#27: Investing In Workforce Housing with Mataan Lis

“We can overcome the challenges for a variety of reasons, the main one is having a really deep connections with your partners”

 -Mataan Lis

Mataan Lis is the investor relations manager at GSH. He includes the ongoing reporting for active GSH contributors and fundraising and communication for new acquisitions. But Mataan also oversees GSH, his corporate marketing strategy, and additionally, Asset Management primarily as it relates to property management, and renovation project oversight. But Mataan earned a BA in international relations and Media Studies at the University of Michigan. Prior to GSH, he worked at a security consulting firm managing corporate and private clients and traveled extensively throughout Africa, Europe and Asia.

In this episode, Trevor and Mataan discuss:

-What is workforce housing and what asset class has the highest demand.

-Workforce housing strategies and market to look at in the US.

-The process of getting investors into deals.

-The challenges of an investor during COVID.

-The challenges in finding the deals  during COVID and how to overcome them.