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 | 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...
by Peter Lohmann | Aug 24, 2026 | Investing in Rental Properties, Owner Education, Rental Market Guide
Bexley is three miles from downtown Columbus, wrapped on three sides by the city, and priced like neither of those things. For investors, it’s a live demonstration of what school district demand and constrained inventory do to a rental market. TL;DR Bexley is a...
by Peter Lohmann | Aug 21, 2026 | Owner Education, Rental Photos
Starting October 1, 2026, the cost of professional photos for a new listing shifts from RL Property Management’s books to the property owner’s, a change worth explaining rather than burying in a cost schedule update. TL;DR Starting October 1, 2026, RL...
