Dallas
Websites and custom software for Dallas small businesses
A Los Angeles team working remotely with Dallas and Fort Worth businesses, with owner and tenant portals for a property manager as the worked example.
Updated September 24, 2026
In short
Our Los Angeles team builds websites and custom software for small businesses in Dallas and across the Metroplex, working remotely. Dallas is two hours ahead, so our calls land between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Central. Property management is a big trade here, and it needs a site that lists vacancies, with owner and tenant portals where a platform's own fall short.
How we work with Dallas businesses
In short
From Los Angeles, over video and in writing, with six working hours in common each weekday.
The Metroplex runs on Central time. Our 9 a.m. is 11 a.m. in Dallas, and our 3 p.m. is the end of the Dallas day, so the two workdays share six hours.
Portal work goes through more review than a plain site, because owners and tenants see different screens. Each round happens on a preview link with sample accounts, so you can sign in as a tenant and see what a tenant will see.
| Pacific | Central |
|---|---|
| 9 a.m. | 11 a.m. |
| 10 a.m. | Noon |
| 11 a.m. | 1 p.m. |
| Noon | 2 p.m. |
| 1 p.m. | 3 p.m. |
| 2 p.m. | 4 p.m. |
| 3 p.m. | 5 p.m. |
- Meetings
- By video from Los Angeles, and in writing between calls
- Time zone
- Central Time
- Shared hours
- 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Dallas lines up with 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Los Angeles.
The business mix
In short
People keep moving to Dallas, and every move keeps real estate offices and home services companies busy.
Uptown holds offices and restaurants, and Deep Ellum is the neighborhood of music venues and bars. Across the river, the Bishop Arts District in Oak Cliff is known for independent shops and salons.
North of the city, Plano and Frisco hold corporate offices and fast-growing neighborhoods, and Las Colinas in Irving is a business district of its own. Fort Worth, to the west, anchors the other half of the metro.
The SBA Office of Advocacy's 2025 profile of the Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington metro area counts 83,964 small businesses in real estate and rental and leasing. The group takes in brokers and property managers as well as equipment rental.
- Real estate and property management
- Home services
- Restaurants and bars
- Salons and personal care
- Corporate offices and their suppliers
Source: SBA Office of Advocacy, 2025 Small Business Profile: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, read September 24, 2026.
Local platforms and directories
In short
The Texas Secretary of State takes company filings, and the city and the regional chamber each help small businesses in their own way.
Corporations and LLCs register with the Texas Secretary of State. Fort Worth, Plano and Frisco are cities of their own, each with its own city hall, so a business there looks first to its own city for local rules.
The City of Dallas Office of Economic Development keeps a page of resources for small businesses, and the Dallas Regional Chamber is the chamber of commerce for the Dallas region.
- Texas Secretary of State, Corporations Section
where Texas corporations and LLCs register
- City of Dallas Office of Economic Development
the city office with resources for small businesses
- Dallas Regional Chamber
the chamber of commerce for the Dallas region
What a site and back office look like for a property manager
In short
A property manager's site lists what is for rent, and its back office keeps owners and tenants each on their own side.
Renters want current vacancies with photos and the rent, and owners shopping for a manager want to see the fees and the reports they would get. Both belong on the site, on separate pages.
Behind the site, tenants need a place to report a repair and see it scheduled, and owners need a monthly statement they can open without calling the office. Most managers run this on a property management platform, and a custom portal only earns its price when that platform cannot follow how the office works.
A worked example (hypothetical)
Picture an invented property manager in Plano that looks after rental homes for a few dozen owners. It tried a property management platform, but its owners each want statements in their own format and its repair crew works from its own list, so repair requests arrive by text and statements go out as spreadsheets.
Owner and tenant portals, each with its own login, with the repair board behind them and rent paid online, sit in the price book at $34,000, the tier for an app with payments and a portal.
The price book splits a build that size into three payments, and once tenants use the portal every month, the app support retainer keeps it patched and running.
Services in Dallas
Salons in the Bishop Arts District and restaurants in Deep Ellum draw on the same eight services, in a different mix.
- Websites that list vacancies the office can edit
- Custom apps for repair requests and work orders
- CRM records for owners and the homes they hold
- Ordering for restaurants in Deep Ellum and Uptown
- Client portals with separate owner and tenant logins
- Automations that send owners a monthly statement
- GEO, so answer engines describe your management company correctly
- Care plans for portals that tenants open every month
Common questions
Can a Dallas property manager give owners and tenants separate logins?
Yes. Each login sees only its own side: a tenant sees their rent and their repair requests, and an owner sees statements and the repairs on their properties. The office sees everything.
Can tenants pay rent through the portal?
Yes, through a payment processor that sends the money to the account you choose. Bank transfers usually cost less than cards, and the portal can offer both, with the fee shown before the tenant pays.
What happens to the property management software we already use?
You may not need to replace it. If its owner and tenant portals work for you, keep them, and the new site links to them. A custom portal makes sense when the platform cannot handle how your office runs repairs or reports.
Do you work with managers in Fort Worth and the northern suburbs?
Yes. An office in Fort Worth or Frisco gets the same remote process as one in Dallas. The site should name the parts of the Metroplex you manage in, since owners look for a manager close to their rentals.
Can the portal take maintenance requests after hours?
It takes a request at any hour and marks the urgent kinds, such as a leak or no heat, so they reach the on-call number you set. It does not replace a phone line for emergencies.
Start with a written plan
Tell us about the business and what you need. We reply with questions, then a written plan that lists the work and its price, and nothing starts until you have read it.