Dispatch operations
Work orders, vendor readiness, and field-network capacity.
2026 Industry Report · Property Preservation
Work orders scale faster than payment ops.
Property preservation ranked highest on reconciliation delays, lack of centralized systems, payment management pain, and insurance verification. The report shows where field networks hit the wall.
Wingspan Survey of 500+ leaders
Property Preservation
70%
flag payment-reconciliation delays as the top contractor complaint.
The highest rate of any industry Wingspan surveyed.
What's inside
- 01 Where preservation networks rank against the cross-industry sample.
- 02 The work-order, insurance, and payment chokepoints that compound at scale.
- 03 What leading preservation networks are doing differently.
- Preservation respondents
- 122
- Total sample
- 500+
- Company size
- ~75% have 1,000-4,999 employees
- Source
- 2026 Future of Flexible Work Report
Who this is for
For teams running 1099 field-service networks.
Built for property preservation, REO inspection, and repair networks at scale.
Finance
Per-job pay, reconciliation, and payment support.
Compliance
GL, workers comp, HUD certifications, and vendor records.
Network leaders
System consolidation, vendor experience, and scale planning.
Full report
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From page 1
Property preservation leads on four contractor pain measures.
The first data page shows the front door, back door, and systems in between all breaking at once: insurance verification, reconciliation, payment management, and centralization.
70%
flag payment-reconciliation delays as the top complaint.
+21 pts above the next-closest comparison pool.
54%
flag lack of centralized systems as a top challenge.
#1 of seven verticals.
18%
have invested in a system built for 1099 management.
One of the lowest rates in the survey.
The takeaway
Front-door credential checks compound with back-door reconciliation, and four-function ownership means no single-team tool closes the loop.
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