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With the holiday season well on it’s way, we thought it would be fun to share some pictures of our Halloween Company Party. This was the first Holiday event to take place at our new and improved Headquarters in Walnut Creek, CA!
This year’s festivities included a Costume Contest awarding the Best Male, Best Female, Funniest, Scariest and Prettiest costumes, as well as a Mummy Making contest, which called for each department to make a Mummy out of their Department head! As you can see, everyone had a wonderful time at this big company bash.
Visit our Facebook Page for more pictures of this spooktacular event!
Happy Friday everyone! We thought we would end your week with a little “treat.” Say hello to Alexis, one of the youngest members of the YapStone (RentPayment’s parent company) family. She stopped by the Santa Monica office to visit her Dad and made a quick cameo for all to enjoy.
No tricks here, just adorable treats!
Just as promised, we are excited to announce the BIG PREMIER of RentPayment’s 2011 Student Housing Promotion Wrap-Up Video! Seeing the “Love at First Click” Promotion come to life was extremely exciting for us and we couldn’t wait to share this video with all of you.
Sit back, relax and enjoy the “show”!
Once again, thank you to all the property managers and their management staffs! Without your help, dedication and enthusiasm this promotion could not have been such a success. We promise to keep the promotions and prizes coming for you and your residents.
Don’t let your community miss out on a chance to win BIG for just paying their rent online! Stay tuned to the RentPayment blog for future promotions, giveaways, coupon codes and sweepstakes.
The RentPayment marketing department would like to give a special thank you to all the property managers and amazing management staffs, who put in extra time and effort to spread the word about our Love at First Click Promotion. We know fall move-ins can be extremely hectic and busy, yet every one of you did an amazing job! Without the help of such great management staff, our promotion could not have been such a success!
Two communities in particular really stood out this year. Not only did they go above and beyond by handing out and displaying RentPayment marketing materials around their property, posting on Facebook and sending us pictures, but they also increased RentPayment usage, immensely.
Therefore, we would like to award their hardworking management staff with a small prize.
The Reveille Ranch Staff
Our first place student housing community and the winner of a $300 MasterCard gift card is, Reveille Ranch, a Jamespoint Management property. Reveille Ranch increased usage at their property by about 75% throughout our Love at First Click promotion!
Here is what Property Manager Travis had to say when we asked him a few questions about RentPayment.
Q: How did your property convert residents to ePayments? What is your advice to fellow property managers to help increase RentPayment usage?
A: The primary thing we do is encourage residents to make their payments online. It all starts with the lease application. As a property with a lot of students, we close a lot leases via email, fax, and phone. We find that if a future resident pays the application fees on-line they’re very likely to make their rent payments online. We also make a point to hand out RentPayment flyers during move-in day. With many parents making their payments for their son/daughter the ability to pay from their computer without having to mail a check in is a big convenience.
Q: What would you say are some of the benefits Reveille Ranch receives from high RentPayment usage?
A: The primary benefits are the amount of time we save from not having to process checks and the added security of payments being handled by RentPayment rather than employees. Not to mention, there’s a money trail with RentPayment. No more dealing with “check lost in the mail” or “I dropped it in the drop box last night, you must have lost it” excuses!
The Gateway at College Station Staff
Our second place community and the winner of a $100 MasterCard gift card is Gateway at College Station, a DMC SUH Management property! Gateway at College Station took social media to another level! We saw constant Facebook posts reminding residents to pay rent online for a chance to win, as well as reminders in their monthly newsletter. Gateway did an amazing job of keeping us updated and displaying their efforts by sending several pictures throughout the entire promotion. Lastly, by this year’s student housing promotion’s conclusion, Gateway at College Station had over 35% of their residents making online payments!
RentPayment’s Love at First Click Student Housing Promotion officially came to an end on September 15th, 2011, after an amazing turnout, thanks to all 111 student housing communities that participated. For anyone that may not already know, our “Love at First Click” Promotion, gave all residents from the participating student housing communities the opportunity to win 1 of 3 amazing prizes for making a payment online with RentPayment and simply entering the coupon code “LoveAtFirstClick!”
Without further ado, the RentPayment Marketing Team is delighted to introduce our 3 Grand Prize Student Winners! These lucky ladies will be taking home a $1000 MasterCard gift card!
Desiree Waters from The Woodlands of Tuscaloosa, a Dovetail Companies Property!
Kayla Smith from The Gateway at Tucson, an Asset Campus Property!
Fan Yang, from The Stratum at Indiana, an Asset Campus Property!
Congratulations Ladies!
Check back soon for our “Love At First Click” Wrap Up Video, to learn more about our lucky winners! We would like to give a special thank you to all the student residents who participated in this year’s student housing promotion! Property Managers, don’t forget to stay tuned for future RentPayment promotions.
If you are interested in hosting a promotion at your property, feel free to contact us at Marketing@RentPayment.com for a consultation on how to incentivize your residents and increase RentPayment usage at your property.
Imagine this: A potential resident walks into a leasing office excited and prepared to sign a new lease, only they don’t have their checkbook on them. The property manager replies, “Not to worry! We’re now accepting your gold! Do you have any watches, rings or necklaces you want to part with?”
Hard to imagine? Well it’s true! Donald Trump recently decided to begin accepting solid gold in lieu of normal rent payment transactions. One of Trump’s new residents, Apmex, recently paid their security deposit for a new office space at Trump’s 40 Wall Street building, with 3 large gold bars worth approximately $176,000. Everyone knows Trump loves gold, but accepting gold instead of some form of money that can be deposited into a bank account seems outlandish. Maybe he’s planning on melting it down to make another gold covered apartment?
Luckily for property managers, there’s no need to worry about the burden of accepting solid gold for rent payments. With RentPayment property managers can accept credit cards, debit cards and eChecks, an electronic version of a paper check, for rental payments. Also, when potential residents are ready to sign a lease, properties utilizing RentPayment can accept a resident’s credit card as payment for a security deposit and application fee. This helps property managers close leases on the spot instead of waiting for the prospects to go home and get their checkbook.
What would your business do with solid gold anyways? It’s likely your staff won’t think too highly of you if you attempt to give them solid gold instead of their paychecks. If you use RentPayment to facilitate your payments, you won’t have to worry about the accounting nightmare of depositing a gold bar at the bank; we’ll leave that to Mr. Trump.
To hear more about how your property can benefit from RentPayment please click here.
Yesterday, it was annouced that YapStone, Inc., RentPayment’s parent company, acquired PropertyBridge, one of RentPayment’s largest competitors. It’s an exciting time here at YapStone and in order to share our excitement, we decided to take to Tout to relay the news to all of you! Tune in for a quick Tout annoucement by YapStone’s VP of Business Development, Mike Denbeau.
Back in July, RentPayment hosted a promotion for four property management companies designed to help increase the number of residents who use AutoPay. AutoPay is a recurring monthly debit from a resident’s checking account in the form of an eCheck, an electronic version of a paper check. Any resident within these four property management companies who signed up for AutoPay by eCheck with RentPayment from July 1st to August 5th, 2011 was automatically entered to win a $200 MasterCard Gift Card!
The time has come to introduce our winner:
Lisa Cordeiro of Pocasset Village, a Bilotti Group Inc. Property!
Lisa learned about RentPayment and its AutoPay promotion from her property management team who took time out of their busy schedules to hand out flyers to all the residents! She loves that “RentPayment’s AutoPay feature makes it easy to ensure [her] payment is on time every month.” Lisa also shared with us that she recently moved into Pocasset Village and began using RentPayment right away! Her property managers introduced her to the benefits of paying rent electronically from the get go and she has really enjoyed not having to “worry about getting stamps or taking a chance the mail will be late.”
Lisa is going on a vacation in November and says the “extra money will make [her trip] even more fun!” Congratulations Lisa, enjoy your trip and your $200 Master Card Gift Card and thank you for using RentPayment!
Property managers, tell your residents about RentPayment’s availability at your property from the start, so they can begin enjoying the benefits of flexible payment options like Lisa! Also, if your property management company is interested in having RentPayment host a promotion to incentivize your residents to convert electronic payments, contact Marketing@RentPayment.com to further discuss the options available at your community!
Keeping in theme with our “Love at First Click” 2011 Student Housing Promotion, we thought it would be fun to share some thoughts about the things we love, which can all be done with just one click!
Here is a list of the top ten things we fell in love with at first click:
- Paying rent online with one easy click for a chance to win prizes through promotions! Hundreds of renters have won great prizes with RentPayment.com.
- Sending emails. Electronic messaging allows us to communicate instantly, with the click of a button. No more snail mail!
- ClickPay emails from RentPayment – What could be easier? One click and your rent is paid!
- Becoming “friends” on social media sites, like Facebook. Keeping in touch and finding long lost friends and relatives has never been easier.
- Sharing RentPayment blog posts with one click!
- Online shopping. Indulge in your shopping cravings and add items into your shopping basket with just one click!
- One click phone installs from the iTunes store – downloading the RentPayment App takes only seconds!
- “Undo-ing” an action on your computer. I always sigh with relief when I remember that I can utilize the trusty “Undo” function to fix any mistake with just one click.
- Retweeting or social sharing RentPayment posts. Be sure to tell all your residents about RentPayment or remind them rent is due, with just one click!
- Video chatting with someone in another country. Not only is talking to someone across the globe just a click away, so is seeing them!
Share what you fell in love with at first click on our Facebook page, or tweet to us, using #RentPaymentLoveAtFirstClick. Happy Clicking!
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