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Has anyone converted their community's resident parking from free to paid before?
Any good lessons in doing that? Mistakes you made, communication tips, etc?

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Brooke Nuber-Soldate Highly recommend you do this with your renewals and with a very long lead up time. People will be angry and their current agreements don't include having to pay for parking.
We had to do this when we went no smoking. 90 days notice before new leases and renewals would start requiring no smoking. Every renewal becomes beholden to the new rules. Every new rental has this in the lease and are notified that this is a transisiton. Month to month folks had to sign a separate addendum. Constant communication was put out. Signs all over the property for when it would start and be enforced.
Make sure there is a reminder that this will be on the new renewals and parking enforcement will begin. Make sure all new tenants are aware of the transision and to follow their lease. Even if older residents say otherwise. Set a date a year from your last "old" lease for when this will be complete.
Do it through the lease agreement. Protect yourself legally. Protect your reviews. Give your resident time to... Show more

Highly recommend you do this with your renewals and with a very long lead up time. People will be angry and their current agreements don't include having to pay for parking.
We had to do this when we went no smoking. 90 days notice before new leases and renewals would start requiring no smoking. Every renewal becomes beholden to the new rules. Every new rental has this in the lease and are notified that this is a transisiton. Month to month folks had to sign a separate addendum. Constant communication was put out. Signs all over the property for when it would start and be enforced.
Make sure there is a reminder that this will be on the new renewals and parking enforcement will begin. Make sure all new tenants are aware of the transision and to follow their lease. Even if older residents say otherwise. Set a date a year from your last "old" lease for when this will be complete.
Do it through the lease agreement. Protect yourself legally. Protect your reviews. Give your resident time to decide if this new rule is where they want to be. It's a long process but it's worth taking time.

Melissa Brown My best advice is communicate a lot in advance and do not be too lenient when people violate. If you prepare them well before the transition and they are fully informed, they will know what to expect and (hopefully) will not give your team too much of a hard time.

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Random question, but I'm curious, how did y'all's communities get their names? Did the developer just pick a name they liked? Did some agency get hired to come up with a good one?
Any particularly great or particularly bad apartment building names you've seen?

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Guest Insider My Boss loves Soccer so all our properties have soccer names

Sherry Tompkins We had a company (in past years) that ran a company wide contest. The employee who came up with the winning name would receive __________.

Guest Insider My current community is The Forest which is pretty perfect since we’re in the Duke Forest and have a private entrance to the walking trails.
Some of my previous communities were named for the street they were on which just seemed kinda lame

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Help! Ownership is asking for our recommendation on setting parking prices for a new community (200 unit midrise) we're managing.
Q: Do you charge for parking at your community? If so, how much do you charge for which spots and under what circumstances? And most important — why and how did you decide on that?

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Guest Insider We charge for parking garage access, $95/ month. Street/uncovered parking is free. I'm at a suburban garden style property, downtown Denver is $150 minimum...When I started in 2001, carports were included with rent in AZ & CA.

Guest Insider That's a great comparison! This is Riverside County, CA. How did you come to those prices?

Guest Insider Primarily competitor comparisons AND considering what we can charge vs what we should.

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