About Multifamily Consortium

The problem

Finding vendors stopped being the hard part.

We have spent most of our careers in multifamily, and we kept seeing the same thing. Owners and operators end up with a pile of software and service contracts, often picked up one property at a time, and nobody has a clear picture of what is running, what it costs or whether it is still the right fit.

There are plenty of good vendors. The hard part is figuring out which ones make sense for your properties, your teams and your budget, and having the facts to back that choice up. Vendors have their own frustration: they get evaluated all the time and almost never hear why they won or lost.

So we built StackSmart. It gives owners, operators and vendors an honest, up-to-date view of the market and clear recommendations they can actually use.

Hand-drawn illustration of the questions operators and vendors ask, such as what software do we actually have, what does this contract cost and why did we lose that deal, leading to StackSmart by Multifamily Consortium: getting the facts, deciding together.

How we work

Independence has to be structural, not a tagline.

Operator-first decisions

The recommendation serves the portfolio, not a vendor relationship or our own product roadmap.

Evidence over promotion

Confirmed, claimed and estimated information stay visibly distinct rather than being blended into one confident narrative.

Full-field comparison

We evaluate the relevant market, not a paid shortlist or a group of preferred partners.

No selection commissions

No placement fee, referral fee or success fee tied to which vendor an operator chooses.

Disclosure

Any relevant affiliation is disclosed inside the recommendation rather than left for a client to discover later.

Continuous learning

The market moves. The portfolio moves. The intelligence and recommendations are designed to move with them.

The team

Who you work with.

Robert Turnbull

Founder & Managing Partner

Nearly three decades building and scaling multifamily technology businesses. Leads strategy, industry partnerships and StackSmart methodology.

Jonathan Ford

Head of Product & Architecture

Product and technology leader across multifamily, real estate and consumer technology. Turns the StackSmart methodology into platform and data architecture.

Debbie Sehorn

Head of Operations & Delivery

SaaS operations and finance leader responsible for delivery systems, financial modeling and the operating infrastructure behind client work.

Johnny Giangregorio

Head of Vendor Intelligence

Leads vendor research, diligence, relationships and the continuously expanding intelligence base behind StackSmart.

Susan Gifford

Head of Client Engagement & Success

Owns the client journey after engagement, keeping onboarding, milestones, recommendations and implementation clear and accountable.

Brenda Giloth

Head of PMC Pipeline & Growth

Nearly three decades of multifamily relationship and account leadership. Leads operator relationship development and early engagement.

Independent guidance for multifamily technology decisions.