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What’s the Difference Between Ticket Management and Property Maintenance Operations? For a long time, maintenance in property management was treated as a necessary expense. Something to manage, contain, and move on from. A request comes in. A ticket gets created. A technician is dispatched. Problem solved. That approach worked when portfolios were smaller and margins […]
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The Appliance Repair Professionals Named Top Pro of the Year for Outstanding Performance Across All Key Maintenance Metrics RAPID CITY, SD – February 5, 2026 – Property Meld, the leading...
Hey all! I’m INCREDIBLY excited about the opportunity to share what will be, one of the most aggressive shifts in property maintenance operations in quite some time. As we talked...
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The Appliance Repair Professionals Named Top Pro of the Year for Outstanding Performance Across All Key Maintenance Metrics RAPID CITY, SD – February 5, 2026 – Property Meld, the leading...
Hey all! I’m INCREDIBLY excited about the opportunity to share what will be, one of the most aggressive shifts in property maintenance operations in quite some time. As we talked...
Where Property Maintenance Operations Is Headed Property maintenance is at an inflection point. For decades, maintenance was treated as a reactive function. Something broke, a ticket was created, and a...
Accounting systems play a critical role in property management. They track rent, expenses, invoices, and financial reporting. They do this job well. Maintenance operations are a different problem entirely. Accounting...
How Maintenance Shapes the Resident Experience Maintenance is one of the most frequent and emotionally charged touchpoints residents have with a property management company. Residents may only interact with leasing...
Why Vendor and Technician Performance Matters Technicians and vendors are the engine of maintenance operations. When performance varies widely, costs rise, response times slow, and resident satisfaction suffers. Ticket-based systems...
What Is Maintenance Intake and Triage? Maintenance intake and triage is the process of receiving, validating, prioritizing, and routing maintenance requests. In ticket-based systems, intake is often unstructured. Requests come...
How Does Maintenance Impact NOI? Maintenance impacts NOI in more ways than most operators realize. Every repair decision affects labor costs, vendor spend, resident satisfaction, and long-term asset health. When...
Why Property Management Is Property Maintenance Operations Property management has changed. The job is no longer just about leasing units, collecting rent, and handling paperwork. At its core, property management...
Maintenance silos form when information, decisions, and accountability are isolated within specific teams or systems. Ticket management systems unintentionally create these silos by focusing narrowly on work orders instead of...
Ticket management in property management is a system for tracking, assigning, and closing maintenance work orders. Each maintenance request becomes a ticket that moves through a defined workflow from submission...
What’s the Difference Between Ticket Management and Property Maintenance Operations? For a long time, maintenance in property management was treated as a necessary expense. Something to manage, contain, and move...
— Written by Liz Greenway, Head of Partnerships 2025 wasn’t just another year in property management; it truly was a wake-up call. As we analyzed Property Meld’s benchmarking data...
— Written by Liz Greenway, Head of Partnerships Over the past 30 days, I’ve spent hours speaking with property managers, maintenance managers, asset managers, and operators across different portfolio sizes...
RAPID CITY, S.D. — [December 1, 2025] — Property Meld proudly announced that its inaugural Night Above the Lights fundraising event, hosted through its employee-led community impact program Meld Cares,...
– Article written by Liz Greenway, Head of Nexus Partnerships As part of Vendor Volume, I have the opportunity to speak with dozens of operators about their vendor challenges. But...
Preferred vendor lists work best when they’re “alive”… updated weekly with data such as speed-to-accept, chat response times, and time-to-schedule. Layer that with transparent resident communication and a feedback loop...
The Resident Perspective on Maintenance Delays When a faucet leaks or the air conditioning goes out, residents aren’t just frustrated by the problem itself, they’re frustrated by how long it...