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Apartment vacancy loss calculator

In short Every day a unit sits vacant is rent you are not collecting. Put in your numbers and see what your current turn time costs against a 5-business-day standard.

Rent lost per vacant day, per unit
$55
Vacancy loss per month at 9 days
$2,970
Vacancy loss per month at a 5-day turn
$1,650
Rent recovered per year
$15,840

Rent ÷ 30 × days vacant × units. Rough by design; it ignores concessions and the make-ready cost itself, which is the same at any speed.

The 5-day figure is the L&J Projects standard for a typical 1BR or 2BR apartment turnover in Atlanta, every trade on one crew and one invoice. See what those five days include.

Next down unit, next leak, next punch list

Save one number. Retire five.

An active emergency, a turnover deadline, a CapEx project, or simply a vetted vendor on file before you need one. We respond within 2 business hours.