From Zero Doors to 1,200 Units: A Blueprint for Scaling In-House Maintenance

Oct. 7, 2026

Two brothers took their property management company from zero doors to over 1,200 units in just six years and, along the way, built one of the most durable in-house maintenance operations in the industry. In this episode, Pete talks with the Shannon Property Management co-founders about how they split their maintenance team into three distinct roles: ticket technicians, 1099 make-ready crews, and independent estimators, and why keeping the estimator out of the make-ready team (with no "skin in the game") protects both pricing integrity and owner trust. They also get into utilization tracking, what it actually costs to bring maintenance in-house (insurance, trucks, inventory), the real financial risk of quitting two jobs to start from scratch, and what's driving their next move: spinning off a standalone AC repair company.