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Extending the Life of Your Appliances

Every unit turn comes with a set of familiar questions: Is this fridge still good? Can that stove make it through another lease? Should we replace it now or wait and risk a mid-lease failure?

It’s a balancing act between cost, performance, and timing. And for many operators, it’s an act that happens with no long-term visibility and little structured data to guide the decision.

One of the most overlooked drains on your P&L? Appliance replacement. Despite being a major budget line item, it often gets the least scrutiny during the turn.

How Much Life Is Left?

Without clear data, appliance decisions are usually made in the moment based on how things look or how old they seem. Multiply that by hundreds or thousands of units, and you’ve got a major budget category running on guesswork.
 
Inconsistent tracking leads to:
  • Replacing appliances too early in turn wasting the usable lifecycle
  • Delaying replacements and risking mid-lease maintenance issues
  • Over-ordering or under-ordering inventory for turns
  • Missed opportunities for bulk purchasing and standardization 

Turn Time Is the Best Time

You’re already in the unit. The team is already there. This is the perfect moment to capture asset-level data, not just for this turn, but to inform future decisions across your portfolio.

With Tracker, teams can perform a 10-minute scan using a LiDAR-enabled iPhone or iPad. That scan captures a detailed spatial map, images of appliances, and condition notes, all of which are structured and synced directly into your Property Management System.

What makes this even more powerful? Tracker uses AI technology to identify the make and model of appliances directly from the scan and provides estimated replacement costs based on current pricing data.

That means your teams don’t have to guess or go digging. You can quickly answer:

  • How old is this appliance and what model is it?
  • What would it cost to replace right now?
  • Are there better options available in bulk?
  • How many other units still have this model?
Turning Guesswork into Insight
 
By creating a repeatable process for logging and evaluating asset conditions during every turn, Tracker builds a more complete view of your portfolio. That means your team can begin making smarter, more informed decisions about appliance replacement, timing, and sourcing.
  • Avoid unnecessary replacements
  • Prevent costly mid-lease maintenance issues
  • Optimize purchasing and logistics
  • Build long-term insight into asset performance
All of this happens without changing your workflow. The same 10-minute scan used to coordinate turns now supports better asset planning, vendor negotiations, and capital forecasting.
 

Smarter Asset Management, One Turn at a Time

Appliance costs don’t have to be unpredictable. With the right tools, unit turns become a moment to reset and to collect the data that improves performance long after move-in.

If the industry goal is a 5-day turn and the average is still 21, we should be using that time not just to repair, but to prepare. Tracker helps you do both.

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