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The Origin Story

WTF

is Fortress OS, anyway?

The only property management platform purpose-built for affordable housing — built by operators who've lived the challenges firsthand. Here's the story behind it.

Scaled from
5K
units
Up to
30K
units
In just
4
years
Why we built Fortress

Property management is hard. Your software shouldn't make it harder.

Kerri Davis was tasked with scaling a Nashville-based property management company from 5,000 units to 30,000 in four years — and quickly realized the core software they were running on wasn't up to the job.

After interviewing and implementing several other core systems, the conclusion was inescapable: a modern, automated, centralized, scalable solution didn't exist yet. So she built one.

Fortress OS is the result — the first core operations platform purpose-built for affordable housing, designed by operators for operators.

In order to have a modern, automated, centralized, scalable solution, that solution needed to be built — not bought.
Kerri Davis · Founder & CEO
Our Vision

To empower people with core operations software that's streamlined, intuitive, and built for automation, centralization, and extreme usability — creating a better quality of life and higher levels of success for everyone: operators, owners, residents, and investors.

How we work

Built by a team that sticks together

The Fortress OS team

A Culture of Team Building

“You have to walk through the mud in life if you ever want to get to the higher ground. And we know it's possible to do it with our team that sticks together.”

A Remote-First Organization

Headquartered in Nashville, TN, with engineers, operators, and product builders spread across the country. We hire for the work — not the zip code — and we ship the product as one team.

1030 16th Ave South · Suite 500 · Nashville, TN 37212

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