Peter Lohmann's Podcast

In this episode, I am joined by John Wilson, CEO of Wilson Plumbing & Heating   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:00) - John’s career and background (00:14:33) - How have you structured your organization? (00:20:26) - Sponsor - Rentvine (00:21:52) - What’s your position on EOS? (00:24:37) - Optimizing phone strategies (00:35:00) - Developing an AI receptionist (00:41:02) - Sponsor - PlanOm...

In this episode, I am joined by Charles Riska, Senior Vice President at Associa We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:45) - Charles’ career and background (00:03:38) - What makes Rhome different from other groups in the industry? (00:12:24) - Property Manager brand value (00:16:52) - Sponsor - Second Nature (00:18:29) - Keeping people incentivized (000:24:06) - What are the most important metrics...

In this episode, I am joined by Matthew Tandy, CEO of Formatic Property Management. We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:04) - Matt’s career and background (00:09:12) - Where is the opportunity for PM right now? (00:12:07) - How did you grow to 3500 units? (00:20:15) - Sponsor - PlanOmatic (00:21:28) - How do you approach profitability? (00:25:18) - Training and Compliance (00:40:48) - How do you...

In this episode, I am joined by Doug Brien, President of Roofstock.   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:52) - Doug’s background & career (00:07:30) -  Life after merging companies (00:19:55) - Sponsor - PlanOmatic (00:21:07) - How much extra work is there when you don’t own properties outright? (00:25:43) - The advantages of having in-house accounting software in terms of implementing AI (...

In this episode, I am joined by Dana Dunford, CEO at Hemlane.   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:48) - Dana’s background and career (00:07:55) - Empowering Self-managing property owners with technology (00:17:12) - Sponsor: Second Nature (0:18:12) - How do you avoid trouble with state regulatory agencies? (00:29:14) - How are you informing your product decisions? (00:42:39) - Sponsor: RentSca...

In this episode, I am joined by Mark Brower, Owner at Mark Brower Properties.   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:58) - Mark’s background and career (00:03:52) - Customer Service Philosophies (00:14:38) - Dealing with unhappy owners (00:33:00) - Sponsor - Second Nature (00:34:43) - Thoughts on customer reviews (00:44:51) - Sponsor - PlanOmatic (00:46:28) - Customer avatars & communicating...

In this episode, I am joined by Adam Rich, President at Criterium-Liszkay Engineers.   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:39) - Adam’s background and career (00:15:11) - SFH investing (00:24:10) - Sponsor - PlanOmatic (00:26:35) - Military influences on business (00:35:45) - What is it like running an engineering company? (00:39:50) - Property management revenues vs. engineering revenues (00:44...

In this episode, I am joined by Alicia McClurg, Training and Development Specialist at ProfitCoach.   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:07) - Alicia’s background and career (00:03:09) - Trust Accounting vs. traditional SMB accounting (00:08:01) - Should PMs hire a full-time bookkeeper? (00:12:40) - Triple Tie-Outs (00:15:18) - What are the most common ways accounting gets out of sync? (00:22:0...

In this episode, I am joined by Ray Hespen CEO & Co-Founder of Property Meld.   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:31) - Ray’s background and career (00:04:11) - What is correlated in your data with resident retention? (00:11:44) - Experience vs. Lease Renewal data (00:20:54) - Sponsor - PMW (00:22:57) - Property Owner churn (00:26:45) - Advice for dealing with investor churn (00:34:00) - W...

In this episode, I am joined by Anne Petit, former Superintendent of the Ohio Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing, Department of Commerce   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:28) - Anne’s career and background (00:05:40) - What are the most common violations PMs run into regarding licensing law and compliance? (00:17:08) - Sponsor: Rentvine (00:18:10) - What were some of the wo...

In this episode, I am joined by Wolfgang Croskey for an in-depth discussion on hiring and our Crane community.   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:40) - Hiring executives (00:12:05) - Integrating the new hire (00:20:46) - The WHO scorecard (00:25:18) - Using recruiters (00:27:48) - Hiring front-line and remote labor (00:40:08) - Crane   Learn more & connect with me here: ⁠Crane⁠ , the priv...

In this episode, I am joined by Logan Rankin, serial entrepreneur and owner of Focus Property Management.   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:02) - Logan’s background and career (00:07:53) - How Logan structures his turn-crews (00:19:37) - What learnings did you take from the corporate world and apply to PM? (00:23:55) - Sponsor - RentScale (00:25:41) - Incentives for teams (00:33:43) - Occupi...

In this episode, I am joined by Kimberly Godsey, VP of Legal and Compliance at Second Nature.   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:18) - Kim’s career and background (00:05:37) - What legislation are you tracking that PMs should know about? (00:16:05) - Sponsor - Kris Kaplan   (00:17:34) - Inside Second Nature’s Residents benefits program (00:30:07) - Avoiding headaches in rolling out a resident...

In this episode, I am joined by Donny Thompson, Property Manager at ERA Real Solutions Realty   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:15) - Donny’s background and career (00:07:48) - Managing with a lean team (00:11:18) - Handling pushback from transitioning to online rent payments (00:13:40) - Donny’s stance on efficiency (00:19:06) - Sponsor - Appfolio   (00:30:51) - How are you able to manage s...

In this episode, I am joined by Dave Borden, Co-Founder of Rentvine   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:53) - Dave’s background and career (00:08:23) - How do you decide what to build out internally when great third-party experts can plug into your API with solutions? (00:13:26) - Sponsor - PMW (00:17:03) - Trust Accounting (00:19:57) - Base vs. property base (00:22:32) - Raising capital (00:2...

In this episode, I am joined by John Seiffer, Author and Business Advisor at CEO Boot Camp   We discuss: (00:01:38) - John’s background and career (00:03:01) - The 3 stages of company growth (00:18:54) - Sponsor: Appfolio (00:20:33) - CEO Time (00:29:22) - Management is getting work done through other people (00:35:03) - Sponsor: RentScale (00:37:54) - Common errors or mistakes from owners trying...

In this episode, I am joined by Kelli Segretto, Property Management Consultant.   We discuss: (00:01:51) - Kelli’s background and career (00:04:50) - How can Property Managers start bringing systems and processes into their business? (00:07:46) - How do you work with clients? (00:13:36) - How do you diagnose throughput issues in larger organizations? (00:18:25) - Sponsor: Second Nature (00:20:10)...

In this special episode, I am joined by Jon Matzner, Cofounder of Sagan Passport   We discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:43) - Jon’s background and career (00:03:12) - Jon’s barbell strategy for talent (00:08:00) - Matzner’s Hierarchy of how work gets done (00:14:12) - What have you learned about delegating from reading about the Marine Corps? (00:21:10) Sponsor: Property Meld (00:22:59) - Career...

In this special episode, I am joined LIVE from Broker/Owner by Tracy Streich.   In this episode, we discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:55) - Tracy’s background and career (00:06:58) - How did you find the time to build your rental property portfolio? (00:16:18) - Sponsor: Second Nature (00:17:42) - What does your portfolio look like today? (00:20:37) - How much easier is it to own a home you manag...

Special guest Brent Beshore, Founder and CEO of Permanent Equity joins the show. In this episode, we discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:26) - Brent’s background and career (00:02:39) - “All businesses are loosely functioning disasters” (00:08:00) - How do you know which disasters to tackle and which to let play out? (00:10:30) - How Permanent Equity is different from traditional PE (00:17:54) - Di...

Special guest Jordan Muela returns for the Season 4 premier of Peter Lohmann's Podcast. In this episode we discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:37) - Exiting ProfitCoach (00:04:44) - Making Inbox a focus for LeadSimple (00:14:45) - Sponsor: RentScale⁠ (00:16:21 - How do you think about competition? (00:20:58) - What is your big goal for LeadSimple? (00:27:14) - Is there any advice you’d share wi...

Just a quick update: -Podcast name is changing from Owner Occupied to " Peter Lohmann's Podcast " -Podcast artwork will change - Season 4 has already started recording, expect the first episode in early July! -Sign up for my newsletter: http://peterlohmann.com

A quick update on the Owner Occupied podcast, my newsletter, a potential name change, and Crane. peterlohmann.com joincrane.co

Special guest Marc Cunningham joins us for Season 3, Episode 15 of Owner Occupied. In this episode we discuss: (00:00) Sponsor -  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LeadSimple (01:07) - Marc’s journey in PM (04:58) - Deciding what opportunities are worth pursuing (10:08) - PMbuild (17:16) - Revenue from media vs. PM (23:14) - Sponsor read - ⁠Rescover (24:30) - Common mistakes from PMs (31:31) - Filtering out bad clients...

Welcome back to Owner Occupied. We're nearing the end of season three and this week, you'll hear a syndicated episode where I was actually the guest instead of the host! Please enjoy this episode of episode of The Multifamily Wealth Podcast with Axel Ragnarsson. Learn more about Peter Lohmann & how to connect with him here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Peter on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jo...