The Rent Roll with Jay Parsons

The podcast for data, commentary and interviews on all things rental housing -- apartments, single-family rentals and build-to-rent.

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Dropping tomorrow on The Rent Roll: Inside UDR apartment REIT with UDR's CFO, Dave Bragg.

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Apartment renters are renewing leases more than ever... but this isn't a new trend. It started 10 years ago. Berkshire's Alan King joins the podcast this week and shares what he's learned from his four daughters on how today's renters think.

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NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY: The "Other" Berkshire.

It's one of the largest apartment owners in the U.S., dating back 60+ years, and yet they're often confused to be part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway -- which they're not.

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Prior to co-founding Marble Capital, David Oelfke was one of the founders of ARA -- which became a dominant player in apartment brokerage prior to selling to Newmark.

How did ARA grow so fast? David shares the story in the latest podcast.

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What's the buy box for Marble Capital right now? Co-founder David Oelfke shares his definition of preferred equity investments that are "right down the fairway."

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To manage in-house or to outsource? It's an age-old question, and the answer may be evolving for some owners.

Lantower Residential recently made the switch to hiring a third-party manager, and COO Emily Watson joins the podcast so share what went into that decision.

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One secret to success for live/work/play developments? Kane Realty's Rob Reid says: Be very choosy -- and patient -- in selecting restaurants and retailers. That will, in turn, boost the desirability of your apartments on site, as well.

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What makes a good live/work/play development work?

Kane Realty's Rob Reid says there's no cookie-cutter formula, but it takes some real conviction plus thinking beyond the current comp set.

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Big thanks to Wesley and the Greysteel team for hosting this!
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It was great hosing @jayparsons for a live taping of the @RentRollPodcast. Jay provides great insights on the market each week, and it was even better live. Looking forward to next year.

What Still Pencils Out To Build? + The Art of Placemaking https://t.co/7KoFIe3rWD via @YouTube

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The Rent Roll travels to Raleigh this week for a conversation on placemaking with Raleigh's leading placemaker, Kane Realty. Kane's Rob Reid joins @jayparsons at the historic Rialto Theater to talk about the art of placemaking. In this clip, Rob talks about how to make ground-floor -- which often sits under-utilized in many apartment developments -- actually work.

[Wesley @jwf_3]

It was great hosing @jayparsons for a live taping of the @RentRollPodcast. Jay provides great insights on the market each week, and it was even better live. Looking forward to next year.

What Still Pencils Out To Build? + The Art of Placemaking https://t.co/7KoFIe3rWD via @YouTube

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Investor demand for single-family rentals is at all-time lows, according to a survey shared by Zelman's Jesse Lederman, as federal policy debates cast a dark cloud over the sector -- putting investors in wait-and-see mode.

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Single-family rental REIT investors now must underwrite for regulatory risk, Zelman's Jesse Lederman points out, even if REITs aren't active buyers of scattered-site homes.

Hear Jesse' takes, plus Jay's 4 takeaways from the SFR REITs' earnings calls, in new episode out today.

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Alex Goldfarb shares a Thanksgiving dinner analogy to explain his view of the apartment sector's outlook.

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NEW EPISODE: 6 highlights from the apartment REITs' earnings calls, and none bigger than the rumored merger discussions between two of the biggest names in multifamily -- AvalonBay and Equity Residential.

Veteran REIT analyst Alex Goldfarb of Piper Sandler shares his take.

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Dom Beveridge explains how apartment execs started dabbling with AI -- and how they've expanded adoption of it as it's proven to improve operations.

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A key theme from @dombeveridge's proptech survey of apartment execs?

Apartment operators are exhausted. A lot of good innovation via AI and automation, but it's wearing everyone out.

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Bonaventure's Dwight Dunton makes the case for fixed-rate debt.

"The people that lost money in real estate were the ones that got margined out at the bottom of the liquidity cycle. The next buyer rode the value back up. Look at Sam Zell, that's how he made all this money."

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Publicly traded REITs get a lot of attention, while non-traded REITs get little.

What is a non-traded REIT, and what's the benefit?

Bonaventure founder and CEO Dwight Dunton explains.

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Let's talk under-loved markets this week!

Bonaventure founder Dwight Dunton shares why his company bet heavily on Virginia Beach ... even though most institutional investors ignore it.