One Sure Way to Increase Tenant Selection Rates

Posted By: Rebekah Near Community, Industry,

Time and time again over the twenty-seven years working on the front lines of a Tenant and Employment background screening company I have witnessed the magic happen when a Manufactured Home Community Management company creates a clear and concise Tenant Selection Policy.  In selecting tenants their confidence goes sky-high with a success rate to match.  Now isn’t this what we all need – a high success rate for finding great tenants? At the same time the liability from lawsuits are minimized.  When you attend a Fair-housing class one of the first things they encourage you to develop is such a policy.  Much of my time in the last five years has been helping Manufactured Home Community Management companies – both large and small - build a solid Rental Criteria.  It can be tricky.  It takes thought, communication between corporate office and whomever is helping you create the policy as well as knowledge to create a good one.  But your efforts are rewarded. Some of the many rewards are the following:    

  1. COMPLIANCE with Federal, State, Local and Fair-housing laws 

  1. EFFICIENCY in corporate management oversight of one community or multiple sites specifically the park managers 

  1. ESTABLISHES BOUNDARIES giving the message to potential tenants – this Manufactured Home Community has their act together. They have rules and enforce them 

  1. OBJECTIVE DECISIONS can be made as to which rental applicants qualify for a rental unit and which ones do not qualify 

  1. TRAINING TOOL for new staff – policies for both rental applicants and staff members are in writing and integrated into the Selection Policy – no guessing whether an applicant qualifies or not 

  1. SALES TOOL – When a Manufactured Home Community owner is shopping for a “premier” management company, a highly defined and organized Tenant Selection Policy can be impressive 

CONCLUSION:  A robust, updated, clear and concise Tenant Selection Policy will help take a load off of your shoulders.  It is a must! 

 

The above is not legal advice.  Rebekah Near is not an attorney.  Questions may be directed to Rebekah Near at the following email address:  Rebekahn@orcainfo-com.com  For training videos on this subject and others, log on to, http://www.Orcainfo-com.com  At the top of page is a menu. Click on Education.  One of your choices will be our educational and training videos.