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May 15-16, 2025
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Registration & Exhibitor Set-Up - Exhibit Hall
8:00am - 8:40am
Registration & Breakfast
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Track A
Track B
8:40am - 9:25am
Economy and Capital Markets Update: Exploring Investment Performance With or Without Rate Cuts
- Capital markets update and money flows
- Where is Texas in the cycle?
- What cities and submarkets do you favor? What do you think of coastal areas that may be flood prone?
- What are you seeing from a vacancy and concession standpoint?
- Are private equity funds with capital to deploy starting to look more seriously at restarting new construction?
- Where is rent growth in the south and southwest?
- What regulatory shifts can we expect to see under the new Administration?
- Evaluating the buy vs. build decision
- NOI projections
- Will the insurance market improve?
- John Azar - Managing Partner & Founder, Peak15 Capital
- Jimmy Carrion - COO, Lloyd Jones
- Jeff Weller - Co-CEO, Co-Founder, Lion Real Estate Group, LLC
- Hailey Ghalib - Senior Managing Director, Head of Housing Investment and Development, Affinius Capital
- David A. Cohen - Managing Director and Chief Production Officer Co-Head National Bridge Lending, Ready Capital
- Ammanuel Metta - Managing Director, Acquisitions, TruAmerica Multifamily
8:40am - 9:25am
Successful Strategies For Multifamily Property Managers In Today’s Economic Environment
- Where are we with rental efficiency software?
- Property management under today’s economic climate
- How are you dealing with an increase in efficient bad actors in the cyberworld?
- Strategies for managing your marketing spend within a restrained budget
- How is AI playing a role in current property management strategies?
- Evaluating the pros and cons of specialized vs. generalist marketing roles in your organization
- Finding residents and workers given the current immigrant climate
- Current recruiting, re-training and compensation trends
- Ryan Christopher Nunes - Managing Partner, Life Changing Capital
- Karissa Heald - Regional Vice President, RR Living
- RayAnn Corton - Account Strategist, Digible
- Robert Martinez - Founding Principal & CEO, Rockstar Capital
- Mariam Rogers-Walker - Senior Director, Community Access Solutions, Chamberlain Group
- Elizabeth Meyers - VP of Client Experience, Kairoi Residential
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9:25am - 10:05am
Is Dallas Overbuilt? Exploring the DFW Multifamily Market
- Has supply peaked in the market? Will the market stabilize in 2026?
- How are submarkets outside of the metroplex positioned?
- What local demographics and economic conditions are impacting supply and demand?
- How can developers and investors navigate a complex environment around shifting resident preferences and evolving market conditions?
- Why are vacancy rates in mid-tier properties stubbornly high?
- What is the forecast for rent growth through the end of the year? 2026?
- Jack Stone - Managing Director, Greysteel
- Paris Rutherford - Principal, Catalyst Urban Development
- Sameer Walvekar - Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets, Urban Genesis
- Jason Haun - Senior Vice President, ZOM Living
9:25am - 10:05am
New Revenue Sources: Balancing ROI With Tenant Demands for Amenities
- How much is too much?
- With rents at maximum how much more can you squeeze out of the tenant?
- Comparing class “A”, “B” and “C”
- Different demographics, different amenity expectations
- EV chargers: What is the ROI?
- Using facial recognition & other technologies for security and safety
- Are high ROI amenities the same ones that led to increase in tenant retention rates?
- Outside space, inside common areas and private space: Where should you be investing?
- What should be in your standard resident benefit package?
- Melanie French - Chief Executive Officer, RR Living
- Noel Arvizu - Sales Director - Multifamily, ADT Multifamily
- Vince Gethings - General Partner, Tri-City Equity Group
- Daniel Perez - VP - Real Estate Development & Construction, Senior Resource Group
- Snowie Xue Dan Xu - Founder, A-Strategy Management
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Networking Break
Woman's Small Group Meeting
10:05am - 11:00am
Networking Break
10:10am - 10:50am
Women's Small Group Meeting
How can influential market players better support the growth of women in the real estate industry? To attract more women into the field and cultivate them as leaders, organizations must invest in targeted initiatives such as promoting visibility for female role models, offering leadership and mentorship training, and creating clear pathways for career progression. This small group meeting encourages an open dialogue about gender biases and embedding diversity as a core business value to transform the market into one where women can thrive and lead.
- Divya Smith - Founder & CEO, Ascending Avenue Investments
- Elizabeth Meyers - VP of Client Experience, Kairoi Residential
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Track B
11:00am - 11:45am
Commercial to Multifamily Conversions: A Viable Solution for the Housing Shortage?
- Are conversions a viable option for distressed building owners?
- Office to multifamily and rental to condo conversions
- Navigating regulatory and zoning regulations
- Reimagining suburbia through the repositioning of obsolete retail and industrial properties
- Is financing available for these deals? What do terms look like?
- Do the architectural challenges make these conversions cost prohibitive? Is it cheaper to knock it down and build it from the ground up?
- Can conversions make a dent in the lack of multifamily and affordable housing? Especially in urban areas?
- Julia Beckman - Shareholder, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.
- Justin Ford - Founder & CEO, Pax Properties
- Ash Shah - President & CEO, IMPEX Capital Group
- Loren Biller - SVP of Origination, PACE Loan Group
11:00am - 11:45am
Renovation, Rehab, Construction, Procurement & Tech
- The politics of trade: How are you preparing for increasing tariffs? Less immigrant trade workers?
- How is your turn renovation changing?
- Financing improvements
- How is AI streamlining processes?
- Do you have in-house, outsourced solutions or both?
- Do you continue to see costs go up? How are you managing?
- Different product types and building classes
- Michael Slaughter - Co-Founder, Broker, Realtor, Omnikey Realty
- Melanie French - Chief Executive Officer, RR Living
- Kathryn Schmeltz - Partner, High Five Multifamily
- John Moore - National Sales Executive, Skyline Cabinetry Inc.
- Nick Heit - President, Gateway Property Group (GPG)
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11:45am - 12:30pm
Alternative Equity Sources: Which Path Should You Take?
- When does institutional capital take a chance on a middle market owner?
- Getting LPs and lenders to sign on
- Exploring single owner structures, fund formations, joint ventures and syndications
- What is today’s equity cap stack looking like?
- Administrative burdens around different types of investors
- Are you considering using private credit?
- Getting lenders to lend to equity with little skin in the game
- Alternative equity sources: Do you need someone to help you find them?
- Your investment expertise and how that impacts your equity
- Funding acquisitions vs. developments
- Mary Anjou Martinez - Founder & CEO, Beam Investment Group
- Kevin Kim - Partner, Department Head Corporate & Securities, Geraci
- Ben Suttles - Managing Partner, Disrupt Equity
- John Azar - Managing Partner & Founder, Peak15 Capital
- ZaZa Davis - CEO, Zeal Deal Capital
11:45am - 12:30pm
Using AI and Technology for Enhancing Efficiency & Controlling Expenses
- Putting together your tech stack
- How do you evaluate and manage your partners?
- Navigating the tech of water and energy efficiency
- Evaluating nice to haves and need to haves
- What technology are you currently evaluating?
- What does your tech team look like? Relationship with property managers
- Looking at the future
- ROI expectations: Are you costing me or saving me money?
- April Royal - Vice President of Property Management, Birchstone Residential
- Amanda Cox - Chief Operating Officer, Bellaire Partners
- Jeanne Klein - Chief Sales Officer, VeriFast
- Anthony Paganucci - Founder/CEO, BRYNSON
- Jeff Morrison - Senior Director of Real Estate, Geospace Technologies
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Lunch - Exhibit Hall
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch - Exhibit Hall
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Track B
1:30pm - 2:15pm
The Large Owner Plenary: Is It Time To Buy? What Will Get You Off the Sidelines?
- What will get you off the sidelines in 2025 and 2026?
- What types of deals are you interested in? What would you stay away from?
- Would you consider putting out/using preferred equity?
- What about development deals?
- Are AI tools making you approach deal evaluation differently?
- Have you looked at private credit? Why is private credit particularly appealing to middle-market sponsors?
- Would you finance as fixed or variable?
- Role of rent control
- What will be your hold strategy?
- Alli Malliton - Director of Business Development Texas and Kansas City, Auben, Auben Realty
- Ricardo Pagan - Founder, Calridge Properties
- J.C. Clemens Jr. - Managing Director, Chief Production Officer, Flagship Capital Partners
- Bill Rose - Investment Officer, EQT Exeter
- Damian Gancman - CIO, Cityview
- Jeffrey Friedman - CEO, TowerFive Real Estate Group
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Outsourcing vs. In-House Management: What Are the Key Traits of Top Tier Third-Party Managers?
- Cost vs. control: What does it take for the balance to slant towards third-party or in-house?
- National, Regional or Local Management: Which way to go?
- What are the key factors when choosing an outsourced manager?
- How much time do you give a third-party manager to turn things around?
- Leaving and on-boarding managers
- What do the best outsourced solutions have in common beneath the surface?
- Finding workers and labor shortage impact
- The argument for using multiple management companies in one market
- Incentives and performance: What do they look like?
- But I won’t do that…What are you keeping in-house no matter what?
- Mike Ballard - Managing Member, Ascent Multifamily Accounting
- Dave Sherbal - Founder & Partner, C2G Asset Management
- Kelley Brine - President, Rose Valley Management
- Jack Swoboda - Co-Founder, CEO, SymmetRE
- David Lagat - CEO, Bella Asset Management
- Jake Murray - Partner, Co-Founder, Alta Real Estate
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Track B
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Using Private Credit Strategies to Solve Today’s Financing Challenges
- Given the current elevated rate environment, and reduced senior loan leverage levels, what can borrowers do when their refinancing options don’t meet their current capital stack requirements?
- What options can private credit lenders provide to borrowers who may not meet the tightened criteria of traditional senior lenders?
- How do preferred equity, mezzanine debt and/or high-leverage loans fit into a capital stack?
- How do private credit investment solutions compare to traditional fixed income?
- Why is private credit particularly appealing to middle-market sponsors?
- Discussion of actual case studies where private credit has been successfully implemented to address sponsor financing needs in today’s market
- Eli Moghavem - Principal, Base Equities
- Tim Barton - Chief Executive Officer, JMJ Development
- Sean Ribble - Senior Director, Organizations, Nuveen Green Capital
- Dan Sacks - Senior Managing Director, Greystone
2:15pm - 3:00pm
How is AI Transforming the Property Management Industry?
- Leasing-side operations: Is it more than answering phones?
- With the increase in efficiency how are you managing employees with more free time?
- Where does human oversight come into play?
- What new roles are being created by AI? What roles are being replaced?
- Best practices for AI use in marketing, advertising and key words
- How are you educating your team and yourself?
- The realities of implementation
- What is coming down the pike? How will your operation be changing in 3-5 years?
- Thanga Thangavel - Partner, LiveNJoy Residential
- Chad Phillips - CTO, Apartment Lines
- Abby Ordonez-Pernalete - Vice President of Central Operations, ResProp Management
- Kelly Blaskowsky - President, Capstone Real Estate Services
- Candice Muldrow - Founder, M Group Residential
- Andrew Doar - Client Strategy Partner, EliseAI
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3:00pm - 3:45pm
Outlook for the Multifamily Debt Market: Market Dynamics, Interest Rate Impacts and Navigating Tightened Conditions
- How are interest rates and economic conditions impacting lender and borrower strategies?
- Forecasting future market conditions: Potential shifts in lender sentiment, and strategies for navigating a potentially prolonged period of market uncertainty
- Exploring the role of banks, insurance companies, CMBS, and private lenders in the current multifamily debt market
- How unpredictable interest rates are affecting loan terms, refinancing, and debt servicing
- Technology: Exploring digital platforms, AI and data analytics and how they are transforming loan origination, underwriting and asset management
- What changes are we seeing in LTV ratios, DSCR, and underwriting practices in today's cautious market?
- Examining the increase in distressed assets and the strategies lenders are using to manage defaults, workouts, and foreclosures
- What is the influence of regulatory changes, rent control, and housing policy, on multifamily debt financing?
- Occupancy rates, rent growth, and demographic trends and their influence on lending decisions and debt availability
- Daniel Katz - Managing Director/Head of Originations, BrightSpire Capital Acquisitons
- Venkat Avasalara - Managing Principal, Stryker Properties
- Ash Shah - President & CEO, IMPEX Capital Group
- Kip Sowden - Chairman, CEO, RREAF Holdings
3:00pm - 3:45pm
Creating A Path Forward: Balancing The Relationship Between Delinquencies, Vacancy Rates and Rent Growth
- Is a rent increase worth the risk of increased vacancy rates?
- As deliveries stabilize what can owners and operators expect regarding rent increases?
- Understanding Lease Agreements: Using fixed-term leases and month-to-month leases
- Rent collection best practices: Successfully managing delinquencies and collection loss
- Aligning development with market needs and focusing on targeted renovations of older properties
- Strategies for potential interest rate reductions
- Technology tools for fraud detection and prevention
- What do you do about non-payers? When do you kick them out?
- Incentivizing resident retention through lease flexibility and incentives
- Have you changed the way you collect payments?
- Balancing must-have amenities, ROI and rent increases
- Divya Smith - Founder & CEO, Ascending Avenue Investments
- Walker Molinare - Founder & Chief Visionary Officer, Elysian Real Estate Group
- Rachel Mondelli - Senior Vice President, Bridge Property Management
- Ike Mutabanna - Founder & President, 110 Equity
- Hoa Nguyen - CEO/Co-Founder, Blacksteel Investment Group, LLC
- Rowland Hobbs - CEO & Co-Founder, Stake
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Networking Break
3:45pm - 4:10pm
Networking Break
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Track A
Track B
4:10pm - 4:55pm
Flight To Quality vs. Buying The 60s-80s Vintage Product
- Putting a value on the uniqueness of some older buildings
- What kind of due diligence is needed?
- Deep diving on the risk/return profiles and potential appreciation
- Liquidity of top tier and “B/C” assets
- Should you do both? Asset diversification
- What has history shown regarding performance?
- Comparing the costs of running and managing the property or outsourcing
- What amenities are residents demanding?
- Judging the current amenities and high ROI improvements that can be made
- Matthew Buchalski - Head of Sales, Ownwell
- Giuseppe Thum - Director of Acquisitions, Venterra Realty
- Angel Williams - Managing Partner, Lorren Capital
- Jorge Abreu - CEO, Elevate Commercial Investment Group
- Percy Nikora - Managing Partner, Penn Capital
- Shane Thomas - Managing Partner, Catalyst Equity Partners
4:10pm - 4:55pm
Proactive Strategies for Effective Maintenance and Restoration
- Are you continuing to see costs rise? How are you managing this?
- What financing options are you seeing for large restoration projects?
- Preventive maintenance in tight times. Where does AI fit in?
- The importance of regular inspections and monitoring and the use of redundancy and backup systems
- Using AI and tech to mitigate potential emergency situations
- Creating a disaster preparedness and response plan
- Using predictive analysis for restoration timelines
- Monica Gracia - SVP of Operations, Dayrise Residential
- Shawn Griffith - VP of Treasury & Finance, Craft Capital Investments
- Sandhya Seshadri - Founder, Engineered Capital
- Jack Aduwo - CEO & Founder, Kendu-Bay Properties
- Nic Espanet - Principal, Thrive Multifamily
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Track B
4:55pm - 5:40pm
Closing Your Next Deal: Tackling Key Challenges and Getting Across the Finish Line
- Getting LPs and lenders on board
- Preventing re-trades
- Working with non-profits and the government
- Convincing the owner to sell at your price
- Is AI, data forecasting and predictive analysis making your decision making easier?
- What kind of alternative financing solutions should you keep in your back pocket?
- Due diligence issues that can cause a deal to hit the wall. What creative solutions have you used to get it across the finish line?
- Mark Pearson - Principal, Texas Oak Capital
- Arleen Garza - Co-Founder, REEP Equity
- Nadia Christian - Partner, Wolverine Interests
- Nathaliah Naipaul - CEO & Partner, XAG Group
- Veena Jetti - Founding Partner, Vive Funds
- Erik Coppa - Vice President, Acquisitions, Asset Management, and Dispositions, Bridge Investment Group
4:55pm - 5:40pm
Exploring Owner Concerns Around Limited Loan Advances, Elevated Capital Expenses and Funding Challenges
- What are the best leverage rates and financing options in the market?
- Technical defaults, non-payments and workouts: When are lenders taking back properties or forcing sales?
- What kind of refinancing won’t you do?
- Increasing cash flow and increasing liquidity through cost segregation studies
- Where do you think SOFR and 10-year will be Dec 2025? How will that impact lending rates?
- Using a cost segregation study to identify and reclassify personal property from real property assets to shorten the depreciation time
- Financing distressed situations
- Private equity and the capital stack
- Lala Elizondo - Managing Principal & Co-Founder, Tule Capital
- Chris Kopacek - Principal, Lonestar Development Partners
- Adrienne Bain - Managing Director, Capital Markets, JPI
- James Nassios - CEO & Founder, J. Nass Real Estate Development Group
- Chris Streit - CEO, CSA Partners
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Networking Cocktail Reception - Exhibit Hall
5:40pm - 6:40pm
Cocktail Reception - Exhibit Hall
6:40pm - 7:05pm
Day One Concludes
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