The role of asset managers has become increasingly more critical in a post-COVID landscape, experts at this year's GlobeST ELITE Women of Influence said in a packed panel discussion in Lake Tahoe, Calif., today.

"I do a lot of third party management, and in 2019 I was nervous about what it was going to look like," said Jennifer Trent, Partner and Director of Asset and Property Management – NAI Southcoast / SCP Construction and Development. "People weren't hiring or outsourcing – they were doing it themselves, and I was nervous."

But within the first few months of the pandemic, Trent says her portfolio doubled.

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