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DEANNA SEWARD Reach out to local agencies to see if they have funds available - you will be surprised at how much some agencies can give!

Guest Insider this is a vicious cycle. Community managers that always give resources will always fight with Delinquencies.
Agencies are made for emergencies where someone lost a job, had an unforeseen medical emergency, car issues etc. People use and promote use of these agencies month over month. Agencies run out of money and bam you’re right back where you started.
Instead look at the qualifying criteria. Is it 3x income? Needs to be if not. If they need to use agencies month over month they can’t afford to live there, plain and simple. You would be better off giving them an incentive to relocate to more cost effective housing to meet their income.
How to fix it?
Qualifying criteria for income 3 X the rent.
A letter to all residents explaining what the process for non payment will be! Due X day, late penalty X day, notices X day, attorney X day etc.
Create a calendar for yourself to follow monthly so you do not miss those dates. Follow through!
Collection efforts start on the 1st not when late fees are... Show more

this is a vicious cycle. Community managers that always give resources will always fight with Delinquencies.
Agencies are made for emergencies where someone lost a job, had an unforeseen medical emergency, car issues etc. People use and promote use of these agencies month over month. Agencies run out of money and bam you’re right back where you started.
Instead look at the qualifying criteria. Is it 3x income? Needs to be if not. If they need to use agencies month over month they can’t afford to live there, plain and simple. You would be better off giving them an incentive to relocate to more cost effective housing to meet their income.
How to fix it?
Qualifying criteria for income 3 X the rent.
A letter to all residents explaining what the process for non payment will be! Due X day, late penalty X day, notices X day, attorney X day etc.
Create a calendar for yourself to follow monthly so you do not miss those dates. Follow through!
Collection efforts start on the 1st not when late fees are due.
Do NOT take partial payments!
Cash for keys if they are too far behind. You’ll never get your money anyway. Better to get the unit back cleaned and quickly. Saves on dumpster costs and legal fees.
Call, knock, use resources like call them at work, call emergency contacts, get resourceful. Be careful when calling emergency contact. Say “a personal business matter”. Late night’s and weekends when folks are home knocking doors.
Buy red paper to print notices on and tape to their door.
Consist effort will work!

Guest Insider Well, my first question would be why? What collection efforts are currently in place?

Miles Scruggs Like one half of a duplex or a 472 unit community?

Tracy Jamison a larger unit community.

Guest Insider I would be reevaluating a lot starting with who is in charge of delinquency? Does your screening policy need to be reevaluated?

Guest Insider Omg I took one over in August last year at 50% delinquency. Basically just stabilized in last month. I probably kicked out about half and saved half.

Guest Insider Prolly start looking for another job.

Guest Insider Then I'd be filing 50% evictions.

Guest Insider One of my properties was there a few months back. We did payment plans and 30 day notices for non compliance. We are in the 90%'s now

Guest Insider 1. Reevaluate the application approval process & make sure that you & your team are verifying employment. There’s too many fake stubs being used these days.
2. File eviction. Better to start this lengthy process sooner rather than later. You can always dismiss a case at a later time if they become current.
3. Create a payment plan for those currently delinquent.
4. Perform lockouts (if allowed), with those who refuse to answer your calls or respond to notices. This will force them to have face to face interaction with you.

Guest Insider Is this an interview question?!

Mark Tanguay I've fortunately never been even close to that situation, but I have posted many notice to enter "to confirm occupancy before filing for eviction". That tends to get many to pay up or call.

Guest Insider Knock on doors every five days. Then I would start the evection process.

Guest Insider I’m of the belief that people become delinquent because the mgr allows it. A mgr must be firm in this department. The person being hurt by the mgr being soft is the resident!

Guest Insider Step one is identifying where the breakdown happened that allowed delinquency to soar to that level: Poor team training? Inaction? Subpar application screening or qualification criteria? Lack of legal actions?
The next step is to take action to correct those items: Start legal actions STAT. Evaluate training, collection procedures, applicant screening, qualification criteria, and revamp accordingly.
50% is beyond fire alarm time.
Solid training and consistent collection action results in meeting or exceeding the standards I set for my teams: less than 10% of GPR at the start of the month and less than 1% of GPR at the end of the month.

Guest Insider At My last property we allowed you to buy out of your first eviction filing but if we had to file a 2nd time in a 12 month period we would not accept payment and they had to do. Yes we initially took a little dip in occupancy but then re leased those apts to qualified applicants. Delinquency went from over $100k down to under 2% in less than a year

Guest Insider Contact flex, it’s a program where residents arrange w them a payment plan if approved, flex pays their rent on time then resident pays flex. It’s a worthy program and I’ve used in the past. When knocking on doors doesn’t help as much as expected.

Guest Insider Issue 6 month leases (no upcharge) moving forward until you evict the delinquents and have a ‘clean’ 6 months on the current tenants. The you can renew for 12.

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