Homeowners of smaller properties may be able to handle the upkeep on their own.
Even remote villages have proved they can handle the upkeep and maintenance themselves.
Ms. Gallagher ran her business her way, working from home rather than a storefront, refusing to use For Sale signs because she considered them tacky, and finding buyers with the means to handle the considerable upkeep of the century-old homes she marketed.
PS Technology takes care of data management, backups, software updates, uptime, and availability, while Oracle handles the hardware operation and upkeep.
Kone handles upkeep and repairs on 1.2 million elevators and escalators globally.
Joining the Goldwind executives here for the tower tour was James P. Mikel, the head of Renew Energy Maintenance, a small firm based in Brandon, S.D., that has signed a long-term deal with Goldwind to handle upkeep of the turbines.
Leon Auerbach, co-chairman of Friends of Straus Park, an organization established to handle its upkeep, is an unabashed fan of Mr. Olund's efforts.
The startup also handles insurance, maintenance and upkeep of the cars.
And states would have to pay for all the upkeep the feds now handle, which is why a number of studies have concluded that reclamation would increase costs, rather than shrink them.
But the older farmhouse or big estate, with its persistent maintenance headaches, is not always an attractive option for busy city people who may not have time to handle security and upkeep problems.
His various bureaus handled appointment, promotion, and demotion of officials, population registers and agriculture, the upkeep of transportation facilities, post offices, and couriers, civil law cases, granary storage, and military affairs.
