The Crane Property Management Podcast

In this episode of The Crane Property Management Podcast, Peter Lohmann and Mark Brower take sides and debate about vendor pricing and owner expectations; specifically, whether rental property owners should expect discounted rates on maintenance simply because they work with a property manager. Peter and Mark disagree on how to handle these situations, touching on everything from setting expectati...

In this episode of The Crane Property Management Podcast, Peter Lohmann and Mark Brower tackle growth challenges, sales ethics, and fee transparency. Peter shares how his company recently hit 750 doors and entered what ProfitCoach calls the "trough of sorrow", a profitability dip that occurs between 750 and 1,000 doors. Mark reveals his company actually shrank from 620 to 540 doors while...

Peter Lohmann and Mark Brower launch The Crane Property Management Podcast with a sharp look at recent platform changes affecting residential property managers. The conversation opens with Zillow's controversial decision to remove phone numbers from rental listings unless property managers pay for upgraded accounts—a move both hosts see as monopolistic leverage rather than value creation. They...