A closing gift they actually open.
Your buyer closes on Friday and spends the next month asking strangers where the pool key comes from, when trash runs, and how to reserve the clubhouse. Hand them a link that answers all of it and your name stays on it.
Lantern gives realtors a free community space and welcome kit for the neighborhoods they farm. Build it once per subdivision. Then hand every buyer one link with the trash day, pool rules, and upcoming events. Your name stays on the welcome.
Who this is for: Agents who farm specific subdivisions and want a closing gift buyers keep using.
The gift basket gets eaten. This does not.
Closing gifts are a real marketing line for most agents, and most of them are forgotten in a week. The thing a new homeowner genuinely needs is boring: how this specific neighborhood works.
Nobody hands them that. The HOA welcome packet is a PDF from 2019, the Facebook group is unsearchable, and the seller left a note about the mailbox key. Being the agent who solves that is worth more than a bottle of wine.
How it works
Three steps, and you are running. No procurement, no implementation project.
Build the community once
FAQ, amenity list and map, trash days, gate details, the calendar. One evening per neighborhood you sell in.
Send it at closing
Every buyer in that community gets the same link, with a welcome note from you.
Reuse it forever
The next listing in the same neighborhood is a copy and paste. It gets more valuable the more you sell there.
What you get
Everything below is included from the start.
The questions everyone asks
Trash, recycling, gate codes, pool rules, parking, paint approvals. Written once, answered forever.
Amenity map
Where the pool, courts, mailboxes, and dog park actually are, which no listing sheet ever includes.
What is happening
The community calendar, so new neighbors meet people in week one instead of month six.
Your welcome, front and center
A note from you at the top. Every time they check the trash day, they see who gave them this.
Local expertise, demonstrated
Sellers hire the agent who obviously knows the neighborhood. This is that, in a link you can show at a listing appointment.
One setup, many closings
Build it for the subdivisions you work and hand it to every buyer after that.
How this becomes the community’s platform
What you set up is a community-run space, clearly labeled as not being official HOA communication. Buyers find it useful immediately, and boards notice when residents are already using something.
If the association claims it, they inherit the work you did and the community gains dues, documents, and gate access. Agents who bring communities in this way are exactly who our referral program is built for.
Common questions
What does this cost me?
Nothing to set up and nothing to give to buyers. It is a free closing gift.
Do I need the HOA’s permission?
Not to assemble public information like trash days, amenity locations, and a welcome note. The space is labeled community-run so it is never presented as official HOA communication.
Can I put my branding on it?
Your welcome note and name sit at the top of the space you create. The platform stays Lantern-branded underneath.
How long does setup take?
Most agents spend an evening per neighborhood. After that, every buyer in that community gets the same link with no additional work.
What if the HOA already uses something else?
Then your welcome space is still useful to your buyer as an orientation kit. It does not conflict with whatever the association runs.
Is there anything in it for me if the HOA adopts Lantern?
Yes. We pay a referral trailer to the people who bring communities in. Reach out and we will walk you through how it works.
Build your welcome kit
Tell us which communities you sell in and we will help you set up the first one, free.
- Help building your first community space
- A reusable link for every buyer
- Your welcome note on the front
- Referral program for agents who bring communities
Ready in about a minute. Prefer we set it up with you? Leave your details instead:
Further reading
Other ways neighbors start
Same platform, different starting point. Pick whichever problem your community feels most.