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Amenities That Attract Student Renters

You’ve likely already considered options like renting by the room with separate contractual leases as a method of attracting student renters. So as property owner, how do you make changes to your property itself that will attract even more of these surefire renters? Here are a few amenities that draw in higher education students.

Maintain Leasing Momentum with On the Spot Closings

Whether you’re a busy property owner or an even busier property leasing agent, whenever you can have a time saving tool in your back pocket that simplifies the entire leasing process, how can you say no? We’ve seen great strides in the mobile leasing technology realm from basic online applications to our fully streamlined process that takes you right down to digitally signing and closing the lease on the spot. On the spot lease completion simply lands more tenants for many reasons that we’ll explore.

5 Ways Property Managers Can Build Long-Term Relationships with Student Renters

Roughly 30% of students enrolled in traditional on-campus degree seeking programs look for off-campus housing. Students watch the budget, but aren’t looking for low-quality options that mirror cramped dormitories and cafeteria meal plans. Echo Boomers are looking for convenience and quality of life.

Transitioning From the Paper Trail to Digital Applications

Just reaching your prospective renters through targeted marketing isn’t enough anymore. Without a full toolbox of digital tools you might be missing out on golden opportunities to close more sales. If you are straddling the fence between a paper leasing processes and a digital automated leasing system, here are a few details to help you get off the fence.

AppFolio Hack Day 2014

We recently held our 5th annual Hack Day and it was a huge success. We caught up with Jon Walker, CTO at AppFolio, to get the scoop on all the details and history behind this awesome event.

Property Walk-Through – 3 Places Often Missed on Annual Property Check

You look up, down, and all around as you work through the annual property checklist one item at a time. However, there may be a few things missing from that walk-through that simply haven’t needed to be considered until now.

Retiring At 27, With A Little Help From Great Software

You’ve seen it before. The advertisement with the unnamed person, sitting on their laptop gazing out over a beautiful beach. The headline might read: “The freedom to work from anywhere.”

One young man took these images to heart, and made the decision early on that he would be one of those “beach executives”. At 21 years old, he set his goal to be retired by 27. His name was Brenton Hayden, CEO of Renters Warehouse.

Understanding Tenant Psychology

If you’re having trouble connecting with your residents, it might be communication error. According to nationally recognized body language expert Jan Hargrave, and many other professionals who study personality and motivational factors, only 7% of all communication is verbal. It really isn’t the words you say that creates a lasting impression, it is how you say them, your posture and your tone.

The Future Of Leasing Is Here (Webinar Recap)

Today, we hosted a really interesting webinar, ‘The Future Of Leasing Is Here,’ featuring Nat Kunes, Director of Product Management at AppFolio. Nat had a ton of great tips and ideas on how to take your entire leasing flow online.