What is a make-ready apartment?

A make-ready apartment is a vacant unit in decent shape that is being prepared for the next resident's move-in. Make-ready is the property management word for that work, and some communities call it get-ready.

The list is usually short and repeatable: nail holes filled, scuffs touched up, a cover plate or towel bar replaced, a closet door put back on its track, blinds swapped, and a final walk against the community's checklist.

An apartment turn is the broader term. It covers the same goal, a rentable unit, but can include heavier repairs that come before any paint: a damaged wall section, a stained ceiling, a run of ruined plank.

If your property keeps a make-ready checklist, send it. We mark only the lines a unit fails and price those lines in writing.