Colleges across the country have sent students home for the spring semester and are shifting to online learning. Campus closures impact not only current residents but future students, as well—because campuses are shut down during the traditionally busy pre-leasing fall period.
Join RealPage VP Jay Parsons and student housing experts Carl Whitaker and Ryan Kimura for the live webcast, COVID-19: Impact on Student Housing, as they examine recent trends and discuss the pandemic’s impact on higher education in 2020 and 2021.
- How do we handle the closing of campuses and college tours during the hot pre-leasing season for the 2020 fall semester?
- How are student housing operators handling students who left town for the remainder of the current school year while still under lease?
- Does this epidemic accelerate the growth of online learning at the expense of on-campus learning?
No one has all the answers in these unprecedented circumstances, but in this engaging webcast, we will do our best to address your questions.
Jay Parsons serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Economist for RealPage, leading the Economist and Industry Principal teams to provide deep insights on market trends and consumer behaviors. He is a frequent author and industry speaker on topics affecting multifamily apartments and single-family rentals, including rental housing investment and asset management strategy, rental housing policy issues, risk mitigation and property management.
Jay has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Financial Times, The Economist, and The New York Times, and he has appeared on CNBC and BloombergTV. His commentaries have been published by Barron's, the Pension Real Estate Association, the Mortgage Bankers Association, the National Apartment Association, American Banker and GlobeSt.
Carl Whitaker
Vice President & Chief Economist, RealPage, Inc.Carl Whitaker is RealPage’s Chief Economist, leading the company's team of economists and market analysts. Carl and the Market Intelligence team specialize in analyzing and disseminating economic and market trends for the rental housing industry. He primarily focuses on presenting trends in the rental housing industry to a wide audience, including investors, asset managers, operations professionals and media, among other personas. Carl has been cited in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and GlobeSt and is a frequent keynote speaker for industry events. Carl holds degrees from the University of North Texas, including a Master of Science in Applied Geography.
Ryan Kimura
Industry Principal, Asset Optimization, RealPage, Inc.Ryan Kimura is an Industry Principal for the Asset Optimization Suite of capabilities. He advises and consults with clients to help them understand how to make the best decisions acquiring, operating and disposing of apartment and student housing assets by utilizing data. Mr. Kimura has been in some corner of the Real Estate industry for the past 16 years. From originating mortgages and hard money loans, to raising private equity from investors and investing in all forms of asset types himself, he has vast experience in the Real Estate investment world.
