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BuzzHouse: How COVID-19 is affecting multifamily housing market studies
July 7, 2020
Baker Tilly’s podcast series specifically for professionals in the multifamily housing industry
David Haviland is a Baker Tilly senior manager, best known for his multitude of experience helping multifamily housing developers identify opportunities through housing market studies. In this episode, he reveals how COVID-19 has impacted the process of market studies and why virtual site visits may be the wave of the future. Hosts, Don Bernards and Garrick Gibson dig deeper to uncover chatter around rent collections, especially as it relates to secondary outbreaks. David deconstructs the multifamily housing market to share predicted design and amenity changes as renters’ mindsets shift, as well as new and successful marketing strategies that listeners can implement.
Special guest
David Haviland, Senior Manager at Baker Tilly
David Haviland has over 19 years of experience conducting real estate market research and providing consulting services to clients. He provides effective and practical solutions for property owners, tenants, mortgage lenders, public officials and others involved in all aspects of the real estate process. His typical clients include developers, in which he helps the development team to identify opportunities. He also serves as a third-party source for market studies needed for future funding applications. In addition, David works with lenders, syndicators and state agencies to help underwrite specific deals as investment.
BuzzHouse hosts
Donald N. Bernards
Donald Bernards, principal in the real estate group with Baker Tilly, has been active in many aspects of affordable housing since 1999.
Garrick Gibson
Garrick Gibson is a principal with Baker Tilly’s development and community advisory practice. He has more than 15 years of experience, specializing in partnership tax concepts and tax incentivized real estate for development projects.
