EP#88 Alan King | The "Other" Berkshire
From The Rent Roll with Jay Parsons by Jay Parsons
June 11, 2026 · 59 min
About this episode
Jay Parsons interviews Alan King about the apartment market and the operations of Berkshire Residential Investments.
It's one of the largest apartment owners in the U.S., yet still often suffers from a case of mistaken identity: Berkshire. As in Berkshire Residential Investments, not Berkshire Hathaway. The two are not related, yet both companies track back 60+ years with names originating from the same part of the country. Rental housing economist Jay Parsons shares the story of the "other" Berkshire, and then talks with Berkshire's managing director and head of property operators, Alan King, about the state of the apartment market across the country. Berkshire operates all over the country, and Alan shares which markets are seeing market conditions improving fastest and how he sees the year progressing for multifamily operators. Additionally, with spring now in the books, Jay shares the latest on apartment rent and occupancy trends. Did the spring leasing play out as expected? Also in this episode, Jay breaks down a busy week of news headlines — including a lengthy article critical of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, plus three major news releases from apartment REITs.
People in this episode
Host: Jay Parsons
Guest: Alan King
Topics covered
- apartment market
- Berkshire Residential Investments
- multifamily operators
- rent trends
- occupancy trends
- real estate news
Keywords
- apartment owners
- Berkshire
- market conditions
- rent trends
- occupancy trends
- real estate news
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Berkshire Residential Investments, Berkshire Hathaway, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, apartment REITs
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