Roommate Matching

The roommate-matching technology built into RealPage Student Living has caused a sensation in the student housing industry – and even in the press, including The New York Times, Good Morning America, and other media.

Students who have not chosen roommates in advance simply fill out profiles, much as they would on Facebook or MySpace. The system then presents good candidates, assigning a percentage that reflects how well they match on issues such as sleeping habits, interests, and living arrangements. It’s up to the students to agree to become roommates – taking the responsibility (particularly for matches that don’t work out!) off your staff. With roommates selected, they’re ready to choose a unit and complete the lease.

Students empowered to choose their own roommates are far less likely to complain later – and ask for time-consuming changes. In fact, roommate-switching is reduced by an astonishing 70 percent. That means less work for your staff, happier residents, and of course, better occupancy.

OneSite Leasing & Rents Student Living provides a powerful on-demand management tool that enables student living properties to monitor, analyze, and enforce practices and policies at all sites. It automates the process of leasing and renting beds in bulk—from a quick guest card to bulk move out. Pricing and concessions can be managed centrally with the system. At the same time, it simplifies the leasing and rent management processes and automates tasks to free up site personnel to do what they do best: lease beds and provide high-level customer service to students and their guarantors.