Join hosts Jason Fein with Dominium and TAAEF's Becca Ramati for another episode of "How to Speak Maintenance". Today we have guests Cassidy Ristad and Socrates Flores both with Greystar as we discuss one of the most crucial aspects of running a successful property—hiring the right maintenance team.
May 30, 2025•31 min
Join us for the newest episode of How to Speak Maintenance! 🚨 Your hosts Jason Fein (Dominium) and Becca Ramati (TAAEF) are back with guest Matthew Smith, CTS from The Liberty Group , to tackle a BIG question: “Is there a maintenance employee shortage coming?” With shifts in oil and gas production and workforce trends, now’s the time to talk strategy on how you can prepare for the possible slide of available maintenance talent. This is an important conversation that everyone should be having NO...
Apr 24, 2025•18 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Join Jason Fein (Dominium), Becca Ramati (TAAEF), and special guest Tony Sousa (Sousa Consulting) as they dive into "Recognizing Your Maintenance Team Members." From small shout-outs to big wins, discover powerful ways to appreciate the teams that keep our communities running.
Mar 26, 2025•33 min•Season 3Ep. 1
How to Speak Maintenance is closing out 2024 with a must-watch episode as hosts Jason Fein from Dominium and TAAEF's Becca Ramati chat with Paul Rhodes of Brookfield Properties about what every team needs to know heading into 2025.
Dec 23, 2024•36 min
Join Jason Fein from Dominium, Becca Ramati with TAA and our special guests from Camden Property Trust, Andrea Wynn and Jesús Zepeda as we break down budgeting for maintenance and share tips to make your budgeting process smoother this season!
Nov 05, 2024•30 min
Join us for How to Speak Maintenance! - ⏰Join us for the newest episode of the How to Speak Maintenance podcast. 🛠️🎧 🎙️ Jason Fein from Dominium, Becca Ramati with TAA and our special guest, Ryan Mascorro with Camden Property Trust will share expert preventative maintenance tips to keep properties in top shape and avoid costly repairs down the road.
Oct 21, 2024•21 min
Tune in as Jason Fein from Dominium, Becca Ramati with TAA and our special guest, Josè Patiño with RPM Living share essential tips on staying prepared for maintenance emergencies & proper emergency maintenance protocol.
Oct 11, 2024•28 min
On this episode of How to Speak Maintenance host Jason Fein with Dominium and TAA's Sarah Chezbro talk with Jake Reid, AMLI about how eco-friendly and sustainable maintenance practices can benefit both property owners and residents alike while maintaining the quality and value at your property.
Aug 21, 2024•34 min
Join us for a new episode of How to Speak Maintenance discussing resident education and the top 5 things you wish your resident could do for themselves. Join Jason Fein and Becca Ramati as they welcome Greystar 's Tiffany Blankman and Robert Brown. What would be on you top 5 list?...
Jun 10, 2024•23 min
Join Jason Fein, Dominium, and TAA's Becca Ramati for a new episode of How to Speak Maintenance. Today we'll be talking to Dominic Maddalena with Camden Property Trust and Dan Clapper, CPTD with Interplay Learning as we talk about technology to make life easier for both maintenance and office teams. Check it out!
May 22, 2024•22 min
Join us as we share more stories from the field of how “speaking maintenance” can impact careers in meaningful ways. Join host, Jason Fein, Camden Property Trust, and TAA’s Becca Ramati and hear from our guests Jason Simpson and Dominic Maddalena who will share how not only speaking maintenance but speaking the same language as the office has done for their careers.
Nov 17, 2023•29 min
Hear success stories from maintenance apprenticeship programs and why programs like these can be transformative for your company. Join host, Jason Fein, Camden Property Trust and TAA's Becca Ramati who will be joined by Coby Racine, a graduate of Camden's apprenticeship program. The Texas Apartment Association Education Foundation’s live series, wants everyone in multifamily to “speak maintenance” so they can value and better understand the work of the maintenance team. With that understanding t...
Nov 10, 2023•23 min
On this episode of "How to Speak Maintenance" we’re sharing stories from the field of how “speaking maintenance” can impact careers in meaningful ways. Join host, Jason Fein, Camden Property Trust and TAA’s Becca Ramati and our guest, Shannon Roliard Castillo as she shares her story of what being able to “speak maintenance” has done for her career. #howtospeakmaintenance #taaef #taaeducation #careers...
Sep 29, 2023•28 min
On this episode of "How to Speak Maintenance", Jason Fein with Camden Property Trust and TAA’s Becca Ramati will be joined by Adrian C Danila CAPS, CAMT with RPM Living and TJaye Cupit Sanders, CAM, CAPS with Madera Residential to discuss how new technology can assist our Service Teams. How can we harness the power of new technology like AI to support their work instead and lessen the load.
Aug 10, 2023•25 min
Join us for a new episode of How to Speak Maintenance. Today, host Jason Fein, Camden Property Trust and TAA's Becca Ramati will be joined by Floyd A Smith of The Dinerstein Companies and Audrey Kupovics with AMLI Residential to discuss the importance of teamwork.
Jul 05, 2023•24 min
Join host Jason Fein with Camden, TAAEF's Becca Ramati and our special guest Sarahlee Reyna with Indio Management for a new episode of How to Speak Maintenance. Today, we'll be talking about hiring for maintenance, assessments and how to make them help not hurt the hiring process.
May 30, 2023•22 min
In the rental housing industry are emergencies still considered “Fire, Flood or Blood” or have expectations changed? How does this affect being “on-call” for our maintenance and service teams? How can we rethink this pain point for our current service teams and stop it from being a barrier to bringing new talent into maintenance. Host Jason Fein with Camden and TAAEF's Becca Ramati welcome our guests Sarah Turner with Olympus Property and Jesus Zepeda with Camden for this important discussion....
Apr 27, 2023•24 min•Season 2Ep. 1
On this episode of How to Speak Maintenance we will be joined by Missy Saez with LDG Development LLC and Robert Hills with Camden as we discuss mechanical asset tracking and the importance of preventative maintenance. Like Robert said during the show, "if you stay ready, you don't have to get ready!"
Sep 22, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Join us today for a new episode of "How to Speak Maintenance." Our host, Jason Fein with Camden and TAAEF's Becca Ramati talk with Michelle Bridges-Pahl with Century A/C Supply all about their "Mainten-ger" training, what it is and why it matters to you!
Aug 25, 2022•21 min
On this episode of "How to Speak Maintenance" host, Jason Fein with Camden, will be talking to our guest, Grant Almquist with Texas Apartment Pool Services . It's already hot in Texas and it is important that everyone on property be aware of how they can "speak maintenance" when it comes to the pool maintenance and safety.
Aug 11, 2022•20 min
What an amazing episode of How to Speak Maintenance with Mark Cukro, President of Service Team Training. Mark shares so many important take aways with us about about hiring, training, speaking maintenance and more.
Jun 30, 2022•31 min
On this episode of "How to Speak Maintenance" we're talking about tips, tricks and technology to improve the day to day, communication and to help get things done! Join Jason Fein with Camden and TAAEF's Becca Ramati as they talk with special guests, Monique Lara with The Guild and Floyd Smith with The Dinerstein Companies.
May 12, 2022•22 min
How to Speak Maintenance is back! Join Jason Fein and Becca Ramati and our special guests, Andrea Borjon with Berkshire and Jesus Zepeda with Camden as we talk about walking property and why it's the perfect time to 'speak maintenance'.
Apr 14, 2022•21 min
Thank you for listening to "How to Speak Maintenance". We're going to take a short break as we prep for more great episodes! While you wait, check out past episodes or check out our other series, "Hints from HR" You can find it wherever you listen to podcasts or at https://hintsfromhr.buzzsprout.com/. We will be back soon!
Feb 21, 2022•30 sec
Want to know how you can make going on vacation much easier for you and your team? Making the time for training for your maintenance team is so important! Join Jason Fein, Becca Ramati and our special guests, Chelsea Odom, with Camden, and Russ Rubin formerly with HD Supply. This podcast is a project of the Texas Apartment Association Education Foundation (TAAEF). TAAEF raises awareness of careers in the multifamily. There's room to grow in the Texas apartment industry. www.roomtogrowtx.org...
Jan 27, 2022•28 min
TAAEF How to Speak Maintenance Want to know the $500 Billion mistake companies are making in not making training a priority for the maintenance teams? Take a listen and learn the importance and tips to help make training happen! This podcast is a project of the Texas Apartment Association Education Foundation (TAAEF). TAAEF raises awareness of careers in the multifamily. There's room to grow in the Texas apartment industry. www.roomtogrowtx.org
Jan 20, 2022•30 min
Join us for "How to Speak Maintenance" with host Jason Fein and TAAEF's Becca Ramati. In this episode we're talking about fire safety, that we're ready for winter and making sure that we're all thinking about preventative maintenance for our sprinkler systems.. Our special guests will be Chris Walulik with Oasis Fire Protection, Inc. and Debbie Wiatrek with Asset Living.
Jan 13, 2022•31 min
Thanks for taking the time to listen to How to Speak Maintenance! We're going to take a break for the rest of December and will be back in January. If you haven't already, check out our other podcast, "Hints from HR . " We feature HR professionals in the multifamily industry who share tips and tricks for both job seekers and employers in the apartment industry. Join our hosts, Nicolle Block with Brookfield Properties, Blaise Spitaleri with Gemstar Construction and the Texas Apartment Association...
Dec 09, 2021•23 sec
The holiday season is here! Join us as we talk about getting ready for the holiday season and why it’s the perfect time to learn to Speak Maintenance. Cayce Coon with Madera Residential will join Jason Fein and Becca Ramati to discuss what you and your whole team need to do now to have a happy and easier holiday season.
Dec 02, 2021•25 min
On this episode of "How to Speak Maintenance" we're talking about getting rid of the whiteboard but really it's about how how teams (both in the office and maintenance) are increasing productivity by utilizing technology! Thank you to Christy Thomes-Sanchez and Scott Heffernan with Greystar for joining Jason Fein and Becca Ramati. This podcast is a project of the Texas Apartment Association Education Foundation (TAAEF). TAAEF raises awareness of careers in the multifamily. There's room to grow i...
Nov 18, 2021•29 min