On this episode of The Top Floor podcast, Ronald Harrington, training manager for 29th Street Communities, shares exactly what it takes for properties to stand out with prospects in 2025 and beyond: creating stellar renter experiences.

On this episode of The Top Floor podcast, we’re joined by Zack Kass, Futurist and Former Head of Go To Market for OpenAI. Bringing his extensive experience with navigating the rapidly evolving AI landscape, Zack offers practical advice and insights for how real estate management businesses can demystify AI and successfully implement new solutions.

Celebrated real estate industry strategist Peter Linneman imparts his unique blend of scholarly rigor and practical business insights on this episode of The Top Floor podcast, to help property management businesses stay one step ahead of shifting market conditions in 2024 and beyond.

In this episode of The Top Floor podcast, two industry experts offer insights and advice on how property management organizations can guide their teams and residents through some of the most significant changes to HUD’s occupancy requirements in the last 10 years.

On this episode of The Top Floor, we’ll explore survey results from the 2023 AppFolio Property Manager Hiring and Retention report and discuss opportunities for property management companies to bridge employee satisfaction gaps.

In this episode of The Top Floor podcast, we explore how offering a great resident experience is quickly becoming a make-or-break factor for property management success.

In this episode of The Top Floor podcast, we explore how businesses can best implement AI solutions in order to reduce manual processes, overcome bias, and streamline workflows in a responsible manner.

In this episode of The Top Floor podcast, discover the many opportunities and benefits that come with managing affordable housing units, plus explore solutions to help overcome its unique challenges.

In this episode of The Top Floor, we dive into the many ways organizations can solve their reporting dilemmas and better collect, interpret, and leverage data for their businesses’ benefit. Joining this episode are Neil Cadman — President of Cadman Group — and Matthew Kaddatz — Sr. Director, Product, SMB Market at AppFolio — to share their insights and advice.

Now more than ever, residents value financial flexibility. See how offering security deposit alternatives and flexible rent payments benefits both property management companies and residents.

To help property management businesses spot and take advantage of those opportunities in 2023, we chat with Dror Poleg, Economic Historian, speaker, and author of the book, Rethinking Real Estate: A Roadmap to Technology’s Impact on the World’s Largest Asset Class.

In this special episode, we’ll hear from four members of the AppFolio Property Manager team. They’ll share some of their favorite moments from The Top Floor so far and talk about why they find these insights from past guests just as meaningful today.

In this episode, we hear from two of those up-and-coming property management and real estate leaders that were essential to our 2022 OPTECH panel to help you identify the leadership and talent management strategies that will lead your organization and team to success.

In this episode of The Top Floor, we sit down with Stacy Holden, Senior Director of Industry Principal at AppFolio, to see how property managers can dial up their operational efficiency by reducing and controlling costs. We also explore how they can lay the groundwork for more effective budgeting and spending in the future.

Michael Brand, Mid-Market Account Executive at HappyCo, and AppFolio Property Manager’s Senior Product Manager, Kelly Dean, join this episode of The Top Floor podcast to explain exactly why. Michael and Kelly explore the benefits of doing inspections the right way, how to streamline operations, and why tools and tech are essential to nailing your inspection process.

In this episode of The Top Floor podcast, we’re joined by Ray Hespen, CEO and Co-Founder of Property Meld, and Cat Allday, VP of AI Initiative at AppFolio, to talk more about creating the best possible maintenance experience for your business, teams, and residents.

We’re back to kick off season 3 of The Top Floor podcast! In our first episode, we speak with two experts about the world of CRM tools, property management, and AI.

While we’re getting ready to launch season three of The Top Floor podcast, we decided to revisit two of our favorite conversations from season two.