Alex Abernathy
Executive Vice President, Asset Living
A 15-year industry professional, Alex Abernathy serves as Executive Vice President at Asset Living. His primary responsibility is overseeing global portfolio marketing efforts with both centralized national and specialized regional teams. Asset Living’s Marketing Service is a vital component of their company vision - continuing to serve our industry, communities, and partners as the most trusted partner in real estate. Asset Living employs over 7,000 real estate professionals and operates over 1,600 communities which consists of over 230,000 units.
Alex’s experience includes Multifamily, Student, Build-To-Rent, Affordable, Co-Living, and Active Adult, with industry knowledge and experience spanning 200+ real estate markets nationwide and international markets including Canada, Mexico, UK, Bahamas, Colombia, and UAE. Additionally, Alex dedicated two years to transforming a Houston-based software development firm into a full-service digital product / marketing agency, Poetic, specializing in Real Estate MarTech and Marketing Services.
2:30 - 5:30 PM
Wednesday Day 1-March 18
Executive AI Session
A Real-World Look at AI Across the Prospect Experience
Session Sponsor:- Pinpoint AI use cases that improve lead quality, tour conversion, and resident satisfaction, and measure impact with clear KPIs.
- Optimize for AI-powered discovery with structured data, content patterns, listings hygiene, review strategy, and onsite knowledge that feed answer engines.
- Design an agent-ready workflow with the right level of human review, automation boundaries, and data stewardship.
- Collaborate with technology partners using a simple evaluation rubric focused on outcomes, implementation needs, and proof of lift.
- Build a 12-month AI roadmap covering pilots, procurement, enablement, and change adoption.
- Structuring property data for answer engines and marketplaces
- Content that wins snippets, comparisons, and instant answers
- Listings, reviews, and local signals that build trust signals models use
- Â Onsite search that converts with clean taxonomy, FAQs, and a lightweight knowledge graph
- Measurement tactics when clicks decline but consideration rises
- Outlining current and future considerations for additional AI impact to renters finding homes
4:45 - 5:30 PM
Thursday Day 2-March 19
What's Next Is Now: Multifamily at the Edge of Change
Session Sponsor:
Multifamily’s next chapter is being shaped by the teams closest to the work: those leading marketing, operations, and technology inside today’s most forward-thinking PMCs and ownership groups. In this panel, senior leaders share how they’re making strategic bets across AI, automation, platform consolidation, brand evolution, and the resident experience. You’ll hear what trends they’re acting on, which ones they’re questioning, and how they’re building for what’s next.