Scott Schaeffer | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer |
James Sebra | Chief Financial Officer |
Farrell Ender | President |
Lauren Tarola | Investor Relations |
Austin Wurschmidt | KeyBanc Capital Markets |
Drew Babin | Robert W. Baird |
Brian Hogan | William Blair |
Craig Kucera | B. Riley FBR |
John Massocca | Ladenburg Thalmann |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Independence Realty Trust First Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] And as a reminder, this conference may be recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Ms.