The new year is upon us once again, and while we're making personal resolutions, we at OccupancySolutions.com love the idea of creating professional resolutions as well. For community managers and their teams, a well-crafted resolution (and one you can stick to) can be just the thing to keep you ahead of the competition and continuously successful year after year. 5 resolution ideas we love for community managers in 2025 are:

  1. Create a preventative maintenance schedule -- Preventative maintenance might be an "extra job" for your maintenance team, but it's one that'll save you and your maintenance crew a whole lot of time, energy, headache, and budget. Rather than waiting until something goes wrong, and dealing with an emergency situation, preventative maintenance keeps you on the up and up when it comes to the status and health of your residences.
  2. Refresh yourself on local laws -- Local laws for community management and residents are always changing, and it's up to management teams to stay on top of these changes as they come. One impactful and proactive resolution is to dedicate some time to updating your knowledge, and to make sure you're aware of any changes that may be on the horizon.
  3. Dedicate yourself to improving communication with residents -- Communication is crucial to building friendly rapport and creating an organic community feel. In 2025, create a plan to improve and dedicate yourself to better communication with your residents. This may mean starting a community newsletter, engaging more on social media, checking up with residents in a friendly way, or hiring a dedicated staff member to take over customer service.
  4. Stay organized -- Staying organized is a resolution not just for community management teams, but it's one that benefits them a great deal. Agreements, contracts, leases, employee paperwork, and other documents can get mixed up fast. Spend some time creating a new organization strategy you can stick to throughout the year to ensure you're always on top of effective organizing.
  5. Develop an investment plan for the year -- Where do you want to invest in your community? Is it in employee training programs? Is it in residence upgrades? Are you planning to improve your marketing for the new year? Wherever you want your money to go, develop a plan and set investment goals for the New Year. This ensures your community will continue moving forward, and you'll be able to support this progression with confidence.

New Years resolutions aren't just personal, and professional resolutions can be just as impactful. For more professional resolution ideas for community managers, contact us today.