Boost Leasing Without Breaking the Bank | Episode 64: I Own a Shopping Center, Now What?

What if you could train your leasing team without spending thousands on a coach?In Episode 64 of I Own a Shopping Center. Now What?, Beth Azor shares a powerful, low-cost strategy for improving leasing team performance—using her Retail Leasing Playbook Podcast. While attending ICSC Orlando, Beth spoke with a listener who wanted her to train his team, but she recommended a free, scalable alternative: assigning her podcast as weekly “homework.”Beth walks through how leasing directors can use the podcast to upskill their teams week by week. She explains how this method can spark higher leasing activity, boost rental rates, and increase property value—all without needing to fly her in.Beth also promotes her Women’s Real Estate Investment Summit, encouraging the male-heavy audience to send the women in their lives. With 250+ attendees from multiple asset classes, it’s a prime networking and educational event for female investors.✅ Key Takeaways-Use the Retail Leasing Playbook Podcast as free training for your leasing team-Assign two chapters per week and discuss takeaways in weekly meetings-Implementing this structure can increase leasing activity and rental income-Third-party brokers can benefit from this training too-You don’t need Beth in person—her content is accessible for free-92% of the podcast audience is male, but her summit empowers female investors-The Women’s Real Estate Investment Summit fosters education, networking, and joint venturesBECOME A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ROCKSTAR: https://www.bethazor.com/https://www.azoracademy.com/For more commercial real estate training: https://www.bethazor.com/training/FOLLOW ME ON SOCIALFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/azoradvisoryservices/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bethazor1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethazor/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/6315636/#retailleasing #commercialrealestateinvesting #retailleasingcoach #bethazor