Lotly vs. ResMan for Mobile Home Parks
ResMan is a polished multifamily platform with strong accounting across conventional, affordable, and student housing — and it counts units, not lots. Parks live outside its data model: no lot object, no lot-vs-home rent split, no park-owned homes, no infill sales, no native certified mail. Lotly was built around that reality from day one, priced per lot with vacant lots free and no annual lock-in.
| Feature | Lotly | ResMan |
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| Built specifically for mobile home parks | ✓Yes — the lot is the core object, built for parks from day one | No — multifamily platform; counts units, not lots |
| 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 | Apartment leasing CRM; not built for home sales |
| Built-in tenant screening | ✓Native and park-aware: TransUnion credit, criminal, eviction/housing — wired into the eviction manager | Built-in screening — apartment-tuned |
| ACH-first rent collection | ✓ACH-first by default; sub-$1 per transaction | Built-in payments (ACH, card, cash) — apartment-tuned |
| Mobile-first tenant portal | ✓Included; sub-90-second pay flow | Resident portal + mobile app — apartment-focused |
| One-click certified mail + state notices | ✓Native one-click certified mail (LetterStream) + state-specific notice templates | No native certified mail |
| Eviction case manager | ✓Native, state-law-aware, AI-assisted case manager | No MHP-specific eviction manager |
| Automated past-due outreach | ✓AI-drafted days-past-due ladder across email, portal, and SMS | Built-in AR/delinquency tools; advanced recovery via the Pay Ready add-on |
| In-app AI suite | ✓Native and MHP-tuned: assistant, maintenance agent, doc OCR, AI drafting — included | AI leasing chatbot + resident/maintenance assistant — apartment-tuned |
| Lease e-signature | ✓Built-in and included in every plan | Built-in via Blue Moon / custom forms — apartment lease forms |
| AI-assisted data onboarding | ✓AI-mapped import from any PMS (CSV/Excel/ZIP) — live in days, no consultant | PM-led 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 | Quote-based per-unit on an annual contract, plus implementation and onboarding fees |
| Affordable-housing compliance (HUD / LIHTC) | Built for parks — no HUD or LIHTC compliance module | ✓Deeper — genuine affordable-housing compliance tooling |
| Conventional, affordable & student housing breadth | Park-focused by design | ✓Deeper — one platform across conventional, affordable, and student apartments |
What ResMan does well
ResMan has earned its reputation in multifamily. It pairs a clean, modern interface with genuinely strong accounting and covers the full apartment lifecycle — leasing, AR, maintenance, resident communication, and reporting — across conventional, affordable, and student housing, with built-in screening, e-signing, and AI assistants.
But software designed for units will always fight the way a park runs. You rent land and you rent homes, often to different people on different terms; you carry park-owned homes; you sell and finance infill homes; and you manage vacant lots you would rather not pay software fees on. None of that is in an apartment data model.
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.
ResMan 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.
ResMan: Mid-market multifamily operators — conventional, affordable, and student housing — who want polished per-unit software with capable accounting and accept an annual contract. A real strength, aimed at apartments.
Pricing
Lotly: Per-lot pricing with vacant lots free. Month-to-month contract — no annual lock-in. See pricing →
ResMan: Quote-based per-unit pricing on an annual contract, with separate implementation and onboarding fees; pricing is not published publicly.
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