Peter Lohmann"s Podcast

Episode 4 of the Owner Occupied podcast with Peter Lohmann and Russell Lowery. In this episode we discuss Peter's top 5 early mistakes when starting and growing the property management company in the early days: 1) Too slow to operationalize the sales process. Sales cures all - it should be handled just as rigorously and professionally as ops. 2) Asking how do I get paid instead of asking how do I add value? 3) Not enough focus on high-leverage, high-impact strategic moves. 4) Trade groups are a

Episode 3 of the Owner Occupied podcast with Peter Lohmann and Russell Lowery. Show Notes: (00:00) Welcome & intro (00:52) History of zillow & rental listings (03:46) Zillow's rental manager platform (05:50) Is Zillow competing with property managers? (07:20) How airbnb could enter the rental market (13:01) 3 revenue streams for property managers (16:05) How PM companies can defend (20:11) How landlords can defend against airbnb & zillow (22:29) Zillow's rent zestimate Russell Lowery is

Episode 2 of the Owner Occupied podcast with Peter Lohmann and Russell Lowery. In this episode, we discuss: (01:44) Self-managing rental properties and how to build up the right systems and processes. (02:53) Finding and working with property managers. (04:04) Starting a property management business and the challenges faced during the early stages. (07:10) Strategies for finding new properties to manage, including attending realtor meetings, developing a website, and advertising on Google. (10:05)

Episode 1 of the Owner Occupied podcast with Peter Lohmann and Russell Lowery. We introduce ourselves and discuss starting businesses, property management, and buying a small business. Peter explains how he started RL Property Management and how he found customers in the beginning. He also explains how to buy another property management company. Russell talks about using SBA loans to buy businesses, and his background. Russell Lowery is a political puzzle solver. He runs a California based public