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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 […]

Giving, People

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 […]

News

2013 Income Limits

Deadline to update is Jan. 25

For our Yardi affordable housing clients, the following information pertains to the 2013 income limit structure. The deadline to update income limits is Friday, Jan. 25. The 2013 income limits as published by HUD were first released on December 4, 2012. Due to miscalculations, HUD released the 2013 Income Limits a second time on December […]

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Spring YASC 2013

Planning to attend the spring Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference in Washington, D.C.? The 2013 event is planned for May 21-23. Register now through February 5, and receive a special Early Bird rate of $895, $100 off the standard registration rate. Additionally, the first 100 people to register at the discounted rate will be entered in […]

People

Encina Meadows

The Towbes Group

They call the coastal California city of Goleta “the Goodland.” The opportunity to reside in apartments like The Towbes Group’s Encina Meadows are one reason why. With views of the beautiful Santa Ynez Mountains, Encina Meadows is a peaceful place to live. Residents told us that they love the nicely landscaped property, which includes mature […]

Technology

Anticipating Apple

What will 2013 bring?

After a stellar 2012, what does 2013 hold for Apple? Let’s have a look at the online speculation and buzz, and tell us your thoughts in the comments. Apple Radio One of the new products on this list is the “Apple Radio”. This will be a free service that would gain revenue through ads, as […]

People

Brenda Ruggles

Cominar

Brenda Ruggles believes that life is too short not to be happy. So she fills her days with challenging tasks, amazing adventures, people she loves, playing golf, non-profit work on behalf of animals, following the British Royal Family, and delicious cooking and baking projects – and those are just some of her interests. A resident […]

People

James Beane

Yardi

James Beane is one of those rare individuals who can navigate the worlds of back end technical parlance and simple, user-friendly explanations of computing concepts with equal ease. For Yardi’s Manager of Cloud Services, communication is the most important aspect of IT. James’ job description includes answering questions from clients about how Yardi’s Application Service […]

Technology

BlackBerry Buzz

RIM's new OS comes out Jan. 30

Once considered the go-to phone for the business elite, today BlackBerry struggles to stay above water in a marketplace dominated by iOS and Android operating systems. Three years ago, Research in Motion (RIM) held 50 percent of the smartphone market in the US; in September of 2011 there were eighty million worldwide subscribers to BlackBerry, […]

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Cost Controls

Operating commercial buildings

With the cost of operating commercial buildings growing ever harder to control, owners and managers will likely start taking a new look at contracts this year for the first time in quite awhile. While trends in operating costs will probably continue to vary widely by both location and property type, they nonetheless will see an […]

Technology

Toys for Tenants

Tools for Automated Homes

Whoever said that practical toys couldn’t be fun had never heard of SmartThings. Tenants will soon have access to an undeniably practical, incredibly fun, and potentially life- and money-saving set of devices. Before the ink on the business plan has dried, the product has already taken off, blazing a trail in home automation that is […]

Technology

A Paperless Reality

Roscoe Properties

It’s the time of year to make resolutions, and Steven Rea of Roscoe Properties tells us that the Austin, Texas property management firm has set some ambitious property management technology goals for 2013. “This is still very much an analog business,” observes Rea, who has been in the industry for ten years and worked his […]

People

Jay Shobe

Yardi

For the last few years, Jay Shobe has had a technology to do list that would seem overwhelming by any standards. Yardi’s Vice President of Technology reeled it off for us, almost like it was a set list for a rock show. “Mobility – and that includes Apple, and Android. JQuery and HTML5, for multiple […]

Technology

Google+ Communities

New network targets Facebook

In an effort to grab a larger piece of the online networking market dominated by Facebook and LinkedIn, Google has added a new feature to Google+ that will help people connect and build virtual relationships. It’s called Google+ Communities, and the marketing spin is that it will add substance and coherence to online interaction, with […]

Technology

Stolen Phone Solutions

Prepare before losing a device

Canceling credit cards and getting a new drivers license after an “old-fashioned” wallet is lost or stolen is no picnic. But what if you lost your wallet with $900 inside, plus your address book, your bank passwords, access to your email and social media accounts? That’s what it is like when you lose your smartphone […]

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