Russell’s background 0:01

Introduction to Assessment Matters podcast

Russell’s background in real estate valuation.

What is needed from leadership to better and more efficiently keep up with rapid growth?

Russell’s bio and big ideas for the future 2:31

Entering office as an elected official without much technical experience

How government can succeed in serving business

Experience working in freight brokerage

How being a church pastor can prepare someone to be a leader

Additional challenges beyond growth 7:44

Managing a growing staff in the midst of a global pandemic

Adapting to new technology

Be willing to try new things, experiment, and “fail forward”

Big opportunities in the next decade in the assessment field 8:40

Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a source of unknown factors and potential capabilities

How generational turnover and technology will impact the assessment field

In office vs remote vs hybrid working 9:51

How local constituent needs affect workplace arrangements

Trends towards more things being done on the Internet

Learning on the job, especially for new leaders 11:10

How can someone who doesn’t have as much context/experience in assessment, do a good job?

Understanding the difference between staff versus leadership, and what leaders need to do

What happens when something goes wrong?

The importance of communication

Best practices 18:54

The importance of mission statements and core values

How to use education effectively?

Training new leaders and setting people up for success

Parting advice 24:33

Be a student

Be ready for change — embrace it, be a part of it, create it!

Jimmy’s background. 0:01

Introduction to Jimmy Williams

Jimmy's background and background in real estate valuation.

Land impacts everything.

The value of land. 4:07

Land is a big deal.

Location is more important than dirt in land.

Land is still land even in major cities.

How it affects education and criminal justice.

The neighborhood lifecycle of property value. 7:03

Philadelphia is a city of the haves and have-nots.

How land affects the economy.

The neighborhood lifecycle and why it's so important.

The best and worst neighborhoods in Philadelphia.

The housing crisis has hit national discourse. 11:01

The housing crisis has really hit the national discourse.

Philadelphia is a super local place.

Boston is the cheapest big city in the northeast.

Post-pandemic, prices are going up.

The problem with long term mortgages. 14:18

Housing shortage in the us.

Philly is changing to accommodate the housing shortage.

What do you see for housing in philadelphia? 16:13

The next 10-20 years for philadelphia.

The hard dichotomy between housing being cheap and cheap.

Why housing works as an investment.

The behavioral economics of real estate.

How he got interested in mass appraisal modeling. 21:00

The evolution of the mass appraisal division in philadelphia.

How shante got started in the profession.

Opportunities in the valuation technology and explainability. 23:15

The biggest issue in the valuation space.

The conflict between accuracy and explainability.

Importance of being able to explain the model.

Opportunities in the modeling space.

Advice for people just getting started in the industry. 27:09

Everything goes back to the land.

Advice for someone just getting started in the industry.

Connections between the lane and everything else.

Where to find Jim online.

Brent’s background. 0:01

Introduction to assessment matters podcast.

Brent's bio and big ideas for the future.

How is the digitization of land records in the Us? 1:44

In the United States, the 1850 system has been digitized.

The challenge of standardizing the process.

Lack of standards across state to state. 3:21

Lack of standards across state to state and within states.

Value structures using the cost method.

What is the state of property rights in cadastral systems? 5:20

The state of cadastral systems across the world.

The downsides of having a title insurance.

What is the big barrier to land rights? 7:55

Securing land rights in the british colonies.

Adoption of technology is key.

Mapping the farc in Colombia. 9:52

The farc colombia peace treaty and repatriation of 15 million properties.

Fit for purpose mapping.

Where are the low hanging fruit? 11:23

The low-hanging fruit of real estate taxes.

Taxation and real estate tax.

Why people don’t like property taxes? 13:09

Why Brent thinks property taxes are underrated.

How Brent originally got into cadastral work.

What are you most excited about in the next 20 years? 15:23

Excited about the next 20 years for cadastre.

Building a cadastral system in developing countries.

Where to learn more about Cadastral. 17:30

Where to learn more about Brent's work and Cadastral.

Where to find more information about cadastral