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Notorious POD: Responding to Todd Ortscheid

Civil debate is the soul of learning, so here we go

This is a video response to a very thoughtful and well-written Substack post by Todd Ortscheid at PMAssist Industry Insights:

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If you’re in property management, Todd is well worth checking out. He’s a very smart guy and an experienced operator in property management space.

I thought Todd raised several excellent points, and counterpoints to what I presented at the NARPM Broker Owner event that just took place. He doesn’t agree with me on several key points, and stated his reasons why. That’s how debating is supposed to be done.

I started to respond, when I decided to do it via video. Trying out a new platform and all, so thought it was a great opportunity for that.

We don’t actually debate property management; our debate is on big issues, like economy, social unrest, political realities. Read his post, then take a listen to this episode. I think you’ll have thoughts as well.

-rsh