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Property Management System

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. Project Overview 2

1.2. Problem Statement 2

2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE

2.1. Study of Existing System 3

2.2. Proposed System 3

3. REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS

3.1 Functional Requirement Analysis 4

3.2 Non Functional Requirement Analysis 4

3.3 Hardware & Software Interfaces. 5

3.3.1 Hardware Interfaces 5

3.3.2 Software Interfaces 5

3.4 Communication Interfaces 5

4. PROJECT DESIGN

4.1 Entity Relationship Diagram 6

4.2 Extended Entity Relationship Diagram 7

4.3 Relational Model 8

5. IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS

5.1 Output Screens

6. TESTING

6.1 Test Cases


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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW

Property Management System is a Web Application which is mainly designed for

students of Clemson University who are looking for off-campus accommodation. The

primary problem that students face while doing so is the sheer amount of information

which is available on a variety of websites that is at their disposal. It is deemed to

overwhelm them.

Our application provides a one stop solution to this problem by combining all sites

data on a single platform and constricting the search criteria to those that people look

for. Also, the search results are designed to be given to the user in such a way so that

all the records can be filtered and only the desired set of listings can be obtained.

A user can also register if he/she has rooms to rent. Their contact information is

displayed with the registered listing when viewed.

Other than a user, a property manager can also register and post listings on the

website. This enables direct involvement of the property management of the website

which simplifies the renting process for a student.

The application is run on the local server using Apache Tomcat 7. The database is

accessed using MySQL.

1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT

Everybody needs a place to live whilst studying which is closer to their University.

On-campus housing is limited and expensive. So, some students, mostly

internationals, choose to live off-campus. These students, who usually do not have

any prior knowledge about life in their new University, will be lost trying to look for a

place to live.

There are a lot of property management websites, but each property management has

a different website. For example, Craigslist focuses on user-based listings, where an

individual advertises his listing, whereas Foothills Property Management has a

website that displays the apartments that are managed by them. There is no single

website which integrates both these functionalities. There is no single place where a

student can compare the location, rent and how far the place is from the university on

a single platform. Instead, the student needs to go through various websites to choose

their apartment of liking. This predicament is resolved on our website. Our project

intends to create a single website that gives a novice student every detail needed that

would make the process of searching for accommodation less tiresome.


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CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

2.1 STUDY OF EXISTING SYSTEM

The most popularly used property management website is Clemson off Campus

Housing. It displays the housing available near the University with the Property

Management Company details. This website has some deficits which are as follows:

Students searching for rooms have to go through a great deal of stress before

actually coming in contact with the Property Management Company.

The search criteria are ambiguous.

The listings are also limited since there is almost no direct involvement of the

property management.

Hence, the students are confined to contacting the property management as the only

means of getting even the common details of the rooms, like utilities or furnished. The

property management companies have to be contacted for every small detail, which

can be cumbersome for both the parties. Currently, no other website offers a

comprehensive listing of available rentals in and around Clemson (i.e. Property

Management listings and individual listings posted by Users).

2.2 PROPOSED SYSTEM

The proposed system is designed to overcome the outdated listings and search

problems, as experienced in the previous system .Our database system has a complete

listing of all the rentals which includes the listings of the respective property

management companies along with the individual listings posted by tenants (if they

have a room to rent in the apartment or so on). The payment methods are also

mentioned so that the students wouldn’t have to go through the hassle of contacting

the property management company repeatedly over finance. The requirement of SSN

associated with most searches is eliminated by making it non mandatory; so as to help

International students.

Our property management system involves three types of users:

Administrators responsible for the maintenance and moderation of listing entries

on the website.

The User, usually the student, is given specific privileges. A Registered user can

post /edit their own listings or view all listings. An unregistered user can only

view the listings.

The Property manager acts as the third party in this system. They are given special

privileges where they can add their respective listings, edit the lease start and end

date and edit all information for their listing.


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These above features allow the database to be updated regularly and up to date with

listings. This enables the students to immediately view/register for a listing when it is

available. These above features are not present in the existing system.

CHAPTER 3

REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS

3.1 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS

This section gives a list of the functional requirements applicable to the Property

management system.

Interface Requirements:

Jakob Neilsen’s rules for good User Interface states that a design is deemed good if

the user is required to remember as little as possible. Apart from recalling the

registration ID and password (if the user is a registered user or admin or a property

manager), user should not need to remember anything else. The GUI chosen should

be simple and effective such that any user will be able to navigate his way through the

application easily. User should not have to invest any brain power in operating the

system.

Input Requirements:

The input requirements states what data can be entered into the system and by whom.

The Administrator has the privilege of entering and deleting listings. Also,

administrator is responsible for the authorization of the users. The users and the

property managers are allowed to register on the website .The unregistered users are

allowed to view only the listings and cannot enter a listing or modify one.

The listings can be posted by the registered user and the property managers. The

property managers are given more privileges like they can edit the start and end lease

date whenever possible and the mode of contact.

The registered users are given privileges where they can upload a listing to the

website giving specific mandatory information about the listing. They can edit or

modify that particular listing at any time .They can also specify whether a particular

room in an apartment is empty, number of beds / bathrooms, how far is the place from

the university, what is the rent for the place, etc.


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3.2 NON FUCNTIONAL REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS

Usability and accessibility

It is the responsibility of the administrator to ensure that the records in the database

are updated. When the end of the lease is near, he has to make sure if the tenants are

going to continue the lease, it has to be reflected in the website. There is nothing more

frustrating to the user than finding wrong information. This happens all the time with

property management websites. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the administrator

to ensure that this does not happen by ensuring that only available listings are

displayed at any particular time.

The application is designed in such a way that any interested party will be able to get

the information they want, but not so much so as to compromise the integrity of the

second party. A user will be able to simply view the listings available and not do

anything else unless the listings are posted by them.

Security Requirements

The administrator is responsible for the user’s accessibility into the database.

Password verification is used to ensure that there is no manipulation of the system.

3.3 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE INTERFACES:

3.3.1 Hardware Interfaces:

Hardware Interfaces Server Side:

Operating System: Linux 14.04

Processor: Pentium 3.0 GHz or higher

RAM: 256 Mb or more

Hard Drive: 8 GB or more

Client side:

Operating System: Windows XP or above, MAC or UNIX.

Processor: Pentium III or 2.0 GHz or higher.

RAM: 256 Mb or more

3.3.2 Software Interfaces:

Database:

MySQL

Application:

JSP (Java Server Pages)

HTML

CSS


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Server

Apache Tomcat 7

3 .4 Communication Requirements

Client (customer) on Internet will be using HTTP/HTTPS protocol.

Client (system user) on Internet will be using HTTP/HTTPS protocol.

CHAPTER 4

PROJECT DESIGN

4.1 Entity Relationship Diagram:


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4.2Extended Entity Relationship Diagram:


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4.3 Relational Data Model:


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OUTPUT AND TEST SCREENS


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CONCLUSION

Thus the system implemented is found to be more robust and updated over its

predecessors.Eventhough this is a significant improvement,there is also room for more

improvement such as implementing more security features and also making the website

premium for certain users for certain privileges.This system can actually be implemented for

a test run if given a chance.

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