Lotly vs. RealPage for Mobile Home Parks
RealPage is a mature, enterprise-grade platform with deep apartment DNA — LeasingDesk screening, YieldStar revenue management, Lumina AI agents, and centralized operations built for thousands of apartment units. None of that data model is a park: there is no lot object, no lot-vs-home rent split, no park-owned-home tracking, no infill home-sales pipeline, and no native certified mail. Lotly is built for parks from day one and priced per lot with vacant lots free.
| Feature | Lotly | RealPage |
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| Built specifically for mobile home parks | ✓Yes — the lot is the core object, built for parks from day one | No — apartment-DNA platform |
| Lot-level occupancy tracking | ✓Native — in every plan, nothing to license | Apartment unit model; lots are not represented |
| Lot rent vs. home rent split | ✓Native — lot rent and home rent billed separately by default | Not modeled — single unit rent |
| Park-owned home (POH) tracking | ✓Native — park-owned homes are a first-class object | Not MHP-native |
| Infill / home-sales pipeline | ✓Native multi-stage pipeline: inquiry, showing, application, financing, docs, closing | Leasing-focused; no home-sales pipeline |
| Built-in tenant screening | ✓Native and park-aware: TransUnion credit, criminal, eviction/housing — wired into the eviction manager | LeasingDesk (credit/criminal/eviction) — apartment-tuned module |
| ACH-first rent collection | ✓ACH-first by default; sub-$1 per transaction | Online payments incl. ACH; fees often pushed to residents |
| Mobile-first tenant portal | ✓Included; sub-90-second pay flow | LOFT resident portal — apartment-tuned |
| One-click certified mail + state notices | ✓Native one-click certified mail (LetterStream) + state-specific notice templates | Not native — standardized forms only, no certified-mail send |
| Eviction case manager | ✓Native, state-law-aware, AI-assisted case manager | Screening data only; no case manager |
| Automated past-due outreach | ✓AI-drafted days-past-due ladder across email, portal, and SMS | Velocity collections/billing; not an MHP days-past-due ladder |
| In-app AI suite | ✓Native and MHP-tuned: assistant, maintenance agent, doc OCR, AI drafting — included | Lumina AI agents — apartment-tuned |
| Lease e-signature | ✓Built-in and included in every plan | LeasingDesk eSignature — a module in the apartment stack |
| AI-assisted data onboarding | ✓AI-mapped import from any PMS (CSV/Excel/ZIP) — live in days, no consultant | Enterprise migration; not AI-mapped |
| MHP-formatted owner statements | ✓Native MHP-formatted owner statements — no QuickBooks required | Apartment-formatted statements |
| Pricing model | ✓Per-lot, vacant lots free, month-to-month — no annual lock-in | Custom quote-based enterprise pricing with à-la-carte modules; geared to thousands of units, not per-lot park economics |
| Apartment revenue management | No apartment revenue-management engine — parks price lot rent by market and statute, not by daily yield | ✓Deeper — YieldStar is a mature, best-in-class apartment revenue-management product |
| Enterprise BI at multifamily scale | MHP-focused reporting built for park portfolios | ✓Deeper — centralized BI and operations tooling built for thousands of apartment units |
What RealPage does well
RealPage is one of the most established platforms in the industry, and its apartment credentials are genuine: LeasingDesk screening, YieldStar revenue management, the OpenAI-powered Lumina AI agents, and enterprise accounting and BI that large multifamily owners rely on every day.
But all of it is built around the apartment unit. For a park operator the mismatch is structural, not cosmetic: there is no lot, no separate lot and home rent, no park-owned home, no infill sale — and no native certified mail for the state notices parks actually send.
Why Lotly wins for mobile home parks
Lotly was built for mobile home parks from day one, so the park workflow is not something you configure, license, or bolt on — it is the product. The lot is the core object. Lot rent and home rent bill separately by default. Park-owned homes are first-class. Vacant lots are free.
Just as important, the work a park operator actually does every week is native and included: park-aware screening, lease e-sign, one-click certified mail with state-specific notice templates, a multi-stage infill sales pipeline, a state-law-aware eviction manager, and an AI suite tuned for parks — in one platform, on month-to-month per-lot pricing, live in days.
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A true lot-and-home data modelLots — not apartment units — with separate lot rent and home rent and native park-owned-home tracking, and vacant lots free under per-lot pricing. This is the difference between software that models your business and software you work around.
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Compliance built for parksNative one-click certified mail via LetterStream with state-specific legal-notice templates, plus a state-law-aware, AI-assisted Eviction Manager — the notices and procedures parks actually send, backed by Lotly guides for all 50 states.
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Infill sales, not apartment leasingA native multi-stage pipeline from inquiry through showing, application, financing, docs, and closing — built to fill vacant lots, which is where park value is actually created.
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An MHP-native AI suite, includedAI assistant, maintenance agent, paper-application OCR, AI listing descriptions, and an AI-drafted days-past-due ladder across email, portal, and SMS — tuned for parks and included, not tier-gated or sold as an enterprise add-on.
The verdict: choose Lotly for mobile home parks
If you operate mobile home parks, Lotly is the right choice. Every workflow that defines a park — lots, separate lot and home rent, park-owned homes, infill sales, certified mail, state-aware evictions — is native, included, and built for parks from day one, on per-lot pricing where vacant lots are free and you are never locked into an annual contract.
RealPage is a capable product, and the comparison above is honest about the places it leads. But those strengths are aimed at a different asset class, and none of them is the reason a park operator gets out of bed. For parks, Lotly wins on the points that decide the day — and it is live in days, not months.
Best for
Lotly: Any mobile home park operator who wants lot-level workflows, separate lot and home rent, park-owned-home tracking, certified mail, infill stage tracking, and per-lot pricing with vacant lots free — native and included, with no apartment-DNA workarounds.
RealPage: Large multifamily owners running thousands of apartment units who need revenue management and centralized enterprise operations, and can absorb quote-based à-la-carte module pricing. Real strengths — aimed at apartments, not parks.
Pricing
Lotly: Per-lot pricing with vacant lots free. Month-to-month contract — no annual lock-in. See pricing →
RealPage: Custom, quote-based enterprise pricing (usage-based — published rates are per-square-foot for commercial and per-resident/per-module for add-ons) with à-la-carte modules; geared to operators running thousands of units rather than per-lot park economics.
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