One-Day Property Turnovers– Why we Feel the Benefits Outweigh the Challenges

One-Day Property Turnovers– Why we Feel the Benefits Outweigh the Challenges

When I speak with perspective landlords, one of the pieces of information that I’m most proud to share is that 80% of the time we have a tenant move in on the day after the landlord or existing tenant moves out. When I network with other local property managers, I find that most do not allow for such one-day property turnovers.

Admittedly, there are lots of challenges associated with this process – scrambling to coordinate house cleaning or carpet cleaning when needed, handling coordination of utility transfer without interruption, and juggling schedules for inspections and key pick-ups. To address these challenges, we have vendors on standby to address needed tasks between 5PM on the last day of the month and noon on the first day of the month. Our staff works long days to allow for the quick turnovers as we feel the benefit to the owner of reduced vacancy is well worth the effort.


Since most leases end (and most owners move out) on the last day of the month, we list our managed properties as being available the next day, on the first of the following month, unless we have planned for repairs or maintenance to meet our ready-to-rent condition standards. Since most perspective tenants are seeking a lease start date on the first of the month, this process works well. If we were to list our properties as being available on the 5th of the month to allow for a smoother turnover as many property managers do, the owner could not take advantage of interest from tenants seeking a first-of-month start date for their lease. Tenants not seeking a first-of-month start date are typically seeking a mid-month start date, so not allowing for a first-of-month start date then builds in an expected minimum vacancy period of 15 days for landlords.


While the one-day turnovers are not possible in all scenarios, we do strive to make use of that process whenever we can to meet our goal of minimizing vacancy.

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