58 articles on property maintenance, written by the team that manages 700+ rental units across the Columbus metro. Page 3 of 3.
Before investing in real estate, it’s important to conduct a cash-flow analysis to understand your anticipated income and expenses for a given property. For new investors or new-to-the-area investors, it can sometimes be difficult to accurately predict what that cash flow will be. As a property mana
Read the article →We all know the power of a brand. Think Coca-Cola, Nike, Rolex…they all conjure up certain images in your mind and maintain an intangible grip on us, even if they are products we may not regularly consume. Large Institutional Investors have captured the power of our minds in real estate. Companies l
Read the article →Competition is an important force in our economy, but we all recognize that it’s not always a fair fight. Small business owners going up against big heavy-hitter players in the market simply don’t stand a chance. And that’s when we hear many of them resign and simply say, “Well, if you can’t beat th
Read the article →Your investment property relies on a steady stream of monthly income in order to meet your own financial obligations as well as generate revenue, but one thing a lot of people may not think about when it comes to receiving rent and other payments from their residents is the order in which those paym
Read the article →It happened. Your tenant punched a hole in the wall and now they’ve come to you with their head hanging low and wondering who needs to fix it. While this scenario may not be that common, it does raise a question that those of us in property management and real estate investing face quite
Read the article →A top worry of most landlords is a middle of the night call from a resident stating that there is a maintenance emergency. The following post will look back at data from all of RL Property Management’s 2019 after-hours maintenance calls. This data is from our Columbus, Ohio office location. Temperat
Read the article →All of these assumptions are wrong. They won’t declare bankruptcy while living at the property And if they do, you can evict them They won’t make partial payments They won’t make partial online payments They understand your late fee policy They will pay the water bill They will report water leaks su
Read the article →We once had a fellow real estate investor ask: “I have a crack going horizontally straight across the basement wall at one of my properties. I am assuming it is a result of hydro-static pressure. I have had the drains snaked and the tenant does a decent job of keeping the gutters clean. I have
Read the article →Originally published August 2019. Updated April 2026 with current Columbus data, 2026 tax rules, and refreshed analysis. Selling a rental property feels like unlocking value. Sometimes it is. More often, it quietly erases years of compounding returns and hands a meaningful chunk of your equity to ag
Read the article →Did you know that 3 out of 5 deaths caused by fires occur in homes with defective or absent smoke alarms? Our team is sensitive to these stories and hears about these types of incidents way too often in the news. Unfortunately, we have taken on management of way too many units that have had
Read the article →A free, data-backed rent evaluation using our own portfolio numbers and current market comps.
