Data Driven Landlord – Use data for your next purpose built rental - Sarah Segal - SimplyDBS


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(44) Data Driven Landlord – Use data for your next purpose-built rental

Sarah Segal

CEO and co-founder of simplydbs, a Canadian-owned, third-party feedback and analytics platform that gathers resident and tenant insights across commercial real estate asset classes. Through national programs such as the Canadian Multi-Residential Satisfaction Study, the Student Living Index, and the Canadian Multi-Residential Marketing & Leasing Report, Sarah’s team collects tens of thousands of renter responses. It pairs them with housing-provider data covering nearly 400,000 units—giving owners, managers, and investors a demand-driven view of how people actually live, work, and study in their buildings.


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