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The Rent Roll with Jay Parsons
All things rental housing -- headlines, commentaries and interviews on apartments, SFR, BTR, operations, investments, development, policy and more. The Rent Roll covers multiple segments each week, from data (Here's a Chart!), headlines impacting rental housing (In the News), trivia, guest interviews, and more. All focused on multifamily, single-family rentals, build-to-rent and other rental housing.
Episodes
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EP#48 Michael Novogradac | The 'Big Beautiful Bill' & Rental Housing
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons welcomes in the nation's leading voice on rental housing tax policy, Michael Novogradac of Novogradac & Co., to talk about…
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EP#47 Dan Meader | What Are LP's Looking For Right Now?
What do most GPs need right now but relatively few can find? LP equity! Special guest Dan Meader — founder and managing partner at Trinity Investors, a leading…
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EP#46 Rich Hightower | 5 Takeaways From Apartment REIT Calls
It's apartment REIT week on The Rent Roll podcast, as economist Jay Parsons shares his top 5 takeaways from the Q2 2025 earnings calls. In particular: What are…
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EP#45 Sean Dobson | 5 Takeaways From SFR REIT Calls + Conversation with Amherst's Chairman & CEO
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons shares his top 5 takeaways from the single-family REITs' earnings calls last week — AMH and Invitation Homes. Are the SFR…
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EP#44 Matt Vance | Q3 '25 Apartment Market Update & Outlook
Why is apartment rent growth slowing down again? That's the big plot twist in the latest data on the U.S. apartment market. Rental housing economist Jay…
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EP#43 Zach Bowyer | Where Are Apartment & SFR Values?
It's the valuation edition, featuring Cushman & Wakefield's head of valuation and advisory for the living sector, Zach Bowyer. Jay and Zach discuss where asset…
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EP#42 Hiten Samtani | The Media & Rental Housing
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons is joined by commercial real estate journalist Hiten Samtani for a hearty discussion on how the media covers apartments…
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EP#41 Bryan Smith | A Conversation With AMH's New CEO
American Homes 4 Rent CEO Bryan Smith joins rental housing economist Jay Parsons on the podcast to reflect back on the early years of institutional…
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EP#40 David Schwartz | Contrarian Apartment Investing 101
Waterton co-founder, CEO and Chairman David Schwartz joins The Rent Roll podcast to talk contrarian apartment investing strategies with rental housing…
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Is the U.S. apartment market slowing down? Rental housing economist Jay Parsons dives into the data to evaluate whether apartment owners and managers should be…
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EP#38 James Ray | Cap Rates Are B.S., and Other Hot Takes
The man's alter ego is the famed CRE Analyst account with more than 90,000 followers — James Ray, the co-founder of CRE Analyst and a managing director at…
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EP#37 Joanna Zabriskie | To Fee Or Not To Fee?
To fee or not to fee? Rental housing economist Jay Parsons tackles the hot-button topic of fees for apartment and SFR renters. With short-term rentals and…
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EP#36 Alicia Miller | Raising Capital Amidst Macro Uncertainty
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons shares the latest on the real estate fundraising landscape. It's a tough environment right now for multiple reasons. How…
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EP#35 Branden Lombardi | SFR REIT's Update + BTR Opportunities
It's all about SFR and BTR in this episode, where rental housing economist Jay Parsons shares his Top 5 takeaways from the single-family REITs' recent earnings…
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EP#34 Alfonso Costa Jr. | 5 Takeaways From Apartment REIT Calls
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons breaks down earnings call season for the apartment REITs, offering up five big takeaways from what turned out to be a…
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EP#33 Jesse Stein | Can I Airbnb My Apartment?
Airbnb's Global Head of Real Estate, Jesse Stein, joins The Rent Roll podcast to talk conspiracy theories about the impact of short-term rentals on the…
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EP#32 Mike Kingsella | Can YIMBYs Reverse The Supply Slowdown?
Multifamily housing construction is slowing — and fast. While current deliveries are putting significant downward pressure on rents, the story could very soon…
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EP #31 Scott Villani & Dan Hull | How Tariffs Impact Apartments & BTR
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons tackles today's biggest newsmaker: tariffs. What impact are tariffs having on apartment and BTR construction and…
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EP#30 Lee Everett | Q2 '25 U.S. Apartment Market Update
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons breaks down the latest and freshest data on the U.S. apartment market — including supply (on the decline), demand (on the…
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EP#29 Antonio Marquez | Dissecting Shifts in the NMHC Top 50 + A Conversation on Workforce Housing
Rental Housing Economist Jay Parsons breaks down 25 years of the NMHC Top 50 apartment owners lists to reveal some surprising facts and history. For example…
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EP#28 James Kane | The Case For The Southeast
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons breaks down the case for the Southeast's apartment and single-family rental markets. While some pontificators have openly…
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EP#27 Dom Beveridge | Why Is Renter Turnover So Low?
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons dives deep into a topic that is far more nuanced than it's typically given credit for: low turnover among renters. Nearly…
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EP#26 Barrett Linburg | Opportunity Zones & The Wizard of Oz
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons breaks down a new groundbreaking study on Opportunity Zones, which have proven to be remarkably effective — and efficient…
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EP#25 Michael Van Der Poel | Today's Institutional Buy Box
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons talks about the shifting institutional appetite for apartments and build-to-rent SFR with ACRE co-founder Michael Van Der…
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EP#24 Matthew Putterman | Single-Family Rental REITs Earnings Recaps
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons breaks down the five key takeaways from the single-family rental housing REITs' recent earnings calls. The big one: Why…
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EP#23 Jasin Alfaro | The Case For Tertiary Markets
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons makes the case for tertiary markets — smaller metro areas outside the top 50 in size. Jay shares data on how (and why)…
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EP#22 Daniel Walsh | Is Debt The New Equity? Sort Of.
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons dives into the growing trend of institutions expanding or creating debt funds targeting multifamily. Jay is joined for the…
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EP#21 Ric Campo | Apartment REITs' Earnings Recap
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons breaks down highlights and key themes from the big six apartment REITs' recent earnings call. Jay shares the REITs' case…
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EP#20 Ivan Barratt | NMHC Buzz & Midwest Love
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons recaps highlights from the multifamily investment community's biggest event, the NMHC Annual Meeting, and then dives into…
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EP#19 Chris Porter | How Demographic Shifts Impact Renting
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons talks all things rental housing demographics with the man who literally wrote the book on housing demographics, Chris…
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EP#18 Steve Kimmelman | Build-To-Rent Update With The BTR King
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons breaks down the latest data and trends on the build-to-rent sector -- the emerging hybrid of multifamily and SFR. Jay then…
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EP#17 David Moore | The Re-Rise Of The Sun Belt
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons breaks down the case for re-rise of Sun Belt multifamily, sharing the latest charts and data. Today's Sun Belt market is…
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EP#16 Greg Willett | Q1'25 U.S. Apartment Market Update
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons shares the latest on U.S. apartment market conditions — including a surprisingly massive volume of demand hitting the…
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EP#15 Justin Wheeler | The 2025 Outlook For Multifamily & SFR
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons brings out the (fuzzy) crystal ball to lay out predictions for the multifamily and single-family rental markets in 2025…
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EP#14 Jay Parsons | What I Got Wrong (And Right!) In 2024
It's end-of-year report card time! Rental housing economist Jay Parsons looks back at predictions he made a year ago on how the apartment and SFR markets would…
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EP#13 Fred Tuomi | The Merging Worlds of Multifamily & SFR
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons dives into the emerging synergies between multifamily and single-family rentals — two sectors that have historically…
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EP#12 John Drachman | Texas OR SoCal? "Dr. Doom" Says BOTH
Would you rather bet on rental housing in Texas or in Southern California? Rental housing economist Jay Parsons breaks down the differences — and similarities…
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EP#11 Alecia Hill | The Institutional Buy Box On Affordable Housing
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons walks through today's institutional buy box for affordable and workforce housing with FCP's head of impact investing…
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EP#10 Mark Decker | Apartment REITs' Q3 Earnings Call Recaps
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons caps off earnings call season by sharing five big takeaways on the apartment REITs' Q3 2024 earnings calls, and then…
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EP#9 Dallas Tanner | SFR REITs' Q3 Earnings Recaps & Outlooks
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons breaks down the five key takeaways from the single-family rental REITs' third quarter earnings calls, and then welcomes in…
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EP#8 Paul Thrift | The Case For New Apartment Construction
Election results are in, and rental housing economist Jay Parsons talks about how President Trump's win could impact rental housing — as well as reviewing…
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EP#7 David Brickman | Rental Housing 2024 Voters' Guides
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons provides an Election Day look at the rental housing platforms of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald…
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EP#6 Hugh Frater | The Politicalization of Rental Housing
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons welcomes in the former CEO of both Fannie Mae and Berkadia, Hugh Frater, to talk about the politicalization of rental…
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EP#5 Mayor Dr. Lynne Robinson | Win/Wins For Cities & Developers
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons dives into the data to talk about what cities can do to facilitate more new housing supply -- and what barriers get in the…
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EP#4 David Auerbach | Fresh Data & REITs' Earnings Preview
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons shares newly released data on Q3 2024 apartment market performance across the U.S. (Hint: Big supply AND big demand!), and…
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EP#3 Payton Mayes | The Hurdles For Apartment Builders
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons shares on the roller-coaster path multifamily supply, covers recent headlines on apartments and single-family rentals, and…
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EP#2 Dan Oberste | Debunking A Few Multifamily Myths
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons discusses myth-busting research around rental affordability, covers recent headlines on apartments and single-family…
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EP#1 Bob Simpson | The Case For Middle-Income Housing
Rental housing economist Jay Parsons discusses the case for middle-income housing investments, covers recent headlines on apartments and single-family rentals…