DEMO: MyOwnRealEstate.com plays landlord for you

Lots of applications will match apartment seekers with apartments available to rent. But MyOwnRealEstate.com takes care of managing the apartment — and the relationship between landlord and tenant — after the apartment has been rented.

The web site, being unveiled today at DEMOfall 09, has property management tools where a tenant can channel maintenance requests and rent payments directly to the landlord. It is offered as a software-as-a-service application, so you can log into the site wherever you are and still be in direct communication with the landlord or tenant. All of these records can later be accessed as a complete record of the relationship with the tenant.

The company executives had a hard time on stage because the site wasn’t loading fast, so they couldn’t really show much of the service in action.

A centralized server stores relevant data and lets tenants and landlords get real-time information from each other. It should be especially helpful for property managers who are always on the go. There are an estimated 36 million rental units in the U.S., according to market researcher North Point Group.

Included in the service is video surveillance software. Video cameras can upload video to the site and the landlord can view the videos just by logging into the site. That gives visual reassurance that the rental property is in good shape.

The self-funded San Jose, Calif.-based company plans to charge a fee of about $5 a month for the service.

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