Student Housing Insight

In this podcast episode, Wes lays out all of the student housing conferences that are being hosted this fall and provides insights from a few of the organizers.

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In this episode of the Student Housing Insight podcast, Wes interviews two operators who manage large portfolios in a single or regional market to hear their perspective on what it is like to manage a scattered site portfolio that covers everything from modern purpose-built student housing to single-family homes. Aaron Harris Kirby is the Market President at Point West Management by Granite in Blacksburg VA and Cole Oraham is the D...

In this episode of the Student Housing Insight podcast, SHI Ambassador, Terrence Jackson shares tips for site staff on how to finish out the summer without losing focus on leasing and operations.

00:00 - Teaser

00:21 - Sponsor's Ad

01:55 - Intro

08:27 - Summer Slide

17:20 - Outro

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There are only a couple of events each year in the off-campus student housing industry that bring all of the industry leaders together. The premiere event for the industry is the Interface Student Housing Conference in Austin, TX. 

Student Housing Insight took the opportunity to sit down with several industry executives to discuss their thoughts on the future of the industry and the challenges that lay a...

In this episode, Wes & Gretta dissect what may be behind the recent dip in YOY preleasing velocity in the US market.  Is it related to the FAFSA delays?  Is it pushback on recent rental rate increases?  Is there an enrollment decline ahead?  

Included in this episode is a recorded session from April 11th's ShopTalk that also dove into the questions around negative YOY preleasing velocity.  The session panelists included Charlie...

In this episode, Wes shares a conversation from March's ShopTalk regarding the current status of P3 student housing.  Joining the conversation is Jason Taylor of The Annex Group, Brad Shaw from Greystar, and Jeremy Doss of Rise.

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Imagine a world in which student housing properties don't have to rely on parental guarantors to approve an application or have to go after a parent if their student defaults.  That is exactly the type of world The Guarantors are creating for their student housing clients.

In this episode, Wes sits down with Aaron Victorson & Micah Hollingsworth to discuss how The Guarantors are making life easier for student housing operators ...

Are your student housing properties ready for Turn 2024?  Is this your first Turn as a manager or supervisor?  Then this is the perfect episode to get you and your team ready for this summer.  Mat Windsor from The Turn Company joins Wes as a special guest co-host to talk about some of the external influences that may impact Turn this summer and then Wes sits down with Piper Schlink, portfolio director at Cardinal Group, to discuss ...

In this Behind the Biz episode, Wes sits down in the studio with Don Flick, principal of BSB Design, to talk about their unique process for bringing student housing projects from idea to reality.

If you are looking for an architecture firm for your next student housing development or rehab, get in touch with Don today: dflick@BSBDesign.com

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The largest annual event in the off-campus student housing industry is the Interface Student Housing Conference in Austin, TX.  2024 marks the 16th year of this conference and is being teed up to break its previous attendee records.  This year's conference will be held at the JW Marriott in downtown Austin on April 24-26th.  In this episode, Wes sits down with Rich Kelley from Interface Conference Group to discuss what's on tap for...

In this special episode, student housing veteran Whitney Kidd of The Preiss Co. joins Wes to discuss her recent return to work from maternity leave and how the industry is responding to the challenge she gave at the Interface Student Housing Conference in 2022 along with founders of the W. Collective.  Whitney and Wes also offer some advice to expecting parents (and the co-workers of expecting parents) on how to prepare for leave a...

In this episode, Wes sits down with the student housing division president at Asset Living, Stacey Lecocke, to talk about her career journey in student housing.  Listen to find out how one day in a Texas courtroom changed everything about the career path she thought she was on.

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One thing is for certain, this year's NFL season and the Super Bowl was unlike any year before.  Love her or hate her, Taylor Swift illustrated how her influence could breathe new life into an organization that has been under a lot of heat in recent years. 

But how does that relate to Student Housing?  It doesn't... but we did find a way to tie the discussion into the use of NIL and micro-influencers to promote a PBSH community. 

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In the newest installment of SHI's "Profiles in Student Housing" series Wes sits down with Matt Maxa, the COO of Article Student Living.  Matt shares his career journey and what led him to make a career out of a part-time job he took while attending the University of Central Florida.  Matt also shares what's ahead for Article Student Living, and he shares the newest addition to his shoe collection.

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In this episode, Wes shares a recent discussion from a ShopTalk session that he had with Tonya Creamer from Oxford International.  Tonya is Oxford International's VP of Higher Education for the U.S. and has an extensive background in international student modality and is often the person establishing housing partnerships for students utilizing Oxford International.  That experience not only brings an important perspective, but also...

In this episode, Wes sits down with Dan Myers, the CEO of Dojo Networks.  Dojo has been at the forefront of providing internet access distribution to off-campus student housing for over 20 years.  Dan has seen the maturation of not only the asset class, but also the students' demands for high speed internet and network services.  Wes and Dan discuss the journey Dan has been on from starting as a small provider in State College, PA ...

In this episode, Wes and Gretta give a recap of LeaseCon+TurnCon.  Additionally, Wes shares the recording of the panel he moderated on centralized services that included panelists from Cardinal Group, Scion, Granite Student Living, Varsity Campus & Realpage.  If your company is considering implementing centralized services (or if you are scared centralized services will replace your job), make sure you listen to this episode.

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In this episode, Wes sits down with Krystle Coleman, VP of Business Operations at the Scion Group, to discuss her career journey in student housing.  Krystle tells the story of how a visit to a leasing trailer for a new development at Purdue University was the start of a career she never imagined she would pursue.  She also gives some incredible insight into Scion's push for centralization of leasing and Turn across their entire po...

In this episode, Wes discusses stats on how the '23 pre-leasing season ended and what it may signal for the next pre-leasing season.  He then shares a segment from a recent ShopTalk panel where he and Charlie Matthews from College House discuss the same topic with panelists Jenn Cassidy from Cardinal Group, and Will Baker and Chris Epp from Walker & Dunlop about their thoughts from the perspectives of operations, finance, &...