Why is turnover so expensive?

Because the rent stops while the work happens, and everything else lands on that same empty stretch. RealPage Market Analytics measured an average of 34.4 days between a US apartment's move-out and the next move-in at the end of 2024.

Put Washington rents on that clock. Apartment List, Zumper and RentalSource put a typical one-bedroom in DC at about $2,149 a month in October 2026. That is about $72 a day, or close to $2,460 over 34.4 empty days, before anyone has patched a wall. A two-bedroom at about $2,491 a month loses about $83 a day.

Then come the repairs. Published Washington figures from Angi put a drywall patch at $135 to $385, a door repair at $85 to $240 and painting one room at $436 to $1,742, as of mid 2026. A unit with a few holes, a sticking closet door and two rooms to repaint adds up quickly. Those are market rates, not our prices.

Cleaning and leasing fall inside the same vacancy. Counting all of it, a 2026 Zego survey puts a multifamily turn near $4,000, and the National Apartment Association reported turnover costs up 17.5% in 2024.

The work also has to run in order. Compound dries before primer, primer cures before paint, new flooring may need to sit in the room before it goes down, and the punch list is last. When each step is a different vendor, every handoff can add days while the rent clock keeps running.

The part you control is the repair time and the scope. We walk the unit once and send a written price 24 to 48 hours later. Any repair your own maintenance team can take on comes off the list with its price, and the scope names the ready date so leasing can advertise it. Damage found once work starts is shown to you and priced before we go on.

We do not do cleaning, so your cleaners go in last, after the repairs. The walkthrough and the written estimate are free.