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 | 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 13, 2026 | Pet Policy, Property Management Education
Nearly 6 in 10 renters have a pet. A “no pets” policy doesn’t just shrink your applicant pool; it filters out long-staying tenants while doing nothing about the animals that show up anyway. The real question isn’t whether to allow pets....
by Peter Lohmann | Aug 10, 2026 | Eviction, Leases, Owner Education, Property Management Education
Ohio doesn’t cap late rent fees. That sounds like freedom until a magistrate strikes your $15-per-day charge as a penalty, or a Columbus tenant uses your oversized fee against you in an eviction. The rules live in the lease you wrote and the consistency you...
