# Property Manager Stack Detector (`signalserver/property-manager-stack-detector`) Actor - **URL**: https://apify.com/signalserver/property-manager-stack-detector.md - **Developed by:** [Joep van Acht](https://apify.com/signalserver) (community) - **Categories:** - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $500.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. - **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use). - **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`. - **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`. - **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`. - **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Property Manager Stack + Portfolio Size Detector ### What you are looking at A list of property management companies has names on it. It does not have doors. ### Why it costs you Doors under management set the price tier and decide whether an account is worth a rep at all. The incumbent system decides whether it is a displacement play or a greenfield one. Neither field sits in any database, and buying a list without them means qualifying every account by hand. ### What this actor does Point this actor at property manager websites. It reads the incumbent system from the resident and owner portal links (AppFolio, Yardi/RentCafe, Buildium, RealPage, Entrata, Rent Manager, ResMan, DoorLoop, Propertyware and 40+ more, including HOA platforms and short-term-rental channel managers), pulls doors under management from the site's own copy, and returns portfolio types, service mix and a stack verdict. Firms running no portal at all are labelled greenfield, which is the displacement target list. ### Start here Run it on 20 firms in one metro. The rows that come back 'no portal detected' are the ones to call first. ### Output fields - `vertical_relevance` - `stack_verdict` - `website_platform` - `company` - `website` - `final_url` - `top_detection` - `vendor` - `confidence` - `evidence` - `units_managed` - `units_band` - `portfolio_types` - `services` - `has_owner_portal` - `has_resident_portal` - `all_detections` - `categories` - `pages_crawled` - `status` ### Measured accuracy 93 to 96% of qualified firms return an actionable verdict. The PM system is named on 50-65%. Doors fill only 7-15%, because most small and mid-size firms never publish a door count. That is a property of the market, not a parser bug. ### Deploy ```bash APIFY_PUSH_TOKEN=$APIFY_TOKEN_PERSONAL python3 push_to_apify.py ``` SDK-free by design: plain Apify REST via run env vars. Do not reintroduce the apify/crawlee SDK without pinning every transitive dependency. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Websites to scan. Paste URLs, use Bulk edit for a list, upload a file, or link a Google Sheet. ## `maxSubpages` (type: `integer`): How many same-site pages to crawl beyond the homepage. ## `concurrency` (type: `integer`): Sites scanned in parallel. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optionally route through Apify Proxy (helps with IP-blocked hosts). ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://texasbmg.com" }, { "url": "https://purepm.co" } ], "maxSubpages": 5, "concurrency": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): Detects which property-management system a firm runs (AppFolio, Yardi/RentCafe, Buildium, RealPage, Entrata, Rent Manager, ResMan, DoorLoop and more) from the resident/owner portal link, and extracts doors under management, portfolio types (single-family, multifamily, HOA, student, short-term), service mix and payment/screening/maintenance stack. Built for proptech vendors and PM-software displacement plays. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://texasbmg.com" }, { "url": "https://purepm.co" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("signalserver/property-manager-stack-detector").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://texasbmg.com" }, { "url": "https://purepm.co" }, ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("signalserver/property-manager-stack-detector").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://texasbmg.com" }, { "url": "https://purepm.co" } ] }' | apify call signalserver/property-manager-stack-detector --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,signalserver/property-manager-stack-detector" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/EGlLhF84wpvd5egoT/builds/1Ed1oMrp9BM8v1Ok5/openapi.json