by Peter Lohmann | Sep 9, 2026 | Investing Strategy, Owner Education
Management fees are easy to price. The cost of doing it yourself is not, because most of it rarely reaches a spreadsheet. Here is the Columbus math, as of September 2026, with both columns filled in. TL;DR Professional management in Columbus runs $117 to $184 per unit...
by Peter Lohmann | Sep 7, 2026 | Fair Housing, Owner Education
You own the building. Someone else lives in it. Ohio law draws a line between those two facts, and it is more specific than most Columbus landlords expect. TL;DR Ohio requires reasonable notice before a landlord enters an occupied rental, and the statute puts a number...
by Peter Lohmann | Sep 4, 2026 | Leases, Owner Education, Property Maintenance
Move-out is the point in a tenancy where Ohio law gets specific and expensive. Here is the sequence that keeps a Columbus landlord out of a deposit dispute. TL;DR An Ohio tenant move-out runs on one hard deadline: under ORC 5321.16(B), the itemized deduction list and...
by Peter Lohmann | Sep 1, 2026 | Investing Strategy, Leases
Renewal offers on leases signed last spring are going out right now. On most of them, the decision is worth more than the rent difference it turns on. TL;DR Raise rent at renewal when the gap to market is 10% or more, when the resident has gone two years without an...
by Peter Lohmann | Aug 27, 2026 | Owner Education, Property Maintenance, Turnovers
The tenant is gone. The couch, the boxes, and half a closet of clothes are not. Before anything goes in a dumpster, it’s worth knowing that Ohio law says less about this situation than most landlords assume, and that the gap is where owners get sued. TL;DR Ohio...
