In this episode of the RAL Room Assisted Living Podcast, Dr. Alex sits down with Rachel Robertson, owner of Turnberry Place Assisted Living in Fort Collins, Colorado. With 19 years of hands-on experience, Rachel shares what it really takes to build, sustain, and now expand a successful residential assisted living home. 🏡

From starting with a business partner to becoming a solo owner and mentor to other operators, Rachel’s journey is packed with real-world lessons in leadership, staffing, and long-term growth.

Here’s what we cover:
✅ How Rachel got started in residential assisted living nearly two decades ago
✅ The realities (and risks) of business partnerships
✅ The biggest early challenges and how she overcame them
✅ Building a strong caregiver culture that drives retention
✅ Creative, non-monetary ways to reward and retain staff
✅ Why leadership, presence, and positivity set the tone for your home

👉 If you’re building—or thinking about building—a residential assisted living business that lasts, this episode is full of practical wisdom from someone who’s done it for nearly 20 years.

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In this episode of the RAL Room Assisted Living Podcast, we are giving our podcast listeners a sneak peek into one of our live mastermind calls! Listen in as the team sits down with Jana Milligan to break down how community education can become one of the most powerful (and overlooked) strategies for building trust, authority, and qualified leads in senior living. 📚🏡

Jana shares how speaking at libraries, senior centers, and independent living communities helped her grow visibility, credibility, and referrals—without spending money on ads.

Here’s what we cover:
✅ Why education-based marketing builds trust faster than traditional outreach
✅ How to use community presentations to attract qualified senior living leads
✅ Choosing the right topics that resonate with seniors and families
✅ Positioning yourself as an expert without “selling”
✅ Turning speaking engagements into consistent referrals and relationships

👉 If you want a low-cost, high-impact way to grow your RAL-related business while serving your community, this episode is a must-listen.

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In this episode of the RAL Room Assisted Living Podcast, Charlie Cameron welcomes back Brett Chotkevys, one of the very first guests on the show, for a powerful update on his journey scaling from a single residential assisted living home to a full-blown luxury memory care neighborhood. 🏘️

Brett shares how he and his wife Laura transitioned from house flipping into luxury memory care, why the mansion model made sense financially and operationally, and what it really takes to develop multiple homes from the ground up.

Here’s what we cover:
✅ Going from real estate investing to luxury memory care operations
✅ Why memory care demand (and margins) outperform traditional assisted living
✅ Lessons learned opening a home with zero healthcare experience
✅ Developing a multi-home “neighborhood of care” from raw land
✅ Real numbers behind development costs, SBA financing, and value creation
✅ The persistence required to push through zoning, land, and due diligence challenges

👉 If you’re curious how to scale from your first RAL to a legacy-level memory care portfolio, this episode is packed with insight, transparency, and inspiration.

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