by Peter Lohmann | Sep 30, 2026 | Investing in Rental Properties, Owner Education
Columbus rental registration opens October 1, 2026, and the window closes December 31. When this page first ran in February, the registry was still a proposal with undecided fees. Here is what it turned out to be. TL;DR Columbus City Council passed the rental registry...
by Peter Lohmann | Sep 25, 2026 | Investing in Rental Properties, Owner Education, Rental Market Guide
Canal Winchester looks like one market on a listing site. On the county auditor’s records it is at least four, and the difference can be roughly $1,200 a year on the same $300,000 house. TL;DR Canal Winchester is a growing southeast Columbus suburb where...
by Peter Lohmann | Sep 22, 2026 | Investing Strategy, Owner Education, Rental Market Guide
Two rental houses on the east side can carry the same “Blacklick, OH” mailing address, sit a mile apart, and answer to different cities, different school districts, different counties, and starting this October, different registration duties. TL;DR...
by Peter Lohmann | Sep 17, 2026 | Fair Housing, Owner Education
Columbus owners have a 92-day window this fall, and it reaches the single rented house in Clintonville just as squarely as the apartment complex down the street. TL;DR Columbus City Code Chapter 4515 requires owners of residential rental property to register with the...
by Peter Lohmann | Sep 15, 2026 | Inspections, Owner Education, Property Maintenance
Most articles on this topic cite the wrong section of Ohio law. The rule that governs a Gahanna duplex is not the rule that governs a downtown high-rise, and the difference matters when an inspector or an attorney asks what you did. TL;DR Ohio rentals need working...
