“Navigating the World of Move Management” – with Natalie Levkovitz

Host Wade Swikle introduces Natalie Levkovitz and her company, Equally Crafted Management (ECM), which specializes in move management for seniors and multi-living homes during renovations.

Natalie explains ECM acts as a middleman coordinating moves, ensuring compliance, and supporting residents, while emphasizing that movers are a critical extension of their service.

Wade expresses interest in expanding into commercial storage, multi-family housing, and hotel projects, seeking advice on how to partner with companies like ECM.

Natalie details the mover's role, from full relocations to in-place renovations, and outlines what ECM looks for in moving partners, including flexibility and understanding resident demographics.

Discussion on tenant-in-place renovations, where movers work hourly alongside construction crews, and the challenge of pricing these flexible, ongoing services.

Natalie discusses the advantages of both nationwide and local 'mom and pop' moving companies, noting local knowledge can be crucial in remote areas.

Natalie explains that moving companies rarely approach ECM; she actively seeks them, prioritizing professionalism, clear pricing, and a strong understanding of project relocation nuances.

Natalie emphasizes the need for per-unit pricing to establish budgets for developers, contrasting it with hourly rates and discussing how hoarder situations and change orders are managed.

The challenges of estimating costs when every unit is unique are discussed, with Natalie explaining that while some movers insist on walkthroughs, square footage and past experience often guide pricing.

Natalie invites prospective moving company partners to connect via email or their website, emphasizing the value of expanding their network across the country.