Student Housing Insight
Interviews and discussions with people from around the world who work in and service the off-campus student housing industry.
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- Sep 25, 2026
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Brandt Stiles - Profiles in Student Housing - SHI 1043 (opens the original)
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🎙️Episode Summary What does it take to develop student housing while keeping residents at the center of its growth? In this Student Housing Insight profile episode, Wes speaks with Brandt Stiles, co-founder and co-CEO of Subtext, about his path from a working-class upbringing in St. Louis to accounting and real estate development. Following Subtext’s delivery of five communities totaling 3k+ beds for the 2026–27 academic year, Brandt reflects on the career decisions, financial uncertainty, and e
StarRez Global Summit 2026 - SHI 1042 (opens the original)
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🎙️Episode Summary: Recorded at the StarRez Global Summit 2026 in Atlanta, this episode of the Student Housing Insight podcast features host Wes Deese alongside Sarah Maxson from Core Spaces, Kevin Mara from Brailsford & Dunlavey, and Teddy Abdelmalek from HHRedstone. Drawing on College House data and their experience in housing operations, development, and university advisory work, the panel examines pre-leasing trends, affordability, and the relationship between on-campus and off-campus housing
Gen Z Doesn’t Want Your Job. Now What? - SHI 1041 (opens the original)
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🎙️Episode Summary Gen Z is reshaping the student housing workforce, and understanding what this generation wants from work is becoming essential to recruiting, retention, and leadership development. In this episode of the Student Housing Insight Podcast, Host Wes Deese sits down with Cardinal Group executive and author Sly Brandon to discuss his third book, The Gen Z Executive. Drawing on his experience in student housing operations in the United States and the United Kingdom, Sly explores the “
AI-Enhanced, Human-Centered: The Future of Student Housing - SHI 1040 (opens the original)
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🎙️Episode Summary In this latest episode, Student Housing Insight Ambassador Anais Estrella, Assoc. Director of OPS at Cardinal Group sits down with Jennifer Love, SVP of Multifamily and Student Housing at Verbaflo, to unpack how AI is reshaping leasing, resident communication, and on-site team roles across the student housing industry. The conversation dives into the real balance between automation and hospitality — how AI can field 85-90% of routine inquiries instantly while freeing on-site st
He asked students what they pay in rent. 1 Video Hit 120k Views! Elijah Wang Chen - SHI 1039 (opens the original)
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🎙️Episode Summary How much do students actually pay for rent, and why does that number often differ from what operators think they're charging? In this episode of the Student Housing Insight Podcast, host Wesley Deese sits down with Elijah Wang-Chen, a finance student at the University of Texas at Austin and creator of RateMyRentUT, a student-built platform that brings unprecedented transparency to off-campus housing costs. Elijah shares how his own frustrating apartment search inspired him to c
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