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Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
College students and pets... that's not always the best mix. However, in recent years more & more off-campus properties are becoming pet friendly as they find ways to be more competitive. Additionally with the confusion over assistance animals, this topic just becomes more frustrating for property managers and on-campus housing administrators.
In this episode we bring in the experts to get some clarity and discuss services that can be used to take the burden off of housing professionals and place accountability on tenants and students. Wes sits down with John Bradford, founder of PetScreening.com and J. Retinger from BioPet Laboratories to talk about legislation around pets and assistance animals as well best practices for managing a pet friendly community.
This episode is sponsored by SimpleBills. For more information on how SimpleBills can remove the headaches of utility management, go to www.SimpleBills.com.
For more information on PetScreening, go to www.PetScreening.com or email info@PetScreening.com.
For more information on PooPrints, go to www.PooPrints.com
Questions or comments for Student Housing Insight, email us at contact@StudentHousingInsight.com
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Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
In this episode we review a session from our recent Southwest Regional Summit where JoAnn Orrell from Unilodgers set down with panelists Mike Porritt of Scion, Craig Allen of Texas Christian University, and Dr. Phillip Badaszewski from Buffalo State to discuss how off-campus properties can build strong relationships with their university's administrators.
This episode is sponsored by Leap! Find out more about how Leap can help you approve more prospects and eliminate your bad debt. Go to www.leapeasy.com
Have questions or comments about the podcast? Contact us at contact@StudentHousingInsight.com
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
So we are starting to close out 2019 as we are in the last 7 weeks or so of the year. Here at SHI we’ve already done a lot of reflection this past year and we’re now planning out 2020.
You know, in Student Housing and working within the academic calendar you really never get a good chance to do that. It has to happen while you’re either finishing out a leasing season or starting a new one. So at our last 2 regional summits in Waco and Charlotte we put a panel together, just to talk about what everyone learned in 2019 and how we planned on altering things for the 2020 lease-up cycle.
We called the session, Rearview Mirrors and Windshields.
In this episode we replay the panel from our Southeast Summit in Charlotte with was moderated by Kevin Sealy, President at Valeo Student. The panelist included:
Ashlei Elise, Regional Leasing & Marketing Manager for Landmark
Nayshan Cook, CEO at Resident Reach
Sam Winn, Director at AgencyFifty3
So these guys are not only seeing things at the ground level at the leasing offices and on campus, but they are also seeing it from a social media engagement and digital spend perspective as well. This is one you are going to want to take notes on and make sure you pick up on the things that surprised them this past year and how they are adjusting.
This episode is sponsored by uForis VR. For more information, go to www.uforis.com
Have questions about SHI or this podcast episode? Feel free to email us at conact@StudentHousingInsight.com
Monday Nov 04, 2019
Monday Nov 04, 2019
In this episode we welcome William Butler, author of "ReLeasing - A Counterintuitive Approach to Apartment Leasing" as an official co-host. For his first episode, we're reviewing his IDEA presentation from the SHI Southeast Regional Summit where he presents the idea that focusing on your MINDSET is the most important thing you can do to determine your success. If you are needing a motivational "kick-in-the-pants" to bring things in perspective... Willie's got you covered!
This episode is sponsored by uForis VR. Don't let construction or normal business hours get in the way of giving your prospects a high quality virtual tour. Contact uForis today at www.uForis.com.
Interested in attending SHI's Webinar on Student Housing and Mental Health on November 7th? Click here to register with Grace Hill.
To order a copy of Willie's book, click here!
Questions or comments about the podcast? Email us at contact@StudentHousingInsight.com
Sunday Oct 27, 2019
Sunday Oct 27, 2019
It takes a lot to manage a student housing property. So how do you manage a growing portfolio of student housing? Between recruiting and managing employees, fast changing technology, multiple ownership groups, and slim margins... it takes a special person with thick skin and a lot of patience to stay focussed on providing a great service to both residents and investment stake holders.
In this episode, we sit down with Eddie Moreno, EVP of Operations at Cardinal Management Group, to discuss his role and how Cardinal Group is managing its portfolio in order to be one of the fastest growing student housing managers in the industry.
This episode is sponsored by SimpleBills. Frictionless and transparent utility management is a huge contributor to a property's brand and reputation. SimpleBills makes sure utility management adds value to your brand. Contact them today at www.SimpleBills.com
Want to register for our upcoming webinar on" Mental Health and your Student Residents" on November 7th. Click here to register: Mental Health & Your Student Residents
For questions or comments about the podcast, email us at contact@StudentHousingInsight.com
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Mental health and college students is always a big topic. The majority of the student population are at an age when they are dealing with new pressures and experiences that can manifest or bring mental health issues to the surface. However there seems to be a huge gap in knowledge by off-campus housing professionals on how to identify these issues and understand the resources available to students to provide assistance. In this episode we talk with Dr. Kirk Dougher, AVC for Student Support and Wellness at Washington University in St Louis, to provide some insight on what types of signs to look for when a student may be dealing with a mental health issue and the support that the student and the off-campus housing provider can utilize.
This episode is sponsored by Unilodgers. Looking to market your property to more international students? Check out www.Unilodgers.com
Interested in attending SHI and Grace Hill's webinar on Mental Health and College Students on November 7? Click here for more information:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/3315711685660/WN_rqCBy0y9QcCwR5Fgrd_wdw
Questions about the podcast? Contact us at contact@studenthousinginsight.com
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Monday Oct 07, 2019
In this episode, Wes catches everyone up on what has been going on the past 6 weeks since the last episode, gets on his soap box about stupid development projects, and then gets into an interview with Matthew Berger and Dave Borsos from NMHC to discuss the upcoming conference in Chicago.
For more information about NMHC's Student Housing Conference, click here: https://www.nmhc.org/meetings/calendar/2019-nmhc-student-housing-conference/#summary
For more information on William Butler and his new book, ReLeasing, go to www.ReLeasingUp.com
For more information on Student Housing Insight and to register as a member of our SHI Community, go to www.StudentHousingInsight.com !
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
In this episode we catch up with SHI's new Director of Marketing, Kristin Hahn to hear
- the announcement of this year's SHI Ambassadors
- a contest to find out which SH Management Company has the most spirit
- and a round up on SHI's final 2 regional summits for 2019
Also, Wes sits down with Rich Kelley from Student Housing Business to discuss the 2019 LeasCon event scheduled for September 18th in Dallas TX.
To find out more info on LeasConhttps://web.cvent.com/event/57d414ed-fe30-44e6-9418-33b401c89167/websitePage:daa6d2c6-f6ff-465c-8c83-b88b1867c85b
To find out more info on the SHI Regional Summits:https://www.studenthousinginsight.com/upcoming-events
Tuesday Aug 27, 2019
Tuesday Aug 27, 2019
Summer Turn is over and you're figuring out who is not showing up and how many completely vacant units you have. Having completely vacant apartments will help you control costs compared to partially occupied apartments, but they also allow you an opportunity to generate additional income if you look at using them as a short-term rental. Be it housing for visiting professors or listing the apartments on sites like AirBnB, their are some great alternative to help overcome the negative economic impact your vacancy is making on your income statement. In this episode we talk about these alternatives and sit down with Mickey Kropf, CEO of Vector Travel, and talk about why it is important to consider partnering with a company like his to handle your short term rental program.
This episode is sponsored by Unilodgers! To get your property in front of more international students, list your property today by visiting www.Unilodgers.com/contact-us
To reach Mickey at Vector Travel, email him at mickey@vectorstays.com and let him know you heard him on the SHI Podcast. For more information about his company, visit www.VectoryStays.com. You can also read Mickey's recent article about how short term rental programs can help student housing operators with their vacancies. Check out the article here:https://shorttermrentalz.com/features/multifamily-student-mickey-kropf/?
Have questions or comments for Student Housing Insight? Email us at contact@StudentHousingInsight.com
Interested in attending an upcoming Regional Summit:https://www.studenthousinginsight.com/upcoming-events
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Gen Z doesn’t know a world without the Playstation in it. The oldest Gen Z’ers have been taking pictures with iPhone since they were 10. Pencil renderings certainly doesn’t spark their imagination and photos and videos from a “similar property” that was built somewhere else evokes questions about what their community will and won’t have.
So it seems only natural that as operators, we now are looking to virtual reality to create that connection with prospects. Regardless if you are developing a property or currently operating a student property, VR is increasingly becoming a necessary sales tool for your website.
One of the companies that is creating VR tours for student housing is uForis based in Vancouver, Canada. Why is Vancouver important? Because that’s where EA Sports’ largest developer studio is located. We’re talking about game developers that created games like FIFA Soccer and Madden Football. uForis was founded by these same developers from EA Sports. So as you can imagine… their commitment to quality is deep.
Recently I sat down with 2 of the Founders from uForis, Dora Cheng and David Li to talk to them about why they chose to move from the gaming industry to create VR renderings of Real Estate and their journey into student housing.
For more information, go to ww.uForis.com or contact David Li at david@uforis.com.
For questions about Student Housing Insight, email us at contact@StudentHousingInsight.com