Peter Lohmann's Podcast

Register for RentEngine’s Q2 2026 Leasing Data & Trends Report Webinar What's a renter lead actually worth? Alex Stringfellow (CEO and co-founder of RentEngine) puts it at $24–90, and most scattered-site operators still treat them as "free." Alex originally built RentEngine to lease up their own Miami PM company faster, then sold the company to go all-in on the software. 00:00 -...

Get the full PM Trends 2026 Report free at https://pmtrends.com/ (no email gate). Are you leaving money on the table with your current owner clients? Probably. And are you investing enough in AI discoverability? Probably not. Jordan Muela is back, this time to talk about the 2026 PM Trends Report - based on data from a Harris Poll survey of 500+ landlords covering everything from why they hire (an...

What if the premiums you're paying your insurance company could partially come back to you? That's the premise behind captive insurance, and it's been standard practice in large multifamily for years. SFR is just now catching up. In this episode, I'm joined by Nicolas Lares, founder of Insur3Tech, a brokerage that places property managers and rental owners into captive insurance st...

75–100 doors is where most PM companies hit the wall. And the reason is almost always the same: the owner won't hire fast enough. In this episode, I'm joined by Nate Tew, CEO and co-founder of Keyrenter Property Management. They’ve got 94 locations and about 14k (yes, thats fourteen THOUSAND) doors under management. We dig into PM franchise models, Nate’s Model 300 framework, and why he&#3...

Dropping a bonus episode in your feed today for fun. I was in Chicago a few weeks back and sat down with Mark Ainley on the Straight Up Chicago Investor Podcast. I'm actually the first PM industry guest he's had on his show. A few of the topics we hit: (1:09) How PLM came together, and why caring about your audience matters more than a marketing background (3:45) What actually makes a comm...

Should you, the owner, be the one going deep on AI and vibe coding? Or is that a trap that pulls you right back into the work you spent years trying to delegate? In this episode, I'm joined by Sam Eddinger, owner of Ironclad Property Management in Connecticut and a former nuclear engineer. Sam built hundreds of LeadSimple processes himself, then realized he'd become the bottleneck. Now he&...

What if your bank was also a technology company that actually understood property management? In this episode, I sit down with George Cheng, GM of Vertical Solutions at Column - the bank powering companies like Ramp, Bill.com, and Wise behind the scenes. Column is unusual: they are a nationally chartered, FDIC-insured bank AND built their core banking software from scratch (the founder also starte...

What if 80% of your team's time isn't actually being spent in their unique abilities, and you don't even know it? In this episode, Matthew Tringali (BetterWho) is back for an unfiltered debate on EOS, profitability, and what most operators are getting wrong. (00:00:00) - Intro (00:00:44) - Welcoming Matt back to the show (00:02:18) - Matt’s latest on EOS (00:05:29) - The #1 error PMs a...

What does it actually feel like to sell your property management company? Not the theory - the real thing. The texts, the negotiations, the meltdowns, the wire hitting your account. In this episode, I sit down with Bri Leichliter, who built a 220-door PM company in Cincinnati from scratch, ran it for four years, and sold it last October. We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:18) - Bri’s business l...

What happens when a multifamily CEO with 18,000 doors under his belt jumps into single-family… and says SFR is the bigger opportunity?! Dan French nearly went bankrupt during the Great Financial Crisis, slept in vacant units, ruined his credit for a decade, and used every lesson to eventually scale a multifamily platform from 2,500 to 18,000 doors. Now he's CEO of Northpoint, one of the larges...

🔗 Register for Crane's Access Granted launch (April 2) This week on Peter Lohmann's Podcast:  What if your property management company had its own AI agents?... Ones you built yourself, running on your own server? Crane co-founder Wolfgang Croskey built two custom AI agents (Bruce and Sophia) that triage emails, delegate tasks via Slack, and pull AppFolio data, all on his own server.  Cha...

AI, fraud, and tech bloat are quietly reshaping property management… most operators just haven’t connected the dots yet. In this episode, I sit down with Dom Beveridge (20for20) to break down what’s actually happening inside large multifamily portfolios - and what it means for single-family operators. We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:23) - The 20for20 annual report explained (00:04:44) - Deep...

What does it take to build a national property management franchise? In this episode, I sit down with Steve Hart, CEO and co-founder of PMI, a franchise network with nearly 500 locations and 35,000+ doors under management. We unpack how PMI grew from a startup during the 2008 financial crisis into one of the largest property management platforms in the country. We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:0...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened in property management last week. 00:00:15 — White House Clarifies Proposed Investor Ban We finally have more details on the White House’s proposed restriction on large investors buying single-family homes. The threshold is 100+ homes. Existing owners would not be required to sell. Build-to-rent communities are excluded. So are investors who “heavily renovate”...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened in property management last week (with Danny Piñeyro). Links and resources to each story are included below… 00:00:19 — Zillow vs. Compass Portal Fight Compass tried limiting listing distribution through “private exclusives,” Zillow pushed back with a broad-sharing rule, and a federal judge denied Compass’s request to block it. Bigger picture: this is a fight...

What if you could manage 360+ units with no W2 employees?? That’s exactly what Matt Luke is doing in Sioux Falls. In this episode, we break down his lean, AI-powered property management model - from AI leasing agent “Serena” to AI maintenance coordinator “Max,” automated workflows in AppFolio and LeadSimple, and a vendor-first partnership strategy that keeps his margins high. 00:00 - Intro 02:19 -...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened in property management last week. Links and resources to each story are included below…00:00:20 — Housing for the 21st Century Act Passes (No Investor Ban Included) - House Republicans and Democrats just passed the Housing for the 21st Century Act. It’s largely a “build more housing, faster” package — clearing federal review delays, reducing regulatory bottlen...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened in property management last week. Links and resources to each story are included below... 00:00:04 — FTC Targets Rental Housing Fees The FTC announced it intends to regulate rental housing fees and will begin soliciting public comment on what it calls “deceptive or unfair fees.” This is early-stage, but it’s clearly aimed at long-term rental housing and the ap...

In this episode, Vanessa Anderson digs into the biggest leasing challenges PMs are facing right now: flat rents, longer days on market, and growing regulatory pressure around fee disclosures. Vanessa shares how ShowMojo & Tenant Turner are helping PMs stay compliant, fight listing fraud, and optimize conversions, even in a soft market. (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:28) Vanessa's early career and...

Here’s what I’m covering in this one: 00:00:05 — Pure + HRG Merger (40k doors 🤯) The Pure and HRG merger is officially live — and this new combined entity clocks in at 40,000 doors under management. I break down the numbers (or what we can piece together) and explain why this is a big moment for the industry. Spoiler: We need a national PM success story to prove the model works at scale. And it’s...

In this episode, I’m joined by Brad Johnson, CEO of ProfitCoach and former GM of Sweyer Property Management. We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:52) - Bradley's journey in property management (00:05:04) - Lessons in leadership and personal growth (00:09:54) - The sale to Roam (00:19:54) - Sponsor - Rentvine (00:20:51) - Life post-sale (00:22:41) - Transition to profit coach (00:35:09) - Spon...

Matthew Whitaker is back! And a lot’s changed since his first appearance. We discuss: (00:01:38) - Introducing season six (00:02:44) - Matt’s background and career (00:07:04) - Dealing with owners (00:20:47) - Sponsor - RentEngine (00:22:41) - Evernest’s tech stack (00:28:03) - Transitioning away from eos (00:33:35) - Dealing with management layer issues (00:40:31) - Sponsor - Crane (00:42:35) - C...

In this episode, Jennifer Stoops shares how she scaled a PM company to 3,600+ doors before transitioning into her current role as SVP of Industry Relations at PetScreening. We dig into that journey - from building systems and PM pod structures at scale to managing an office with 30 dogs (yes, really). Jennifer explains what most PMs get wrong about pet policies, how unreported pets erode NOI, and...

Monica Gilroy is the founder of the Gilroy Law Firm and a legal powerhouse in the property management space. In this episode, she shares what to do if ICE shows up, how to bulletproof your application process, and why short leases are fine ( if your systems are solid ). We also dive into lawsuits, insurance gaps, and why you can say no to Section 8 in some markets (if you do it right). If you’ve e...

In this episode, I sat down with Lisa Horner, Chief Marketing Officer at AppFolio - LIVE at the AppFolio FUTURE Conference. We talked about what’s actually working in property management marketing today, digging into AI hype vs. real impact, why understanding your customer beats clever tactics, and how to market without sounding like… well, a marketer. Lisa shares how AppFolio stays close to opera...