.

Product NewsOct 12, 2026

Master Community Map: See the Whole Community in Unitify

The Master Community Map shows plots and buildings of a residential complex on one plan, with the buildings and units view a click away.

Market InsightsSep 29, 2026

Half a Manager’s Time for 500 Apartments

How much office staff does a 500-apartment portfolio need? About half of one manager’s time, once AI handles routine questions and billing takes minutes.

Product NewsSep 18, 2026

Amenity Booking for HOAs and Condos: How It Should Work

How amenity booking should work in an HOA or condo: residents reserve the gym, courts or event hall in the app, see live slots and pay where enabled.

Market InsightsSep 11, 2026

From 19% to 74% in three months: how residents moved payments into the app

Convenient payment alone matters. Good billing alone matters. But when billing and the payment channel are part of the same system, the whole collection process becomes much simpler — for both the resident and the property manager.

Product NewsAug 21, 2026

Coming Soon: AI Concierge for Resident Communication

Unitify is opening a closed pilot for the AI Concierge: a resident-facing chat and voice assistant that works inside Unitify, keeps the context of a building, and turns conversations into requests.

Management BasicsAug 14, 2026

Why Small Property Management Teams Need Automation Most

Small property management teams have the greatest need for automation and the least time to implement it. A practical way out: automate one routine at a time instead of waiting for a quiet period.

Management BasicsAug 7, 2026

When Good Processes Stop Scaling: A Property Management Self-Assessment

An operational-maturity framework for property management companies: 18 questions across communication, service handling, billing, service expansion, and team load, drawn from the book From Night Alarms to 24/7 Digital Resilience.

Product NewsJul 31, 2026

HOA Online Voting in the Resident App: How It Works

Resident Voting in Unitify: the board or management company runs owner votes and surveys online, owners answer in the resident app, results update live.

Product NewsJul 23, 2026

Property Billing Without Spreadsheet Chaos

Easybilly, Unitify's billing add-on: how it replaces spreadsheet billing for property managers and HOAs. Current prices on the pricing page.

Management BasicsJul 16, 2026

Better Planning, Better Maintenance

Why maintenance planning, not just technical skill, is what separates chaotic property operations from ones that scale, and how better scheduling improves outcomes.

Product NewsJul 9, 2026

What’s New in Unitify: Billing, AI Tickets, Technician App

Six months of Unitify updates: Easybilly billing, AI-assisted tickets and a technician app for HOA, condo and building management teams.

Market InsightsJul 3, 2026

The Building Where Nobody’s Home: Managing Properties Owned by Absentee Investors

Why traditional property management breaks down for buildings full of absentee investor-owners, and the five infrastructure changes that fix it.

GuidesJun 24, 2026

How to implement digital management in a residential complex?

A practical guide to moving a residential complex’s operations into a digital management system, from back-office processes to the resident app.

Product NewsJun 21, 2026

Azerbaijan: first 1,000 units — and first $1,000 payments in 24 hours

Unitify launches in Azerbaijan at Avant Park, onboarding 1,000 units and processing the first $1,000 in resident payments within 24 hours.

Product NewsJun 9, 2026

Property Management Company Out Of The Box

The story of Unitify’s origin inside real property management operations, and how the platform packages a ready-to-run management company.

Market InsightsMay 21, 2026

Unitify Goes on the Road in Georgia: May 28–31

Unitify’s May 2026 Tbilisi and Batumi road tour, and why the team sees Georgia’s mature digital infrastructure as a launchpad for the wider Caucasus region.

Product NewsMay 13, 2026

MiniApps for Buildings: Examples and What They Do

What MiniApps are: small modules inside the resident app and the management dashboard. Examples: amenity booking, guest passes and smart building devices.

Market InsightsMay 6, 2026

AI for Chief Engineers — and Why Digital Building Compliance Is Becoming Mandatory

Vienna’s Bauwerksbuch law (Bauordnung Section 128a) makes digital building records mandatory by 2027. How Unitify’s AI Engineer drafts equipment maintenance plans that a person approves.

Product NewsApr 22, 2026

How to create a 500-unit residential complex in seconds

How Unitify’s new building-creation flow lets managers set up a 500-unit residential complex in seconds instead of manually configuring every unit.

Product NewsApr 15, 2026

From Chessboard to Cockpit: One Screen to Run the Entire Building

Unitify’s redesigned building chessboard turns a static occupancy view into one operational screen for tickets, balances, and resident context.

GuidesApr 9, 2026

A Practical Guide to Running Buildings at Scale by the Founder of Unitify

Unitify founder Ilia Sotonin’s book on running buildings at scale: frameworks drawn from running a company with ~20,000 residents, written to be shared with other property managers.

Market InsightsMar 18, 2026

Plaid Moment to Real Estate: Open APIs Set to Unlock AI Agents for 75 Million Residents

Ilia Sotonin on why residential real estate needs its own Plaid moment: a standardized, resident-consented API layer so AI agents can read unit-level data.

Market InsightsMar 17, 2026

How Ande Group Is Setting a New Standard for Residential Projects with Unitify

A conversation with Ande Group’s General Director on building a service-driven, digital-first management model for Ande Tower in Batumi, Georgia.

Market InsightsMar 13, 2026

What MIPIM 2026 Revealed About AI in Real Estate

Takeaways from MIPIM 2026 on why AI in real estate depends on unifying fragmented building data before it can deliver real value to owners and residents.

Market InsightsMar 4, 2026

How Unitify Is Transforming Local Housing

How Unitify’s AI-driven platform lowers the scale threshold for profitable property management and builds resident trust through transparency.

Market InsightsFeb 25, 2026

What Will the Housing of Tomorrow Look Like?

A short preview of Unitify’s MIPIM 2026 Cannes appearance and its view that tomorrow’s housing will be defined by how it operates, not just how it’s built.

Market InsightsFeb 16, 2026

Sales Don’t End at Handover — Key Takeaways from MOVE Summit in Tashkent

Takeaways from Unitify’s participation at MOVE Summit in Tashkent, on why developer sales success depends on the post-handover operations experience.

Market InsightsFeb 11, 2026

The Future of Resident Relationships: Why Modular Platforms Win

Argues that fixed, feature-based building software is giving way to modular platforms where services plug in like apps, reshaping resident experience and PM economics.

Management BasicsFeb 4, 2026

Internal Efficiency as a Driver of Calm and Resident Satisfaction

Why streamlined internal workflows, unified data, and automation inside a management company translate directly into calmer, more satisfied residents.

Product NewsJan 28, 2026

Security and Peace of Mind: Digital Access & Video Features

Why digital access control and video features matter to residents as an emotional sense of safety, not just as technology, and how Unitify delivers it.

Management BasicsJan 20, 2026

Financial Transparency Residents Value: Billing and One-Click Payments

Why unclear invoices and confusing charges erode resident trust, and how transparent billing with one-click payments builds it back.

Management BasicsJan 13, 2026

Beyond Maintenance: How Additional Services Boost Engagement

How offering additional services beyond core maintenance builds resident trust, loyalty, and new revenue streams for management companies.

Management BasicsDec 30, 2025

Proactive Communication: How Push Notifications Reduce Complaints

How proactive push notifications about outages, repairs, and building events reduce resident complaints and build trust.

Management BasicsDec 16, 2025

Smart Request Handling: Turning Maintenance Issues Into Loyalty Moments

How Unitify’s smart request handling turns maintenance issues into trust-building moments through clear routing, communication, and visibility for residents.

Management BasicsDec 9, 2025

From Chaos to Clarity: Why Centralized Information Strengthens Resident Relationships

How centralizing information across a property management company’s internal systems improves both team efficiency and resident-facing communication.

Management BasicsDec 2, 2025

The Key Capital of Property Management: Trust and Communication

Unitify’s founder explains why trust, built through transparent communication, is the real capital of a management company, and how that belief shaped the product.

GuidesNov 2, 2025

Security & Data Protection

An overview of Unitify’s approach to security and data protection across operational, financial, and resident-level data.

Market InsightsNov 1, 2025

How Unitify Began: From Night Calls to Digital Infrastructure

The founder’s origin story: from managing his first residential building with a phone under his pillow to building Unitify’s digital infrastructure for residential life.