Podcast Episodes

EP#58 Haendel St. Juste | 5 Takeaways From Q3 '25 Apartment REIT Calls

Rental housing economist Jay Parsons shares his Top 5 highlights from the apartment REITs' Q3 earnings calls. Are the REITs seeing a slow down? Are they seeing concerns around renter financial health…

Published on 8 hours ago

EP#57 Chris Finlay | Is It Time To Worry? Plus: A Conversation With Middleburg's CEO

Is it time to worry about apartments and single-family rentals? We're hearing more talk about a possible recession — fueled by a softening labor market and a government shutdown. Rental housing econo…

Published on 1 week ago

EP#56 Sue Ansel | Budgeting Season: Tips For 2026

It's that time of year: Budget season. Rental housing economist Jay Parsons offers up data, tips and ideas for how to think about revenue and expenses in 2026. We know supply will drop off, but will …

Published on 2 weeks ago

EP#55 Alyson Bode | Q4 '25 Apartment Market Update & Outlook

Rental housing economist Jay Parsons shares his take on the latest data on multifamily fundamentals. Is demand holding strong? Why are rents falling? Is supply still trending down? Are renters still …

Published on 3 weeks ago

EP#54 JPI Executive Leadership Team | Is Now The Time To Build Again?

The Rent Roll hits the road for its first episode in front of a live audience! Rental housing economist Jay Parsons interviews the executive leadership of apartment developer JPI — CEO Payton Mayes, …

Published on 4 weeks ago

EP#53 Bobby Fijan | The Case For Family-Friendly Class A Apartments

Is there demand for family-friendly, Class A apartments? Bobby Fijan — aka the "Bill James of apartment floorplans" — joins the podcast to make the case. Bobby partnered with Arnold Ventures on a fir…

Published on 1 month ago

EP#52 Scott Eisen | Q23 '25 SFR Market Update & Outlook

Season 1 Episode 52

Rental housing economist Jay Parsons reviews the current state of affairs in the single-family rental market, sharing the latest data and trends. Is the ice-cold homebuyer market causing a big boom i…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

EP#51 Dennis Shea | Rate Cuts & Pro-Housing Policy

Season 1 Episode 51

Rental housing economist Jay Parsons makes the case for why rate cuts make sense — and how the government's inflation measure may have masked the earlier cooldown in inflation, in addition to recent …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

EP#50 Jim Costello | Multifamily Capital Markets Update

Season 1 Episode 50

What's the latest on multifamily capital markets? Rental housing economist Jay Parsons shares the latest data on apartment sales, cap rates and debt trends before welcoming in the chief economist of …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

EP#49 Matt Ferrari | The Dealmaker Who Scaled Everest

Season 1 Episode 49

Rental housing economist Jay Parsons welcomes in TruAmerica's Matt Ferrari to talk about his recent trek to the summit of Earth's highest mountain top (Mount Everest) ... and also dive into the curre…

Published on 2 months ago