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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 […]
01 / 25 / 13
Habitat for Humanity
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 […]
Chad Barron
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 […]
01 / 23 / 13
Against the Odds
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 […]
01 / 21 / 13
The Academy at DPHS
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 […]
2013 Income Limits
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 […]
01 / 17 / 13
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 […]
01 / 17 / 13
Encina Meadows
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 […]
01 / 16 / 13
Anticipating Apple
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 […]
01 / 16 / 13
Brenda Ruggles
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 […]
01 / 15 / 13
James Beane
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 […]
01 / 14 / 13
BlackBerry Buzz
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, […]
01 / 11 / 13
Cost Controls
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 […]
01 / 09 / 13
Toys for Tenants
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 […]
01 / 08 / 13
A Paperless Reality
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 […]
01 / 03 / 13
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