Tenant Newsletter: Does anyone do this?

[Will Gaston]

All:

I've got about ~150 college students that are currently renting from me and am considering sending out (via email) a regular newsletter.  Purpose being to enhance communication with my communication adverse tenants which happens to be every single one of them. 

A few questions:

-Can anyone recommend a website or service where I can automate some/all of this? Possibly one specific to property management?

-What types of things do landlord send out with their newsletters? 

-Is monthly too often to send it out? Am hoping they will actually read it so don't want it to seem like spam.

[Kate Johnson]

Some ideas for content for college students- - You could sell ads for little college side-hustles (tutoring, yard work, ride sharing to airport at Chrismas - Ways to reduce energy bills -Gift ideas for your mom and dad who are hard to shop for - Why you should remove dryer lint with sensational story you find online - Cheap monthly recipes that taste good - "Biggest Loser" competition with prize money (an old complex of mine did that) - Great new cheap place to eat - Your business stuff that you really want them to read: late fee reminder, lease renewal dates, guest parking, pool rules, trash guidelines As I type this, I wonder if your situation of tight geography and demographic might make for a good closed Facebook group for only your current tenants. People could post stuff for sale, sell football tickets to each other, etc. You could also post a 1-2 sentence reminder of whatever information you are hoping they read. Also, I bet this would be a great job for a tenant to do for a small discount on their rent. Journalism or communications student. Who knows, they might really run with it.