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Reduce Vacancy Loss: Step Up Your Move-In Dates “You have 24  Notice to vacates for the month ending. How do you rent the apartments quickly and get the new resident to move in as soon as possible? I was faced with this situation several years ago when I had just begun as the new Manager […]

It’s probably happened many times – someone comes into your leasing office and you think, “No one could lease to that person!”  Well, in today’s competitive apartment leasing environment, you have to be able to lease to anyone.  And, believe it or not, it can be done.  All it takes is the right information and […]

Essential Steps of the Leasing Process 1.  Effectively handle all requests for information about your community, including telephone,email, Internet and regular mail inquiries, with the goal of developing a relationship in order to persuade the future resident to visit the community personally and ultimately lease. 2.  Meet and greet future residents (at the front door […]

There comes a time when we decide it’s time to stop giving away free rent and the competitors aren’t on the same page. I wrote this article to help you and your team make the transition. Here’s how it started.  A future resident at my apartment community sent an e-mail to his leasing professional.  He’d […]

This article is being republished for Alicia and Derek. Special Note to Alicia and Derek: When you have no availability in your one-bedroom apartments, it’s time to increase the rents. One of the biggest issues I see with apartment communities across the country is that they treat community occupancy as a whole when they should […]

This is a great tool given to me by my Asset Manager to better manage my lease expirations with my traffic trends.  This idea took some getting used to because I was trained that we only offer 6 and 12-month lease terms. Those were the options no matter what month you leased an apartment home. With the Lease Expiration Board […]

Wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have to worry about lease expirations? If every resident simply moved in and stayed….and stayed…and stayed? Ah, but this is the real world—and in the real world, leases expire and residents move out. Even the best resident retention plan won’t  eliminate turnover. Because lease expirations are a fact […]