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How to Fix Apartment Guest Parking & Increase NOI in 2025 (Multifamily managers & operators - this one’s for you!)

Parking can be a real pain in the butt! A good parking management program can make a huge difference for everyone—residents, guests, patrol, and onsite teams! As you plan your budget for 2025, consider upgrading your parking solution to both reduce stress and create opportunities for ancillary income.

We’re going to dive into how Parking Boss can revolutionize your parking management—resulting in greater resident satisfaction and staff efficiency, more secure parking, and boosted revenue streams. Oh, and you can get the most out of your courtesy patrol with efficient parking tracking as well! Let’s look at how this works.

Enhanced Resident Experience & Fairness

Resident satisfaction hinges on everyday conveniences like parking. A seamless parking experience can positively influence lease renewals and online reviews. Parking Boss offers Smart Decals that make resident vehicles easily identifiable, ensuring designated parking areas are respected. 

Alternatively, License Plate Recognition (LPR) scans can automate this process without physical decals. Easy-peasy for self-enforcement and patrol teams alike! 

Streamlined Guest Parking Permits

Say goodbye to guests requesting permits from the office and taking up precious time from staff members, and hello to online guest parking registration. Facilitate 24/7 hassle-free guest parking permits with Parking Boss's user-friendly registration system. When guests register for parking, you’ll always know who’s in your community! 

As mobile payment adoption grows (predicted to reach 79% of digital transactions by 2025), monetizing guest parking becomes not just convenient but increasingly essential. 

Parking Boss makes it easy to customize how much free parking time residents can give to their guests (often done by month or week) and then charge a small amount after the free time is used up. It’s designed with you in mind; fully customizable to your parking rules and limits!

Revenue Opportunities 

Modern technology simplifies parking management tasks, from monitoring registrations to enforcing policies. Generate revenue through paid guest parking beyond allotted free time, offer reservable spaces for retail customers, or paid premium spots for residents who are seeking convenience.

Increased Staff Efficiency

Parking Boss's intuitive interface ensures easy adoption by onsite teams, freeing up your staff to focus on higher-value tasks. With online reservations and digital payments, administrative burdens are reduced. 

Instead of spending hours updating spreadsheets with license plate information and exporting (potentially outdated) vehicle information from your PMS, all of your parking information is easily accessible in one place.

When guests can register their own parking permits, your teams doesn’t have to spend time fielding in-office or after-hours guest permit requests. All you have to do is set up your rules and the system does the rest for you! Plus it’s easy for your patrol partner or team to see who’s permitted at all times.

Accountability & Enforcement

Maintain community harmony with enhanced accountability. Parking Boss helps manage issues like unauthorized vehicles or frequent visitors, promoting adherence to community rules. Unauthorized guests (or residents) can be a thing of the past when enforcmeent partners are able to easily identify the vehicles that aren’t registered to park. 

The system will also notify you when someone has registered several times with slight variations in their license plate number - making it easy to spot parking violators. This reduces management stress by automating enforcement tasks and can increase overall resident satisfaction. 

Accountability is also increased between you and your patrol partners with the ability to see when and where they do license plate or decal checks. Simply scanning license plates with their phones to verify parking saves time for patrol officers to run security checks in other community spaces. 

Fixed cameras on patrol vehicles can scan every car they drive past, saving even more time and leaving no stone unturned.

The software stores all enforcement activity for all time, so you’re never left wondering if a banned vehicle is back or if your patrol teams are doing what they promise.

Integrated, Gated Access Control

Easily integrate Parking Boss with existing gated access systems like Gatewise to enhance security and convenience for residents. Controlled access is a priority for modern renters, with 76% preferring covered and secure parking options. Dedicated guest parking spaces further boosts community appeal, aligning with renter preferences for a stress-free experience.

Fix your parking and save precious time in 2025 

Investing in Parking Boss isn't just about fixing parking issues—it's about stopping parking abuse, upgrading the community parking experience, and unlocking new revenue. Empower your team to know who’s parking at your community, enforce the rules fairly, and increase resident satisfaction with the convenience that is Parking Boss. Ready to take control of your parking management? Talk to our team for a quote and a free demo!

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