Multi-Entity Real Estate Investment Corporation Grows Rapidly with One Solution That Does It All.
Based in Victoria and Vancouver, BC, North America Home Finance Inc. (NAHF) is a multi-entity real estate corporation specializing in real estate investment, development, and home-buying financing. NAHF was founded with the mission to make home ownership more accessible to anyone and everyone, and make real estate a smoother and more achievable journey for investors, developers, and buyers. The company has grown to hold over 10 separate entities, with services and projects now spanning across Canada.
Key Results
The Challenge
This scale of operation entails a lot of complexities. Each of the companies ran different operations and managed different types of projects and clients. One company that was involved in the development of a large project required a solution that could combine accounting and construction project management. Instances like this arose time and time again, where a particular company or project required construction, real estate, and project management tools beyond basic accounting software.
For reporting, some of their companies used Excel spreadsheets, while others used Xero. With Xero being single-entity, there was no way to get in-depth insights into each company, cross-compare KPIs, or view NAHF as a whole to identify pitfalls and opportunities.
“Our previous solution, Xero, could only manage one entity and did not offer construction management. The more we scaled and took on development projects, the more we recognized that the road forward with Xero was quickly narrowing to a close,” explained Gaylyn Lawton, CFO at North America Home Finance. The NAHF executives connected with The Answer Company to build a solution that could pour all data from 11 entities into one integrated, organized, customizable, and smart ERP.
The Solution
“The more we scaled and took on development projects, the more we recognized that the road forward with Xero was quickly narrowing to a close.”
The Results
“Our entities differ greatly – and we have over 10 of them. Acumatica was the only ERP that could handle all of our operations and customers – while connecting all our data.”