by Peter Lohmann | Oct 16, 2026 | Investing Strategy, Owner Education
Your property manager’s year-end statement is the document your CPA builds your Schedule E from. Here is how to read it before tax season, line by line. TL;DR A year-end statement from your property manager should show gross rent collected, management and...
by Peter Lohmann | Oct 12, 2026 | Fair Housing, Owner Education
Columbus layers its own rental rules on top of federal and Ohio law. Here is what each ordinance requires, where it sits in the City Code, and what it changes about how you lease, collect, and renew. TL;DR As of October 2026, Columbus landlords inside city limits...
by Peter Lohmann | Oct 8, 2026 | Owner Education, Property Management Education
Handing off rent collection is the easy part. The real question is which bills leave your to-do list. TL;DR A property manager can pay the bills that keep a rental running: repair and maintenance invoices, vendor and turn costs, and utilities while the unit sits...
by Peter Lohmann | Oct 4, 2026 | Leases, Owner Education
Fewer renters search in November and December, but the ones who do usually need a home soon. TL;DR You can rent a property in the off-season in Columbus. Demand dips in November and December (national rents bottom out in November) and starts rebuilding in January....
by Peter Lohmann | Oct 1, 2026 | Owner Education, Property Maintenance
Columbus usually sees its first freeze in late October. The owners who get through January without a 2 a.m. no-heat call did their fall work in September and October. TL;DR Fall winter maintenance for a Columbus rental comes down to four jobs: service the furnace or...
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...
