Lesson 4 of 4 · 4 min
Learning why residents leave
Collect reasons, look for patterns, and fix the causes you control.
When a resident declines a renewal in the portal, they are asked why and told the office will be in touch about move-out. Those reasons, plus what you hear on the phone, are your retention data.
Monthly review
- Log each move-out reason as a note on the lease or in your renewal follow-up.
- Once a month, group the reasons: price, maintenance, noise, parking, job move, buying a home.
- Pick the one controllable reason that came up most and fix it.
- Check the Results tab in Pricing for Renewed and Not renewing to see whether it moved.

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