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Geekitecture

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” -Confucius Geekitecture – a new term I’ve just invented to describe the development of office space by new technology titans – is becoming a real trend. Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon are showing off innovative architectural plans for […]

11 / 25 / 15

#GivingTuesday

Black Friday and Cyber Monday celebrate the biggest sales of the season. Those events are great opportunities to buy products for loved ones on your shopping lists. But isn’t that all part of the gift exchange? What about the spirit of the season that beckons us to give without expecting anything in return? Those questions address […]

11 / 24 / 15

Meet The Staff

No, we’re not talking about meeting our staff. (Although you can see a few lovely Yardi employee profiles here.) Today we’re talking about introducing your staff to your residents: how and why you should do it! Celebrating the employees that make your property a great place to live just makes sense. For one thing, it’s […]

11 / 20 / 15

A Hands-On Approach

Steve Moore endeavors to be an apartment owner who does much more than collect rents from his properties every month – and he wants other owners and investors to do the same. The Houston, Texas resident is a hands-on kind of guy who can not only fix an air conditioner or confront a problem resident, […]

11 / 19 / 15

Efficiency Reigns

If you haven’t prioritized the energy efficiency of your commercial properties, you’ve already fallen behind the curve. Corporate mandates requiring the lease of green buildings have nearly tripled. Prospects are willing—and now able—to pay a premium for energy efficient spaces. The Institute of Building Efficiency issued a survey to 687 VPs, facilities managers, owners and […]

11 / 18 / 15

Emoji Marketing

Do you speak emoji? If you don’t, you might be finding yourself increasingly in the minority as emojis—defined by Google as “a small digital image or icon used to express an idea, emotion, etc., in electronic communication”—gain momentum as a form of universal, nonverbal communication. These sometimes-silly little pictures are being embrace by more than […]

11 / 17 / 15

Affordable Focus

As the Walla Walla Housing Authority’s Finance Director, Amy Allred takes full advantage of her Yardi software functionality, from eLearning to streamlined operations.

11 / 16 / 15

Holiday Marketing

‘Tis the season for… leasing? Sure! Any time of year can be a good time to ramp up your leasing and renewal efforts when you take a seasonal approach that builds relationships and excitement around your business. Make sure your occupancy rates don’t cool down this season with five holiday marketing strategies for residential properties: […]

11 / 13 / 15

Global YASC Events

November is a busy month for our clients in Australia, New Zealand, and the rest of the Asia Pacific region. Yardi will be offering two Yardi Advanced Solutions Conferences to provide product training, learning opportunities, and networking for clients. The conferences will focus on clients with commercial and investment portfolios. At both YASC ANZ and […]

11 / 13 / 15

A Helping Hand

Yardi's participation in the Corporate Food & Funds Drive Challenge for the Santa Barbara Foodbank aligns with the company’s overall philosophy of giving back to the community.

11 / 11 / 15

Nexus 6P

Google’s handset family welcomed a sibling that’s first of its kind: first one made of metal, first one made by Huawei, and the first one to include fingerprint reader and Android 6.0 known as Marshmallow. Nexus 6P is the new 5.7-inch device compatible with all major carriers, besides Google’s own unique Google-Fi wireless service that […]

11 / 10 / 15

Better Leasing with Yardi

In the fast-paced world of retail leasing, preparation for a client presentation is paramount. Managing the slide decks, floor plans, lease documents and other materials that make a lease pitch possible is no small feat. At Yardi client Pyramid Management Group, a commercial property manager handling 16 major indoor shopping malls in New York and […]

11 / 09 / 15

YASC Europe

Next week kicks off Yardi’s second annual Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference (YASC) for clients with portfolios in Europe. The conference will be hosted at 8 Northumberland Avenue, centrally located in London, England. YASC will bring together 200+ clients within the European commercial, residential, and investment markets. In its second year, YASC Europe has expanded from […]

11 / 06 / 15

Looking Back

The Fall 2015 Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference, or YASC for short, was successfully held in Anaheim October 7-9, 2015. For the third consecutive year, the Fall 2015 YASC was hosted at the Hilton Anaheim, located in Orange County near the Anaheim Convention Center. YASC Anaheim drew 1,800 clients and 300 staff to Southern California for three days of […]

11 / 05 / 15

Nicola Crosby Real Estate

As a senior fund accountant working on a major North American real estate investment fund, Ping Li Chen is constantly looking for ways to generate efficiency in bookkeeping and produce accurate, timely reports for Nicola Crosby’s investors. “We use Yardi for all kinds of transactions – roll ups, consolidations, foreign currency conversions, bank reconciliation, basically […]

11 / 04 / 15