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Marketing Your Community

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Deciding Why you Want to Market


Do you want to promote because you have a new development? Or will it be to fill vacancies within an existing community, or to upgrade (and turn around) an older community? Each of these three stages of a community requires a different marketing plan, a different focus, different promotional strategies, and differing amounts of involvement.

What is Management?

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Do employees know our management direction and is it consistently implemented? We all should have our structure to accomplish goals of our management direction. Mentioned in this article are suggestions that are critical to our businesses, service to our residents, retention of employees, and to stay out of court.

Complying With ADA Requirements for Public Accommodations

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Among other things, the ADA requires public accommodations to make new public use facilities fully accessible, to remove physical barriers for older ones (built before January 23, 1993) to the extent "readily achievable," and to make any "alterations" to existing public use facilities accessible to the "maximum extent feasible."

Handling Violations to Rules and Regulations

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But when all is said and done, the one thing that takes most of the community manager's time is handling guideline violations. How do you, as an extremely busy person, do this with only a minimum amount of time invested? How do you handle residents as a fragile yet necessary part of your business and still get everything else done without making them feel that they are an imposition to you?

Manufactured Housing News: What's Trending NOW!!

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The nationwide need for affordable housing is a boon to our wider industry. Many factories across the US are operating at capacity, or even adding shifts. In recent years, customers could expect their homes delivered within three or four weeks after ordering; due to current production demands, it's now common to wait six or eight weeks, or even longer.

Disaster Planning Part III - Developing Evacuation or Shelter Plans

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When visiting your local emergency agency or the American Red Cross to find out about potential problems in your area, ask for assistance in evacuation and shelter planning. They should be able to tell you what types of shelters are available in your area or which sites would be set up as shelters if a disaster occurs.

Accepting Rent from A Resident In Default

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Rule 1. Do not accept rent if you know that the tenant is in violation of the Park Rules and you intend to issue a 30-day notice of default. Example: If the tenant has an unpermitted pet or has someone living with him/her who has not applied for residency as a tenant do not accept rent if you are planning to give the tenant a 30-day notice of default.

Working with Residents' in Disaster Preparedness

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Generally speaking, this committee should consist of :

 

  • Chairperson
  • Training Coordinator
  • Communications Coordinator
  • Emergency supplies manager
  • Residents with knowledge or experience in financial, insurance and legal issues