IRVING, TX-The fifth annual RealShare StudentHousing conference's morning session highlighted a varietyof panelists providing a wealth of information to the approximately450 participants. The main topic highlights at the conference,taking place at the Four Seasons Resort & Spawere that, with state appropriations to universities dwindling,enrollment increasing and interest rates still low, student housingremains attractive – as long as you know what you're doing.

"You need to speak the same language as all the stakeholdersinvolved with student housing," commented JamieWilhelm, executive vice president/public-privatetransactions, American Campus Communities in the "Inside the P3Decision" panel discussion.

Also required is a lot of patience. Noted David Adelman,Campus Apartments President in "The View from the Top"panel: "Doing on-campus deals moves glacially. And I'm beinggenerous." It isn't the fault of the schools, he went on to say,but given the variety of stakeholders involved in the developmentprocess, any developer or partner needs to expect delays.