Buyer guides, compliance field notes, and operational reality — from a 20-year maintenance professional turned founder. No fluff, no vendor spin.
New here? Start with the comparison hub, pricing, or a live demo — then dig into the field guides below (including Grid Apogee compliance).
Eight leading platforms compared honestly — FixGrid, Property Meld, AppFolio, Buildium, Yardi Breeze, HappyCo, MaintainX, DoorLoop. Real pricing, real strengths and weaknesses, and a decision framework that picks by portfolio shape rather than brand recognition. Includes pricing reality tables at common operator sizes.
Read the comparisonThe AIM Act Subsection H rule that took effect January 1, 2026 dropped the leak repair threshold from 50 lb to 15 lb for HFC systems, lowered the comfort-cooling leak rate from 15% to 10%, and made automatic leak detection mandatory. Most multifamily operators haven’t re-inventoried since the rule changed — this field guide covers which equipment is now covered, the cadences by charge size, recordkeeping requirements, common compliance failures, and EPA enforcement reality.
Read the field guideWhat NFPA 25 actually requires for multifamily fire pumps, written by an FMP-credentialed 20-year maintenance professional. Test cadences (weekly churn, monthly diesel, annual flow, annual partial-flow dry-pipe trip, 3-year full-flow dry-pipe trip, 5-year internal pipe assessment), documentation AHJs look for, common compliance failures, AHJ inspection prep, and how to build a system that doesn’t leave compliance to memory.
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