Rooftalks -
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Spirited conversation at the intersection of community, technology and shared living.
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Listen to your shared living peers

Rooftalks Live

Thought-leaders of the coliving industry joined for an inspiring conversation about community building

#rooftalks 7 with Leah Ziliak, The Coliving Consultant

Listen to Leah speak about how to create the perfect coliving experience.

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#rooftalks 6 with Susan Tjarksen, C&W

Listen to Susan speak about how coliving has impacted the broader residential markets.

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#rooftalks 5 with Javier Caro, CBRE

Listen to Javier speaking about one of the hottest coliving markets: Spain.

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#rooftalks 4 with Hazique Memnon, Coliving Hub

Listen to Hazique speaking about opening a new market and where our industry is headed.

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#rooftalks 3 with Florian Färber, The BASE

Listen to Florian speaking about his experience about entering coliving at scale.

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#rooftalks 2 with Gaëtan de Dietrich, former hmlet

Listen to Gaëtan speaking about how he got into Coliving & what he learned about communities.

#rooftalks 1 with Brian Lee, Commons

Listen to Brian speak about operating coliving at scale and what’s next for him.

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What guests say

"The industry is so new, especially in Brazil, that finding answers can be hard. Rooftalks is great since allows me to dive deep into stories and experiences and to see how others have done it."

Filipe da Silva

Beds Residencial

Operators

"Coliving is a young industry driven by very passionate people. As CBRE we love to be part of these conversations and help shape as a market maker what is the biggest opportunity in Europe for the next 10 years."

Javier Caro

CBRE

Operators

"I had a great time chatting with Michael on Rooftalks! Such a great way to share ideas about coliving and other growing areas within the residential real estate space."

Brian Lee

Common

Operators

"Rooftalks brings the field together - and picking up only one idea from these conversations can already make all the difference for your business."

Florian Färber

The Base

Operators

"Evolving as a coliving operator is all about sharing and learning with each other - and the Rooftalks podcast is a great way to do just that!"

Hazique Memnon

Co-Coliving Hub

Operators

Topics we like to talk about

In our podcast we cover following topics

Securing your first site

How do you secure your first site even without any network or connections into the industry? (Rooftalks #3 with Florian Färber)

Activate your community

How do you bring your community to life in particular when you operate at scale and no-one knows each other. (Rooftalks #2 with Gaëtan de Dietrich)

The future of coliving

What’s the future holding in store for our industry - and how does that differ in different parts of the world? (Rooftalks #4 with Hazique Memnon)

Coliving and investing

How do you get your foot into the door when you are looking to raise your first investment? (Rooftalks #5 with Javier Caro)

Scaling your coliving

How do scale from 5 to 50 to 500 rooms and more? What are the challenges and how can you conquer those? (Rooftalks #1 with Brian Lee)

The perfect coliving experience

How do you create the perfect coliving experience and how do you create a strong community? (Rooftalks #7 with Leah Ziliak)

Coliving and BTR

How does Coliving influence the wider residential living ecosystem? What can BTR or multifamily learn from Coliving? (Rooftalks #6 with Susan Tjarksen)

Your burning questions

Do you have any burning questions you’d like us to answer, or guests you’d like us to invite? Contact us, and we’ll make it happen!