Episodes
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Learning & Development - SHI713
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
In this episode, Wes sits down with co-host Adam Yarber to discuss the challenges and solutions for Learning and Development within student housing. This is a "must-listen" for small and mid-size firms that don't have the budget for a full-time training department.
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Friday Feb 03, 2023
Recruiting & Retaining Talent - SHI712
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
In this episode, Wes & Gretta discuss a recent ShopTalk panel on recruiting & retaining student housing talent in today's environment. Guest panelists include
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Friday Jan 06, 2023
Fred Pierce - Profiles in Student Housing - SHI710
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Friday Jan 06, 2023
In this episode, Wes sits down with the founder and CEO of Pierce Education Services, Fred Pierce, to talk about his journey in student housing. For Fred, that journey began at his alma mater, San Diego State University, when he helped the university figure out a way to acquire and redevelop tracts of land surrounding the campus. His career is a testimony to how building relationships and providing value to those relationships will open up doors that may have never been possible for other developers. For those audience members who want a better understanding of real estate development and acquisition, you'll want to take notes.
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Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Sly Brandon - Profiles in Student Housing - SHI706
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
In this episode, Wes sits down with the Vice President of Operations at Cardinal Group, Sly Brandon. Sly has probably one of the most interesting journeys within student housing that took him from Missouri to Europe and the Middle East before finally settling down in Denver, CO. But what is most interesting about Brandon is his passion for mentoring other student housing professionals and his leadership. If you want to hear from one of the people who will have a big impact on forming the student housing industry over the next 10 to 20 years, you need to listen to this episode.
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- Info about LeaseCon+TurnCon
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Saturday Nov 05, 2022
Heather Sizemore - Profiles in Student Housing - SHI704
Saturday Nov 05, 2022
Saturday Nov 05, 2022
In this episode Wesley Deese sits down with Heather Sizemore, SVP of Operations at RPM Student Living, to discuss her student housing journey and advice she has for others looking to grow in the industry. They also discuss the evolution of student housing prop tech and the importance of stepping out of your comfort zone. Wes also gives a shout out to some other student housing podcasts and reminds everyone about the upcoming LeaseCon/TurnCon event happening December 6th - 7th in Charlotte, NC.
This episode is sponsored by Qira. For more information on their tailored student housing flexible rent program and their many other financial services, go to www.StudentHousingInsight.com/Qira
Referenced Links:
- Student Housing Matters Podcast
- The Prop Ops Podcast
- The Student Housing Marketing Podcast
- LeaseCon/TurnCon
- ShopTalk
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Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Miles Orth - Profiles in Student Housing - SHI616
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
This episode includes our 2nd installment of the "Profiles in Student Housing" series. In this episode Wes sits down with Miles Orth, COO of Campus Apartments based in Philadelphia, PA. They cover a lot of history about the evolution of purpose-built student housing industry in the US and where things may be headed. Miles shares his career journey which has intersected with the 2 oldest companies in student housing along with another company that went public during his tenure.
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To contact Miles Orth, email his at morth@campusapts.com
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Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Reviewing Student Housing Conferences - SHI615
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
There are 2 Student Housing conferences this month and a total of 6 planned for 2022. Which is causing a lot of industry professionals asking "which of these conferences should I attend?"
In this episode, Wes breaks down the industry conferences and what you can expect from each one. Additionally, Wes interviews Greg Jasper from Stafford Barrett about the upcoming Texas Student Housing Conference.
This episode is sponsored by Vector Travel. Get your vacant units listed on their short-term rental platform today and start turning vacancy into ancillary revenue. Find out more at www.VectorStays.com/SHI
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
What "Lease-Up" Teaches Us About Leadership with Willie Butler - SHI 607
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
In this episode, co-host Gretta Dare joins us after being away from the podcast for almost a year. She catches us up on what she has been up to and her new company, Book & Ladder. Additionally, we dive into a session from our MEMO web series with author and entrepreneur, Willie Butler, to discuss what the "lease-up" process in student housing teaches us about leadership.
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Saturday Jul 11, 2020
SHI 0506 - Current Diversity Events & How They May Impact Student Life This Fall
Saturday Jul 11, 2020
Saturday Jul 11, 2020
The US is confronting a lot of diversity issues in the wake of the recent police brutality events and the homicide of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. This has resulted in a litany of protests and rioting. With on-going stresses to the economy and mental health with the COVID 19 pandemic combined with political narratives with the upcoming presidential election this November, there is a perfect recipe not only protests to occur on college campuses this fall but for there to be unrest between different demographics and ideology of students.
Student Housing operators have a unique opportunity to help guide students through this time in a healthy and productive way. To ignore that opportunity could result in huge financial losses for an off-campus community.
In this episode, Wes sits down with Terence Jackson of Pierce Education Properties and Quan McLaurin, formerly the diversity retention director at Liberty University who resigned in protest of recent public comments made by university leadership. The discussion focuses on what property managers and housing administrators can expect this fall as it relates to students' sentiments related to diversity and how to use programming and operating protocols to help students feel heard and appreciated.
This episode is sponsored by Carter-Young and Associates.
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
SHI 0502 - 2 Approaches to Student Housing w/ Eddie Moreno & Brad Hastings
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Regardless if you work with large purpose-built student housing communities or a portfolio of single-family homes next to universities, you’re going to walk away from hearing this episode with a better understanding of what it takes to grow a portfolio from 1 single property. Both of these companies are managing national portfolios. Eddie’s perspective is more from the mid-to-large purpose built assets with a combination of owned properties as well as 3rd party owners. Brad’s perspective is more of a boutique “scattered sites” model combining single family homes with small and midsize purpose-built communities which is all owner-managed. Both of these guests have a passion for serving students and have built scalable business models by creating well thought-out operating practices, great company culture, and unique approaches to management technology.
This episode is sponsored by Carter-Young, Inc. - Contact them today about your bad debt recovery needs.
Referenced episodes in this podcast:
SHI2004 PT 2.1 CULTURE & LEADERSHIP - THE ORIGIN STORY OF CARDINAL GROUP
SHI2004 PT 2.2 CULTURE & LEADERSHIP - YOU HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL!
SHI 3001-FROM SITE LEVEL TO THE C-SUITE!
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