How a lawyer accidentally became a property manager and made her business thrive with DoorLoop

When every detail lives in your head

Stephanie Izaguirre, a lawyer by trade, never planned to become a property manager. When she found a commercial building with room for her practice, it came with something unexpected: about 20 other tenants.

Suddenly, she was managing 22 to 25 commercial units plus two residential properties—all while running a full-time law practice.

She tried managing everything with spreadsheets. One for expenses, another for rent revenue, a separate rent roll, and a folder for leases. Draft versions and finalized versions were all scattered across her laptop.

The real problem wasn't just the clicking around; it was the mental load. Stephanie only had so much brain capacity, and property management details were crowding out everything else.

Faster leasing with eSignatures

Stephanie searched online for the top 10 property management software options. DoorLoop stood out as the best option compared to the alternatives.

Then she discovered electronic lease signatures, her new favorite feature.

“My favorite feature is my ability to just send my leases to my tenants and have them sign them electronically. I noticed that I was getting the leases back signed in minutes.”

Everything came together in one place. No more scattered spreadsheets. No more hunting for information. Just one hub where rent, expenses, leases, and tenant communication lived.

A rental business that runs itself now

The first thing Stephanie noticed wasn't time savings—it was peace. The constant worry about tracking everything, the mental static of remembering details—all of it lifted.

But the real surprise? Her tenants loved it. The professional presentation—electronic leases, organized communication, accessible service without requiring her physical presence—elevated the entire building's image and her own confidence.

“I have gone back and raised our rent probably 10–20% as we've gone forward, and part of the reason I was able to justify that was because we were presenting ourselves as a more professional building.”

Now she spends maybe 30 minutes at the start or end of each day on property management. The rest of her time? Free for her law practice.

“The number one thing that I love about DoorLoop is [that], now that I have it up and running, it pretty much handles itself. The rent comes in, the bills get paid, the leases go out. I'm really happy.