Jay Parsons serves as Head of Economics & Industry Principals for RealPage. He leads forecasting and analysis, as well as strategic solution consulting for rental housing operations and asset management. He is a frequent author and speaker on topics including rental housing investment and asset management strategy, market trends and forecasts, rental housing policy issues, property management and PropTech – covering apartments and single-family rentals. Jay has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Financial Times, The Economist, The New York Times, NBC News, Politico and he has appeared on CNBC, BloombergTV and Yahoo Finance Live. His commentaries have been published by Barron's, the Pension Real Estate Association, the Mortgage Bankers Association, the National Apartment Association, American Banker and GlobeSt.