Peter LohmannAll Things Residential Property Management | CEO of RL Property Management | Co-Founder of Crane

They Got Tired of Paying Vendors… So They Built Their Own

19 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment of the YouTube video, the speaker explains why they revived an old general contractor (GC) company. Dissatisfied with the service quality and pricing of existing vendors, they decided to take control of their own construction turns. Leveraging a reputation for completing turns within five business days, they aimed to deliver faster, cheaper work. Although they have slipped slightly behind the five‑day target, the initiative reflects an entrepreneurial drive to improve vendor relationships, reduce costs, and maintain tighter operational control.

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I think I saw in the notes here that you're resurrecting an old GC company. Tell me about that and why you're messing with it and what— how it's going. The impetus around that was we did not like— we loved all the vendors we were doing business with, but we did not love the experience that we were receiving, the pricing that we were receiving. And like any entrepreneur, you're like, I can do it better for cheaper, right? Like, you totally disregard someone's work. And saying, I can do it better. We kind of birthed that because we wanted control over our turns, and we kind of have a reputation for being able to do our turns in, you know, 5 business days. Like, that's the jump. We're a little bit behind that now.