Design and Development of an Online Property Management Platform Using MVC Architecture

Om Chandule, Nirmala Shinge

Abstract: In India, you still see most landlords doing things the old-fashioned way: chasing tenants for rent over the phone, scribbling records in a notebook, stuffing lease papers in a file. It?s easy to see where that leads- missed payments, lost documents, forgotten repairs. Honestly, it?s a hassle no one needs anymore. So, we built something better. Our online property management platform pulls everything together. Landlords, tenants, and admins just log in with their own accounts and get things done from one place. Listing properties? Registering tenants? Collecting rent, handling repairs, storing leases, running financial reports - it?s all in there. Under the hood, we used HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 5, JavaScript, PHP 8.0, and MySQL 8.0. The MVC design pattern keeps the code tidy and easier to maintain. When it came to testing, we went over 68 cases across every module. Found three bugs, fixed them, and got all tests passing. For load testing, we used Apache JMeter and threw up to 200 users at once at the system. The response time stuck to 1,780 ms, no errors. We even ran a survey with 15 real users- the platform scored 82.3 out of 100 for usability and a 4.3 out of 5 for satisfaction. End of the day, the system cuts out paperwork, reduces mistakes, and helps owners and tenants actually talk to each other. And it runs with zero deployment cost, so it?s perfect for small property owners across India who want to make their lives easier.

Keywords: property management system, rental management, tenant management, web application, usability testing