Speakers for Your Next Chapter Meeting
Four BetterWho speakers who work inside property management companies every week. Pick the one whose topic fits your members.

Team Structure, Labor Efficiency, and Profit
Matthew Tringali
CEO and Co-Founder
- Over a decade speaking at local, state, regional, and national PM conferences
- Chaired the NARPM Capitol Summit and the North Carolina PM Conference
- Owned a multi-state PM company for 15 years and sold it in 2022

AI, Growth, and Self-Managing Teams
Jay Berube
Co-founder and CMO
- 100+ conference sessions in 15 years of national speaking
- Built a PM company from zero to 350 properties in 24 months
- Coached hundreds of PM owners on team structure, operations, and AI use

Lead Generation and Leadership
Jessica Foster
Coaching Manager
- Almost three decades in property management
- 1,683 new properties in under four years through organic lead generation
- Hosts monthly virtual masterminds for brokers and business development managers

Operations, Revenue, and Leadership Coaching
Michelle Ortega
Consulting Manager
- Five sessions across NARPM and PM Systems conferences since 2024
- Consults on team structure, operations, and revenue for PM companies
- Master's in Business Management and Coaching

Team Structure, Labor Efficiency, and Profit
Matthew Tringali
CEO and Co-Founder, BetterWho
Built a property management company on remote staffing before the industry had a word for it, ran it at benchmark profitability, sold it, and now teaches operators how to do the same.
Matthew Tringali is the CEO and co-founder of BetterWho and the architect of its consulting programs. Before BetterWho he owned and operated a multi-state property management company for 15 years, growing it through organic growth, mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions from 2008 until he sold it in 2022.
He ran that company on remote team members before the industry had a name for them. Eighty percent of his staff were remote, and the company delivered benchmark profitability. He coined the term Remote Team Member and built the first direct-hire RTM service for property management.
Since founding BetterWho he has worked with hundreds of operators on team structure, labor efficiency, fees, and profitability. A former EOS implementer, he set the framework aside when it proved too constraining and built BetterTeam Consulting. He is the author of BetterWho's published white papers on the economics of property management labor.
He has spoken at local, state, regional, and national property management conferences for more than a decade, chaired the NARPM Capitol Summit and the North Carolina Property Management Conference, and is a real estate investor.
Matthew has a well-documented love of failure. He made most of the expensive mistakes in this industry himself, in his own company with his own money, and he teaches from them. His sessions are practical and direct. Attendees leave with something they can put to work on Monday, and with at least one mistake they will never have to make for themselves.
Headline appearances
- 2027NARPM Charleston Chapter Oyster RoastCulture Is What Happens When You Are Not in the Room
- 2026NARPM Southern States Conference, KnoxvilleIn-House Maintenance vs. Vendors
- 2026NARPM Broker/Owner Conference and Expo, New OrleansThe Great Debate: team structure, general session panel
- 2026Denver NARPM ConferenceSupervision, Structure, and the Scalable Property Management Company
- 2026North Carolina Property Management Conference, CharlotteYour Systems Will Fail Without This One Missing Piece
- 2026PM Systems ConferenceThe War on Profit, talk and workshop
- 2025NARPM Southern States Conference, Birmingham
- 2025North Carolina Property Management ConferenceProperty management fees and pricing
- 2024NARPM Capitol SummitConference chair; mastermind panel and roundtable moderator
- 2024NARPM Broker/Owner Conference and ExpoKPI panel, moderator
- 2024Denver NARPM Conference
- 2024PM Systems ConferenceVoted Vendor of the Conference
- 2023NARPM Broker/Owner Conference and ExpoRemote Team Member panel
- 2023PM Systems ConferenceBetter Profit Through People
- 2023PM Resolutions Conference, Atlanta
- 2023LeadSimple UniversityHow to Lead a Team That Loves Change
- 2022NARPM Broker/Owner Conference and ExpoSystems, Processes, and KPIs
- 2022NARPM Southern States Conference, GreenvilleSystems panel
- 2022NARPM National ConventionBetter Profit Through People
- 2021NARPM Broker/Owner Conference and ExpoSuccess Through a Self-Managing Team
- 2021North Carolina Property Management Conference
Selected conference sessions. Matthew has also presented at dozens of NARPM chapter meetings around the country, in person and virtual.
Industry leadership
- Chair, NARPM Capitol Summit (2024)
- Chair, North Carolina Property Management Conference (2020); conference committee (2018, 2019)
- NARPM Affiliate Advisory Council (2023 to 2024)
- NARPM Southern States Conference planning committee (2023, 2024, 2025)
- NARPM Broker/Owner conference committees, multiple years
- NARPM Charlotte Chapter board (2018, 2019)
Proposed for your chapter
Each is available as a 45 to 60 minute session or as a talk plus a hands-on workshop. Topics adapt to your chapter's goals and audience.
The two 2027 talks make one argument from both sides, the owner and the resident: the next five years of this industry are won by retention, not acquisition, and the labor model has to be rebuilt around that. Either works alone. Together they make a half-day.
New for 2027: The Share Decade. Growth Without Household Growth
Three out of four property management companies plan to grow next year. Nobody has asked whether the properties exist. Renter household growth is running at about half its historical rate, so every property you add from here is taken from a self-managing owner, a competitor, or a frustrated seller. If growth is a share game, retention is the growth seat, and most 300-property companies have a business development manager and no one whose job is keeping owners. Built on a BetterWho white paper in development.
New for 2027: The Low-Turnover Era. Why We Are Building Leasing Engines for Move-Outs That Are Disappearing
Residents are staying put, renewals are carrying rent growth, and AI now handles the top of the leasing funnel. The work per property has moved from the front end to the tenancy, and the industry's tools, hiring, and conference agendas are still pointed at the front end. Where the hours went, which seat is shrinking, which seat is missing, and what to do with the people. Built on a BetterWho white paper in development.
The Right Team Structure for Your Business
A practical look at the most common team structures in property management, which ones create accountability and which ones create bottlenecks, and how to choose the one that fits your business and your strengths. Presented as a general session panel at NARPM Broker/Owner 2026.
Supervision, Structure, and the Scalable Property Management Company
For companies where every approval still runs through the owner. Compliance failures rarely start with intent; they start when the business outgrows the structure supervising it. Clear decision authority, a supervision cadence that scales, and where risk hides as you grow. Presented at Denver NARPM 2026 and approved for Colorado broker CE.
In-House Maintenance vs. Vendors: The Real Trade-Offs, the Right Math, and How to Profit Either Way
The true loaded cost of an in-house tech, the utilization number almost nobody measures, what the vendor model costs in churn, and three revenue mechanisms that work under either model. Built on the BetterWho white paper of the same name. Presented at NARPM Southern States 2026.
Your Systems Will Fail Without This One Missing Piece
Why documented processes alone do not make a company run without the owner, and what has to be in place for them to hold. Presented at the North Carolina Property Management Conference 2026.
Your Unfair Advantage: Remote Team Members
How to design a labor model around what should be handled by AI, what by remote team members, and what should stay local, from the person who ran a company at 80% RTM staffing.
C.L.E.A.R. KPIs
The handful of numbers that tell you whether a property management company is staffed right and priced right, including revenue per unit, direct labor efficiency ratio, and units per direct team member, and how to run a business on them.
Research
Matthew is the author of BetterWho's published white papers. Each one takes a labor decision property management owners make by habit and runs the math on it.
The Bonus Trap
How bonus and incentive plans in property management companies are built, where they quietly work against the owner, and how to structure pay so the team's incentives and the company's profit point the same way.
Beyond the Type
What personality assessments can and cannot tell you about a hire, and how to use them inside a hiring process instead of in place of one.
In-House Maintenance vs. Outsourced Vendors
The real loaded cost of an in-house technician, the utilization rate most companies never measure, the hidden costs of the vendor model, and a decision matrix for choosing between in-house, vendor, and blended models.
Coming in 2027: The Share Decade
The number of properties available to independent property managers is flat to shrinking for the first time in the industry's history. Where growth will actually come from, what it costs to buy share versus keep it, and why retention is the growth seat most companies have never staffed.
Coming in 2027: The Low-Turnover Era
Residents are staying longer, renewals are carrying rent growth, and AI has taken over the top of the leasing funnel. Where the hours per property have moved, which seats are shrinking, which seat is missing, and how to rebuild the labor model around the tenancy instead of the move-in.
Having you as a speaker added immense value to the conference. Congratulations on being voted Vendor of the Conference.
Matt does not tell a room what it wants to hear. He makes you think harder about your own business, and you walk out with sharper thinking than you walked in with. He is not a yes man, and that is exactly why I keep bouncing things off him.
I have sat in Matt's sessions and I have worked with him one on one, and he is the same person in both rooms. No theory. He walks you through the numbers on your own business, tells you what the numbers mean, and sends you home with something to fix on Monday. My company is more profitable and runs better because of it. I took two weeks in Europe and the business did not need me. That is the test.

AI, Growth, and Self-Managing Teams
Jay Berube
Co-founder and CMO, BetterWho
Jay Berube helps property managers scale smarter, lead stronger, and drive real results without burning out.
Jay has spent more than 20 years in real estate and property management. He built a property management company from zero to 350 properties in 24 months, sold 1,400+ homes, and has managed more than 3,000 properties. As co-founder of BetterWho, he has coached hundreds of property management owners on team structure, operations and practical AI use.
With 15 years of national speaking and 100+ conference sessions, including NARPM National, the NARPM Broker/Owner Conference, CalNARPM, and state and local chapters, Jay is known for high-energy sessions that turn complex challenges into clear, actionable strategies.
Whether the topic is operations, self-managing teams, or practical AI use, Jay gives growth-minded owners and their teams the systems and mindset shifts they need.
Jay doesn't teach theory. He hands you the playbook.

Lead Generation and Leadership
Jessica Foster
Coaching Manager | Growth Strategist | Business & Leadership Coach
Jessica Foster is a seasoned leader in the property management industry, with almost three decades of hands-on experience and a reputation for innovation, growth, and service excellence. She has been a driving force behind record-breaking growth and high-level scaling, leading top-performing teams that oversee residential and commercial portfolios across Central and Coastal Florida. Her commitment to operational efficiency and client success has made her a trusted expert in her field.
Jessica has spent over 13 years expanding portfolios throughout Florida, with a distinct focus on organic lead generation. As a growth strategist, she treats growth as a system rather than a sales sprint. Her approach starts with the numbers: price per lead, profit per unit, client lifespan, churn, and conversion and close rates. From there she works backward through the contracts, appointments, and leads required to hit the property count and or profitability goal. She then builds the plan, partnerships, and daily disciplines to deliver it. This approach produced 1,683 new properties in under four years and set a new benchmark for what intentional growth can look like in the industry.
Jessica knows that growth without structure creates chaos, so she pairs every growth strategy with the systems needed to sustain it. She helps companies scale without sacrificing service by:
- Automating lead capture, tracking, and follow-up so no opportunity slips through the cracks
- Building structured funnels from referral partnership through signed contract
- Standardizing owner onboarding
- Setting clear communication protocols and accountability rhythms for the team
Her philosophy is simple: systems allow a business to run with ease, not chaos.
In 2022, Jessica launched the #200livingrooms challenge, an innovative and highly engaging initiative that highlights the diversity, creativity, and scale of real estate portfolio growth nationwide. The movement quickly gained traction, reflecting her ability to inspire, connect, and lead on a national level.
Beyond her operational leadership, Jessica is deeply committed to developing others. As an Executive Coach with BetterWho, she leads and manages one-on-one and group coaching and mastermind programs, helping owners and leaders gain clarity, grow, and achieve measurable results in their businesses and careers.
Her business coaching helps owners:
- Define a clear growth target tied to revenue and profitability
- Document the processes and procedures their teams depend on
- Build accountability structures and incentive plans that drive performance
- Step out of day-to-day operations and into the visionary and growth role their companies need
Her leadership coaching is grounded in a simple progression: lead yourself, lead others, then lead leaders. She guides professionals through purpose, personal brand, relationships, performance, and planning so they can grow into true industry leaders.
She also hosts multiple monthly, virtual masterminds for Brokers and Business Development Managers across the country. Through this platform, she cultivates collaboration, idea-sharing, and leadership development among top industry professionals.
Jessica Foster's career reflects a powerful combination of expertise, vision, and heart. Through strategic growth, scalable systems, and people-first leadership, she continues to elevate the property management industry while helping others grow, succeed, and lead with purpose. Her motto says it all: "Consistent Persistence."

Operations, Revenue, and Performance Management
Michelle Ortega
Consulting Manager, BetterWho
Eight years in property management, inside PM companies and with the service providers that support them. Michelle consults with PM owners on two fronts. The first is team and operations: role clarity, accountability charts, scorecards, performance reviews, and leadership meeting rhythms that move decisions off the owner's desk. The second is revenue: fee structure, pricing, and the metrics that show whether the business is profitable, like revenue per unit and labor efficiency.
Headline appearances
- 2025PM Systems ConferenceYou Don't Need More Properties, You Need Deeper Relationships
- 2025NARPM Northwest Regional ConferenceBuilding a Hybrid Property Management Team
- 2025California NARPM ConferenceThe Power of Effective Management: Cultivating Success
- 2024NARPM Southern StatesCoaching Culture: Empowering Every Level
- 2024PM Systems ConferenceFrom Chaos to Control: Creating a Performance Management System
Past topics
- You Don't Need More Properties, You Need Deeper Relationships
- Building a Hybrid Property Management Team
- The Power of Effective Management: Cultivating Success
- Coaching Culture: Empowering Every Level
- From Chaos to Control: Creating a Performance Management System
Proposed for your chapter
Stop Fighting Fires: The Systems Behind Self-Managing PM Companies
Most owners have pieces of an operating system, like a few meetings, some KPIs, and a handful of SOPs, but not the connections between them. Attendees score their own company live and leave knowing which system to fix first and who should own it.
Are You Actually Profitable? The Revenue Metrics Every PM Owner Should Know
How to calculate revenue per unit and labor efficiency, compare yourself against industry benchmarks, and find the fee and staffing decisions that grow profit without adding properties.
Topics can be adapted to your chapter's goals and audience.
How We Can Show Up
Available Formats
In person
Chapter meetings, state and regional conferences, and in-house team events.
Virtual
Live sessions over video for chapters that meet online or need to bring in a speaker between in-person events.
Presentation
A keynote or standard session sized to your meeting, with time for Q&A.
Workshop
A talk followed by a hands-on working session where attendees build their own plan.
What Organizers and Attendees Say
Your time on stage talking about all the awesome things AI can do for your business was the takeaway for me.
Ryan Baessler, PMI Mile High Jay's presentation was outstanding, and I highly recommend him as a speaker and also as a consultant for the property management industry.
Kristen Franzen, Director of Operations, Pioneer Property Management
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