Maintenance is one of the largest line items on any rental. Routine upkeep and equipment failures land on the owner, but there’s one big exception: damage caused by the tenant. Every time a work order […]
TLDR. Most make-readies cost $3,000–$5,000 per unit and take 5–7 days, with delays often stemming from vendor coordination. Lula handles make-readies from inspection to QA for residential rental managers. Full-unit turns in 72 hours across […]
A handyman on a rental property handles low-risk, non-permitted maintenance tasks: painting, minor drywall repairs, fixture swaps, hardware replacement, basic caulking, light carpentry, and routine preventive upkeep. They cannot legally perform work that requires permits, […]
When you move into a new rental property, it’s important to do a walkthrough with your landlord before you move anything. Sometimes your new landlord will schedule a move-in inspection with you, sometimes they will just tell you to do it on your own. Either way, your inspection will be the baseline for how the property is judged when you eventually move out. This rental inspection checklist will help you get an idea of how to inspect your new home before you move in.
Apartment turnover rates vary widely by market and property class, but the national rate has historically sat near half of all units per year. Whatever the rate, every unit turnover cycle represents lost rental income, […]
Maintenance is one of the most operationally complex and expensive components of physical asset management. Without a centralized system, manual tracking often leads to equipment downtime, unpredictable repair expenses, and fragmented vendor coordination. A Computerized […]
