Welcome to NAA's Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association. On this episode, we are joined by Kelli Lea, Regional Property Manager for Greystar and 2025 President of the National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI) Board of Directors, who provide an update on all the exciting things happening at National Apartment Association Education Institute, including the latest on its growth strategies and the launch of NAAEI’s Career Mapping Tool.

Learn more about NAAEI credentials, as well as online training and continuing education credits, courses and resources available through the Visto, NAAEI’s online learning platform. And don't miss the new Career Map Tool from NAAEI.

Welcome to NAA's Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association. On this episode, guest host Todd Hignite, Vice President of Hearth Management and a member of both the 2025 NAAEI Board of Directors and NAA’s DE&I committee, sits down with rental housing affinity group leaders, including Steve Hatten, Regional Sales Executive at Kwikkit and representing Once A Warrior; Monica Frazier, General Manager at Midwood Investment & Development and representing Melanin in Multifamily; Justin Jones, AI Evangelist at Hyly.AI, and representing Multifamily Q Space; and Joelis Barandica-Rodriguez, a Regional Portfolio Manager and representing Latinas in Property Management.

During Apartmentalize, find the Affinity Group Pavilion by the NAAHQ Booth in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Wednesday hours are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and again from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. On Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and Friday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Welcome to NAA's Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association. On this sponsored episode, we sit down with Appfolio's Stacy Holden, Vice President and Industry Principal, and Adam Feinstein, Vice President of Product Management, to review the findings of Appfolio's renter preferences research and discuss how those discoveries can translate to maximizing performance in 2025.

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Welcome to NAA's Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association. On this episode, we sit down with NAA's industry Research Analyst Eri Bajomo to dive into the findings of NAA’s latest research project, “The Ongoing Evolution of Amenity Spaces.”

Visit the research section on NAA’s website to explore this new report as well as all of NAA’s research offerings, including Income/Expense IQ data, industry trends, housing policy research, the apartment market pulse, dollar of rent and much more.

Welcome to NAA's Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association. On this episode, we sit down with NAA’s VP of Research Paula Munger, who after an illustrious career in commercial real estate research and nine years at NAA, has announced her retirement. Listen as we walk through her career and lessons learned, and maybe even a prediction or two about the future state of the rental housing industry.

Visit the research section on NAA’s website to explore all of NAA’s research offerings, including Income/Expense IQ data, industry trends, housing policy research, the apartment market pulse, dollar of rent and much more.

Welcome to NAA's Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association. On this episode, we sit down with NAA’s AVP of Federal Legislative Affairs Owen Caine to walk through the rental housing industry's federal legislative priorities for the 119th Congress.

For those interested in learning more about housing policy, NAA has a wealth of resources, including a policy issues library, the Apartment Advocate and Apartment Advocate Pro newsletters, and much more, all on NAA’s website.

You are also invited to register for Advocate, NAA’s annual advocacy conference and Lobby Day, March 25-26 in Washington, D.C.

Welcome to NAA's Apartmentcast, the official podcast of the National Apartment Association. On this episode, we are once again joined by Leah Cuffy, NAA Director of Advocacy Research, to discuss the key findings and implications of “Behind the High Cost of Rent,” which is recently released research sponsored by NAA and NHMC that examines the unintended consequences of overregulating the rental housing industry.

Other resources referenced in this episode include Income/Expense IQ, NAA’s Dollar of Rent and “Pro-Housing Designation Programs: How States are Incentivizing Pro-Housing Reform.”

This episode of the NAA Apartmentcast is the third in a series discussing women in technology, supported by and featuring NAA's Technology Committee. We're joined for an engaging discussion NAA Tech Committee Member Marysa Raymond, who at the time of the conversation was Vice President Institutional Sales, Strategic Accounts & Affordable Sales for Entrata and now is Director of Asset Management for Middle Street Partners, as well as Kristen Reitmeier, Director of Systems and Technology for Apartment Management Professionals (AMP). Learn more at https://www.naahq.org