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The Secret to Lower Maintenance Costs

28 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, the speaker explains that the company employs a licensed, in‑house maintenance team. This approach is presented as a major opportunity to lower maintenance expenses, enable rapid response times, and ensure staff are intimately familiar with the property, its tenants, and landlord‑tenant law. By contrast, external vendors may lack this familiarity and may not align with the client’s schedule, making the in‑house model valuable for cost control and liability reduction.

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Does the company have their own licensed in-house maintenance? We do. We think that that's a big opportunity to keep costs low and respond quickly and with people who are familiar with the property, familiar with the tenants, and familiar with landlord-tenant law to limit liability for you. Not every vendor out there is completely familiar, and they're not always working on your schedule. And so having an in-house maintenance is really valuable.