Tori Boyd on Building an Affordable Housing Empire in Tampa | Chop Shop Show

About this episode

Tori Boyd discusses her journey and experiences in affordable housing and real estate development in Tampa.

Tori Boyd, CEO Signature Property Group, affordable housing Tampa, property management, HOPE VI Belmont Heights, Morris Brown College, Chop Shop Show. In this engaging episode of Chop Shop, Daryl "EZDZ" Newton and Waldo "Dade City" Woodard welcome Tori Boyd, CEO of Signature Property Group, a trailblazer in Tampa Bay's affordable housing and real estate development scene. Tori shares her inspiring journey from South Florida roots and Plantation High, through Morris Brown College in Atlanta, to her start in apartment leasing in Smyrna. She details the move to Tampa driven by family and cost of living, her first jobs at Palms at Livingston and Ashley Gables, and pivotal time at Tampa Housing Authority working on the HOPE VI grant revitalizing Belmont Heights from Ponce de Leon and College Hill. Rising through property management to regional manager overseeing 22 properties across Florida and Tennessee, Tori recounts challenges like managing evictions, lease violations for non-payment and incarceration, post-COVID mentality shifts, and creating mixed-income communities. Now a developer, she owns Casa Del Mar in South Tampa and discusses current projects in Atlanta, New Jersey…

People in this episode

Hosts: Daryl "EZDZ" Newton, Waldo "Dade City" Woodard

Guest: Tori Boyd

Topics covered

• affordable housing
• real estate development
• property management
• community building
• personal journey

Keywords

• affordable housing
• real estate
• property management
• Tampa
• community development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Signature Property Group, Morris Brown College, Tampa Housing Authority, Pittsburgh Steelers

Places: Tampa, South Florida, Belmont Heights

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