The product

One clear brief for every repair.

Tenant messages become short repair briefs tied to the right unit. Your team reviews before anything goes out.

DoorBrief repair brief with unit chip, urgency label, vendor-ready work order, and manager review status
app.doorbrief.site / daily-brief
Live
Emergency
1
Urgent
4
Standard
12
Scheduled
7
Active leak · 412 Glenwood Ave #3
AI: dispatch 24h plumber
2m
Oven not heating · Birch House
Owner approval pending
27m
Drip under sink · Magnolia 207
Reply drafted
1h
Disposal reset · Cedar 14B
Closed by tenant
3h
01Intake

Tenants reach you the way they already do.

Text, email, portal, or call. DoorBrief parses each one into a structured record with unit, category, and urgency.

  • SMS · email · portal · phone
  • Auto-extracted unit & category
  • Smart follow-up for missing info
  • Photo/video attachments
Intake channels feeding one queueEmailSMSCallPortal
Phone & SMS
Email forwarding
Tenant portal
Photo upload
02Triage

One queue, four lanes, instant prioritization.

DoorBrief proposes urgency, you confirm. SLA risk surfaces at the top so the next move is obvious.

  • AI urgency proposals
  • SLA risk markers
  • Drag between lanes
  • One-click escalation
Urgency lanesEMERGTODAYSTD
Emergency1
Active leak
Same day3
No hot water
Standard12
Drip under sink
Scheduled7
Filter swap
03Work Orders

Vendor-ready, before you click send.

Scope, photos, access notes, contact, gate code — every brief comes pre-filled. No copy-paste between five tabs.

  • Auto scope from intake
  • Access notes attached
  • Photo & video bundle
  • Cost estimate field
Vendor-ready work order
04Vendor Dispatch

Match by trade, coverage, and recent response time.

See who covers the ZIP, who's already loaded today, and who's been quickest this month — then send the brief.

  • Coverage area filtering
  • Response-time scoring
  • One-click brief
  • Inline confirmation
Vendor card
Cascade Plumbing
Plumbing· 97206 · 97214
4.8 2h
Northwest HVAC
HVAC· Portland metro
4.7 Tomorrow
All-Hours Electric
Electric· 97206 · 97215
4.6 Same day
05Tenant Update Drafts

Drafts that sound like you. Sent on your approval.

DoorBrief writes the message, you adjust if needed, and the tenant gets a clean update — never a 'no update' silence.

  • Drafted in your tone
  • One thread per unit
  • Manager reviews before sending
  • Two-way SMS replies
Tenant update message
06Owner Approvals

Approvals with full context, not a forwarded photo.

Send a clean summary with scope, estimate, and photos. Owner replies inline. Thread stays attached to the request.

Scoped summary

Auto-generated from the request, vendor brief, and photos.

Inline approval

Owner clicks approve, request advances, tenant gets the update.

Thread on the record

Decision is logged with timestamp, no email archaeology later.

07Address Pattern Watch

The third call to that disposal? You'll see the cluster.

Repeat work grouped by property, system, and vendor — surfaced before the next renewal conversation.

  • Cluster by unit & system
  • Vendor performance trend
  • Cost per property
  • Renewal-time alerts
Address Pattern Watch
08Reports

Per-property reporting.

Illustrative workflow. Per-property summaries of open work, approvals, and recurring issues.

Open work orders
—
Owner approvals pending
—
Recurring issues
—
Briefs in review
—
Monthly owner report — auto-built per property, ready to send on the 1st.

See your queue in 60 seconds.

Create your workspace and start with your own portfolio.