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Yardi Senior Living Forum
The Yardi Senior Living Forum will return to the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort on April 25-26, 2018. The event is a targeted, intensive learning and networking opportunity designed for senior living professionals including directors, nursing staff, sales and marketing, executives and more. Attendees will gain deeper insight into the Yardi Senior Living Suite, including […]
04 / 19 / 18
Senior Living Retention
There is a perception that senior living residents are a captive audience. That’s not entirely true. Enhancements to dining and lifestyle services are a retention strategy for when residents and their families sit down to sign lease renewals. Let the value-add services that you offer outshine your competition. Unique Experiences Offer residents an experience that […]
04 / 19 / 18
Super Service
Actionable information on which multifamily markets offer the best prospects of penetration has fueled Valet Living’s rapid growth. For three years, Valet Living has used Yardi Matrix, a business development and asset management tool for underwriting and managing real estate investments, to identify the number of Class A, Class B and garden-style properties in a […]
Blogging 101
You hear it all the time: to improve your organic ranking with Google, you need frequent, fresh content for your website. Blogging is a common best practice for keeping new content on your site while connecting with your residents. But how do you start a great blog? First, you need to select your blogging platform. […]
04 / 17 / 18
New Acquisition
Yardi announced the acquisition of Phoenix Broadband Ltd., an innovative business technology firm specializing in infrastructure and hardware solutions for shared workspaces. Based in Stirling, Scotland, Phoenix Broadband is known for its Medusabusiness brand. Medusa is a service platform for managing technology resources in a shared workspace. When multiple companies share a common office space, […]
04 / 16 / 18
RentCafe + AIM
Yardi has entered an exclusive three-year agreement securing RentCafe as the title sponsor of the Apartment Internet Marketing Conference (AIM). “We are excited to announce our partnership with AIM. We believe this is a great opportunity for us, for AIM and for the attendees because ultimately, we are all laser-focused on innovative digital marketing,” said Esther Bonardi, […]
04 / 12 / 18
Condo Tech Tips
It’s an exciting time for the condo industry in Canada. Facing tech disruption, new building, increasing regulation and competition, condo companies need to rethink — and even reinvent — the way they do business. To improve operational performance and increase NOI, condo managers need software platforms that deliver actionable analytics and integrated online services. A […]
04 / 11 / 18
Holli Beckman
Property marketers use lead attribution to determine where leads are coming from so they know what is working, what isn’t and where to spend their marketing dollars most effectively. But single source lead attribution models only credit the first or last source with the lease. “We know that 50% of renters visit five or more […]
04 / 10 / 18
Society of Women Engineers
Engineers are the brain and muscle behind the Yardi technology that makes property management (and property managers’ lives) easier. When Marisa Ceppi proposed the idea of presenting at the Society of Women Engineers 2018 National Conference (We’18), it was met with unbounded support from her teammates. The SWE We ’18 Conference Ceppi, Yardi Energy Account […]
04 / 09 / 18
Informed Investments
In 14 years as a Yardi client, Fogelman Properties has adopted a variety of solutions that comprise a single connected platform for running its real estate property and investment management business. For example, automating resident insurance enrollment at its rental properties produced 100% insurance compliance. Another solution for tracking and managing leads gave rise to […]
Emergency Backpacks
Two weeks ago, staff members from the Yardi corporate marketing and human resources departments in Santa Barbara, Calif. spent a few hours helping local non-profit organization Direct Relief assemble Emergency Medical Backpacks for first responders in disaster zones. For the marketing department the project was a peer energy team effort. Marketing colleagues assemble in small […]
Marguerite’s Place
Marguerite’s Place takes a holistic approach to ending homelessness. The organization offers transitional housing, onsite childcare, as well as supportive services to break the cycle of homelessness and dependence for women and children. The nonprofit is nondenominational and service focused, with an emphasis on helping women and children who are facing housing insecurity. Over the […]
04 / 05 / 18
Moving Mainstream
No longer the sole domain of freelancers, micro busineses and start-ups, coworking is taking the Asia Pacific by storm as large companies jump on board the trend, says Yardi’s Neal Gemassmer. According to research by Cushman & Wakefield, coworking has accelerated rapidly throughout the Asia Pacific region, with roughly 750,000 sqm of space leased over […]
04 / 04 / 18
Life Assurance
After 184 years in business, Irish life assurance company Friends First knows how to provide high-quality service and meet emerging business challenges. Established in 1834 to provide life assurance to the Society of Friends (Quakers), Friends First now offers a wide range of life protection, investment and pension products to more than 281,000 customers. It […]
04 / 03 / 18
Hitting the Mark
From online applications to maintenance and business operations, property managers work hard to juggle competing priorities while still sustaining the profitability and integrity of their buildings. Whether it’s single-family homes, multifamily apartments or commercial properties, the challenges can be complicated. Thankfully, the solution doesn’t have to be. Meet Yardi Breeze, a refreshingly simple software platform […]
04 / 03 / 18
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