Dash

For AppFolio teams

An AI agent for AppFolio, in your team chat.

Dash is an AI agent that reads your AppFolio reports and answers your team in Microsoft Teams, Slack or a text. Ask who is behind on rent or how a property is doing, and Dash pulls the report, checks your inbox and spreadsheets, and drafts the follow-up. Before Dash sends anything to a resident, owner or vendor, someone approves it.

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Priya9:42 AM

@Dash what maintenance is still open across all six communities, oldest first, in #maintenance.

Dash App9:42 AM

Reading the work order report, the shared inbox, and the repair history for each unit.

Dash App9:43 AM

Eleven work orders are open across six communities:

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  • Oldest · Camelback 1419 days
  • Waiting on an owner · 3 requestsDecide
  • Vendor booked · 5 requestsScheduled

How Dash works with AppFolio

Realm-X is built into AppFolio. Dash works where your team already talks.

Dash reads the AppFolio reports your team already runs and brings the answers into Microsoft Teams, Slack or a text, next to your inbox and spreadsheets. The connection is read-only, so nothing changes in AppFolio.

Next to AppFolio's own AI

Realm-X is AppFolio's own AI. Its Leasing, Maintenance and Resident Messenger Performers work inside AppFolio, and in June 2026 AppFolio announced a connector between Realm-X and Anthropic's Claude. If you use Realm-X, keep it. Dash does a different job: it's the teammate your office staff ask in chat, across AppFolio and everything else you use.

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What Dash reads in AppFolio

  • The reports your team already runs in AppFolio, such as the Rent Roll

What Dash can change, after a person approves

  • Nothing in AppFolio: the connection is read-only
  • Emails to residents, owners and vendors, and updates in your CRM

Post a weekly portfolio report in Teams

Dash reads the same AppFolio reports every Monday and posts a property-by-property summary to your team channel.

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Priya

@Dash every Monday at 8, post a summary of our AppFolio reports by property in the Portfolio channel.

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Scheduled. Every Monday at 8:00 I'll read the AppFolio reports and post one line per property in the Portfolio channel. Want a test run now?

Weekly portfolio report

Get a daily AppFolio brief by text

Describe it once. Every weekday Dash reads your AppFolio reports and texts you what needs attention before you reach your desk.

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Priya

@Dash each weekday at 7:30, text me vacancies and late rent from AppFolio.

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Done. Each weekday at 7:30 I'll read the AppFolio reports and text you vacancies and late rent, with the biggest change at the top.

Daily portfolio brief

Keep a late-rent case on schedule

Dash checks your AppFolio reports and mail history against each notice date and drafts the next letter for your approval.

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Priya

@Dash where are we on the Unit 12 late-rent case, and what's due next?

Dash

The second notice went out on the 3rd and the balance hasn't changed. The next one is due Friday. I've drafted it, and it's waiting for your approval.

Notice draft for approval

Get briefed before an owner call

Dash pulls the owner's properties from your AppFolio reports, adds the latest email thread and lists the open questions.

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@Dash brief me on the Alvarez account before my 3 o'clock call.

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Alvarez owns four properties. Two units show as vacant in this week's report, and he's asked twice about the roof quote. I added three questions to cover in the brief.

Owner call brief

Approvals

Dash drafts. Your team sends.

Dash reads and answers right away. Before it changes a record in a connected tool, or sends anything to a resident, owner or vendor, it posts a card in the same Teams chat or Slack thread and waits for a person to approve. That's the default. Anyone with access to the connection can approve, unless an admin has picked who does.

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Your workspace stays isolated.

Each workspace runs separately, and your data is never used to train AI models.

Encrypted credentials.

Workspace credentials are encrypted while stored.

Independently verified.

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FAQ

Questions about Dash and AppFolio.

Does Dash work with AppFolio?

Yes. Dash connects to AppFolio and reads the reports your team already runs there, such as the Rent Roll. It reads them when you ask, or on a schedule you set, and combines them with the other tools you connect.

How is Dash different from AppFolio's Realm-X?

Realm-X is AppFolio's own AI, built into AppFolio, where its Performers handle leasing, maintenance and resident questions. Dash is an AI teammate your office team talks to in Microsoft Teams, Slack or a text. It reads your AppFolio reports and puts them next to your inbox, spreadsheets and other tools. You don't have to pick one: Dash doesn't replace Realm-X.

Can Dash change anything in AppFolio?

No. The AppFolio connection is read-only: Dash reads reports. When Dash drafts an email to a resident, owner or vendor from what it read, a person approves it before it's sent.

Can my team use it in Microsoft Teams or by text?

Yes. Dash works in Microsoft Teams, Slack and text. That matters for leasing agents and field techs who never open Teams: they text Dash a question and get the answer from your AppFolio reports. Dash can also join a group text of up to 10 people with US or Canada numbers, and replies when someone says "Dash".

Is our AppFolio data used to train AI?

No. Your data is never used to train AI models. Dash is SOC 2 Type II attested and ISO/IEC 27001 certified.

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