The Recovery House HQ Blog

Straight answers on recovery house software

Comparisons, buyer's guides, and practical takes for people who actually run recovery houses and sober living homes — no fluff.

New · Financial Operations

How to Track Rent and Resident Balances in a Sober Living Home

A practical guide to recurring charges, partial payments, receipts, overdue balances, staff collections, and a financial history residents and operators can understand.

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New · Operations Guide

Recovery House Management Software vs. Spreadsheets: When Is It Time to Switch?

Learn the warning signs that spreadsheets, texts, and scattered records are creating operational risk—and what a dedicated system should centralize.

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★ Start here · 2026 Buyer's Guide

Best Sober Living Software in 2026: An Honest Comparison

Recovery House HQ, Sobriety Hub, One Step, Sober Living App, and Anchor Living — compared side by side on features, price, and who each one is really for.

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Comparison

Sobriety Hub Alternatives: 4 Platforms to Compare

Outgrown the simple option? The recovery house platforms worth looking at in 2026, ranked and explained.

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Buyer's Guide

How to Choose Sober Living Software: A Buyer's Checklist

The eight plain-English questions to ask every vendor before you sign up — plus the red flags to walk away from.

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Perspective

What AI Can Actually Do for a Recovery House in 2026

Beyond the buzzwords: the concrete ways AI saves a house manager time this year — and the lines it should never cross.

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Meet the Founder

“When people get sober, they do big things. I’m proof.”

Daniel Shepherd got sober in a Georgia recovery house. Eleven years later, he built the software that runs them.

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More guides on the way

Court-connected residences, rent collection that actually works, and running multiple houses without losing your mind.

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Run your whole house on one platform

Residents, rent, drug screens, passes, maintenance, and reports — with AI import and health scoring built in. Available nationally, with a separate one-year-free founding offer for eligible Georgia houses.

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