Crash Course

The rules you get held to, in plain language — what they say, where they come from, and which tool does something about it.

Emergency plan rules, state by state

6 min read

What your state actually requires — drills, filings, forms, how long you keep records.

Every state writes its own emergency-plan rules, and three of them contradict each other outright: whether residents physically evacuate during a drill, whether a drill may be announced, and how emergency power is measured. Pick your facility type and your state and read exactly what applies to you, with the rule that says so.

Researched across all 51 US jurisdictions — every requirement carries its citation.

Pairs with: Emergency plan · Compliance calendar

What a unit turn actually is

5 min read

The word, the work, what it costs, how long it takes, and who pays for which part of it.

"Unit turn", "turnover", "make-ready" and "rent-ready" get used for the same thing and for four slightly different things, which is why nobody can agree on what one costs. This is the plain version: what the phrase means, the eight jobs that make up the work, the order they have to happen in, and the line — normal wear versus damage — that decides whether the tenant's deposit pays for any of it.

Industry practice, not a code requirement — described as it is done, with no citation to imply otherwise.

Pairs with: Unit turn cost · Deposit deductions · Move-in report

Why this exists

The tools on this site produce documents. A document is only worth anything if you know what it has to contain, and that knowledge is normally locked behind statute numbers, paywalled code books and consultants. These are the short version: what the rule actually says, in words people use out loud, with the citation next to it so you can check us.

Each course names the tools that act on it, and each tool points back at the course behind it. Reading and doing are the same job here, split across two pages.

Nothing here is invented

Every requirement carries the rule that imposes it. Where something is industry practice rather than law, it says so and is never given a borrowed code citation. Where we couldn’t verify a state’s rule, the page says that too, and tells you which agency to ask.