<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Works of Richard Joseph Spinelli</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references</link><description>Reference entries for the essays of Richard Joseph Spinelli, also written Richard J. Spinelli.</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>A Maintenance Radius You Can Walk</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/a-maintenance-radius-you-can-walk</link><guid>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/a-maintenance-radius-you-can-walk</guid><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><description>Summary of the Medium essay by Richard Joseph Spinelli arguing that walking distance, more than staffing, sets how fast student housing repairs happen.</description></item><item><title>Density Buys Speed and Keeps Residents</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/density-buys-speed</link><guid>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/density-buys-speed</guid><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><description>Richard Joseph Spinelli's Medium essay on why clustered buildings let an operator tour a student group the same day and keep it through renewal.</description></item><item><title>Patient Renovation of Old Bronx Stock</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/old-bronx-housing-stock</link><guid>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/old-bronx-housing-stock</guid><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><description>A summary of Richard Joseph Spinelli's Medium essay on renovating century old Bronx houses slowly, room by room, for student households.</description></item><item><title>Renovate for the Fifth Year</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/renovate-for-the-fifth-year</link><guid>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/renovate-for-the-fifth-year</guid><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><description>Richard Joseph Spinelli's Medium essay arguing that student unit finishes should be chosen for wear years later, not for the first showing.</description></item><item><title>Leasing to Groups as a Discipline</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/leasing-to-groups</link><guid>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/leasing-to-groups</guid><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><description>Summary of a Medium essay by Richard Joseph Spinelli on treating a student group lease as one household with one set of rules.</description></item><item><title>What Resident First Means Day to Day</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/what-resident-first-means</link><guid>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/what-resident-first-means</guid><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><description>Richard Joseph Spinelli's Medium essay on anticipating what a student household needs, set against the calendar of the academic year.</description></item><item><title>A Real Operating Company at Small Scale</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/a-real-operating-company</link><guid>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/a-real-operating-company</guid><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><description>A summary of Richard Joseph Spinelli's Medium essay arguing that a small student housing portfolio needs full systems before it has full staff.</description></item><item><title>A Small Bench of Trades for Repairs</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/a-small-bench-of-trades</link><guid>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/a-small-bench-of-trades</guid><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><description>Richard Joseph Spinelli's Blogger post on why a few tradespeople who know the buildings make repairs in older student housing faster.</description></item><item><title>A Walkable Portfolio and Who Gets Hired</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/a-walkable-portfolio-and-hiring</link><guid>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/a-walkable-portfolio-and-hiring</guid><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><description>Summary of a Blogger post by Richard Joseph Spinelli on how a portfolio small enough to walk widens hiring and speeds training.</description></item><item><title>Move Out as the Test of Fairness</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/move-out-and-fairness</link><guid>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/move-out-and-fairness</guid><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><description>Richard Joseph Spinelli's Blogger post on setting a written wear standard for student move out inspections and erring toward residents.</description></item><item><title>Maintenance History Belongs in Writing</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/maintenance-history-in-writing</link><guid>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/maintenance-history-in-writing</guid><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><description>A summary of Richard Joseph Spinelli's Blogger post on keeping a short written repair log for each building in a small portfolio.</description></item><item><title>Assess From the Roof and the Basement</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/assess-an-old-building</link><guid>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/assess-an-old-building</guid><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><description>Richard Joseph Spinelli's Blogger post on inspecting an old building for purchase by starting in the cellar and finishing on the roof.</description></item><item><title>Group Showings Are Decided Socially</title><link>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/group-showings</link><guid>https://richardjspinelli.com/references/group-showings</guid><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><description>Summary of a Blogger post by Richard Joseph Spinelli on how student groups choose an apartment in minutes and how an owner should run the tour.</description></item></channel></rss>