The Balance Sheet - Yardi Corporate Blog

Josh Bradshaw

BlackRock

Josh Bradshaw has a concise and articulate philosophy on technology, and it’s based primarily on his experience as a Yardi Database Administrator for BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager. A longtime Yardi user, member of a commercial focus group that contributes heavily to the Global Solutions development process, and instigator of productive collaborations between Yardi […]

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Risky Weather

Wind-Driven Property Damage

The growing incidence of extreme weather poses a range of risks for commercial and residential properties—and one of the most underestimated is wind. Particularly with so much property being built along the coasts, dollar losses to wind are increasing at a rapid rate, catching up to the historically predominant risk for fire. Indeed, according to […]

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Folds of Honor

Aiding veterans' families

Yardi was proud to support the recent fundraising efforts of the National Multi-Housing Council on behalf of the Folds of Honor Foundation. Folds of Honor is a national non-profit organization that offers scholarships to dependents and spouses of military servicemen and women killed or disabled while serving our nation. Folds of Honor has awarded more […]

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Walkable Urbanism

The future, on foot

Do you remember the last time you walked by a multifamily community under construction? Think carefully about the walking part, because it’s important. Chances are, you were strolling in a city, not a suburb. Does anybody walk in the suburbs, other than to take the dog around the block? The answer to that question might […]

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Stephanie Brock

Riverstone

February is designated as National Apartment Careers Month, and while she is not officially affiliated with the NAA campaign, Riverstone Residential Group’s Stephanie Brock could very easily be a spokesperson for the property management field’s capacity to launch and cultivate a distinguished and life-changing career. Brock, who was recruited into the industry while working as […]

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Working at Yardi

New video shares culture

Yardi has earned a reputation as an excellent employer and a great place to work. Over the last 30 years, the company has grown from a small operation in Santa Barbara, Calif. to a global company with offices in 11 countries and nearly 3,000 employees. How do you encapsulate the vast and unique experiences of […]

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Commercial Green

Seattle's Bullitt Building

The Bullitt Building joins ranks with other elite Living Building Challenge certified structures, becoming the Greenest Commercial Building in the World. The green building community continues to grow by leaps and bounds, with fivefold expected growth leading into 2016. As sustainable features become more common place, the bar of excellence rises, prompting greater ingenuity from […]

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Total Turnaround

Alco’s Riverwood Recognized

The National Communities of Quality award winners for 2012 were recently announced by NAHMA, and congratulations are in order to Yardi client Alco Management. Alco’s Riverwood Tower Apartments, a senior Section 8 property located in Madison, Tenn, was recognized for “Outstanding Turnaround of a Troubled Property.” Honorees will be recognized at the NAHMA winter meeting […]

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Yardi in Dubai

New office in Middle East

Yardi, a leading developer of software solutions for the real estate investment, asset and property management industry has opened a new office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Dubai office will be a hub for regional business development, project management, consulting, training and technical support services. Following strong growth and demand for solutions and services […]

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BRIDGE Housing

Affordable - and transformative

BRIDGE Housing doesn’t just build affordable homes. The longtime affordable housing provider transforms communities. And over the next five years, San Francisco-based BRIDGE, which also has offices in Irvine and San Diego, plans a huge increase in lives touched and neighborhoods changed as it doubles in size. “BRIDGE has always been committed to production, and […]

Marketing

Property Marketing

Tips and Tricks for 2013

Each year Google pushes out over 500 updates to its search algorithm, and 2012 was no different. In its effort to improve the quality of search results, the latest updates may have helped to level the playing field for property managers and increased the opportunity to drive leads to your doorstep. Now is the time […]

Giving, People

Habitat for Humanity

Building Homes and Futures

Sometime in 2014, 12 low-income Santa Barbara families will be able to move into newly constructed homes at Canon Perdido and Milpas streets, structures that they own and built in part with their own sweat equity. The latest project from Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County, the Canon Perdido Homes are the non-profit’s […]

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Chad Barron

NALS Apartment Homes

If you need a restaurant or bar recommendation for your next trip to Santa Barbara, Chad Barron is the guy you should ask. A district manager for the Santa Barbara-based Nevins Adams Lewbel Schell real estate investment firm, Barron is also immersed in the local food and beverage scene. He’s a volunteer organizer of the […]

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Against the Odds

Lessons from Hurricane Sandy

During Hurricane Sandy, a 14-foot storm surge from the Hudson River triggered flooding that took offline 29.8 million out of 85.2 million square feet in one of the nation’s biggest office submarkets, according to a Cushman & Wakefield Inc. survey. While the majority of that space was expected to be back online at the beginning […]

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The Academy at DPHS

Changing students’ lives

A Dos Pueblos High School program that targets students at risk of dropping out of high school has proven its success, graduating 100 percent of the students who participated from 2009-2012. As a result, The Academy at Dos Pueblos High School is expanding, and the 32 students currently participating in the focused, supportive education experience […]

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