One suggestion, I have is perhaps renting a table at an upcoming Bridal Show. They are usually fairly cheap (around $10) and then you can hand out your brochures and collect email addresses. Also I have visited local colleges and posted on their bulletin boards. Another way is to reach out to local businesses and partner up with them referral for referral.
Mandy,
I recently did a thorough Marketing Plan for a new lease-up. I had a few sections in the plan:
-Neighborhood Description
-Area Demographics
-Property Information
-Submarket Overview
-Operations
-Corporate Relationship Partners
-Budgets
-Helpful Tools
It really helped to have a wealth of information for many of these topics before delving into the Operations and how we would target getting the community leased-up. Let me know if I can help in any other way!
Megan