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Tenant Events
Summer is here! Rental communities across the nation have speckled their event calendars with group fitness classes, barbecues, and game nights to entertain youth and adult residents alike. While such events may seem to serve only one purpose—fun!—they can be an important tool towards improving tenant retention. By hosting resident appreciation events on the property, […]
06 / 29 / 12
Jo Marie Ziegler
You never know where life’s journey will take you. Jo Marie Ziegler didn’t start life as a Michigan resident or envision a career in the property management industry, but that’s where she ended up. In 1990, Jo Marie and her husband, Amos, moved to the Great Lake State so he could study at Michigan State […]
06 / 28 / 12
Digie Award for Orion
Yardi Orion™ for SharePoint®has earned a prestigious industry honor from Realcomm for Real Estate Technology Innovation. The Digital Innovation Award (Digie) recognizes Orion’s significant contribution to automation of real estate business intelligence, document management and portals. Released earlier this year, Orion is currently being implemented by numerous Yardi clients, who are thrilled with its ease […]
06 / 28 / 12
Getting to the Future
Executives making long-term plans face an interesting juxtaposition: Significant changes lie ahead, but at the same time history is sure to repeat itself. How best to handle this? Move cautiously, but stay open minded and don’t be afraid to try new things. Never has the industry faced as many big changes simultaneously as those coming […]
06 / 27 / 12
Wild About Wireless
As the multifamily housing industry booms amidst the slow recovery of the housing market, investors and developers are seeking prime real estate to seize the opportunities presented. To ensure the success of your upcoming project in a market flooded with competition, it is vital to consider even the smallest factors in tenant satisfaction. Today’s renter […]
06 / 25 / 12
SEE International
Eyesight: it enables us to take in the world around us, navigate our daily lives with ease, and appreciate beauty. If your eyesight was taken from you tomorrow, would you be able to continue to function in your daily life? One of many non-profits that receive corporate philanthropic support from Yardi Systems, Inc. is Surgical […]
06 / 22 / 12
Yardi Volunteers
We’ve frequently shared news with you here about Yardi Systems’ numerous donations to various philanthropic causes that help people across the U.S. and beyond. Today we’re focused on an effort of people power by Yardi employees in our Dallas, Texas office. Led by Michael Sheaffer, 20 people from the Customer Service Desk gave their own […]
06 / 21 / 12
No Lead Left Untracked
With a wealth of experience in the apartment advertising industry, Lead Tracking Solutions wanted clients to be able to know exactly which of their ad campaigns had generated leads, prospects and phone calls – without a margin of human error. Paper guest cards, hand-entered into a database, were just too antiquated and unreliable. The result […]
06 / 19 / 12
Mobility & CRM
With a commitment to deliver the most relevant, up-to-date insight and technology available for the commercial real estate industry, Realcomm attendees typically seize the chance to investigate the latest tools. With over 100 vendors, searching for a product with the breadth and footprint to fit your business was a top priority for many attendees at […]
06 / 19 / 12
Student Housing
Student housing has grown out of its niche sector. More universities are turning to third party firms to meet the needs of increasing enrollment, and multifamily firms have been responsive.The demand for student housing is high – a recent National Multi Housing Council white paper revealed that a 38.7 percent increase in university enrollment over […]
06 / 18 / 12
A Look Into iOS 6
Your favorite Apple devices – the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad 2, third-generation iPad, and the fourth-generation iPod touch – get a makeover with the new iOS 6 upgrade that will be rolled out this fall. The announcement, made during the keynote speech to the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, went into some detail […]
06 / 18 / 12
Dave Woodward
From his high-rise office in downtown Denver, Dave Woodward has a great view of the snow-capped Rocky Mountains just beyond the Mile High City. He’s also taking the long view with his new company, CompassRock Real Estate. Formerly the CEO of the Laramar Group for 12 years and prior to that a senior vice president […]
06 / 14 / 12
200 Years of Homes
Our friends at Property Shark have put together a great slideshow that displays homes built over the last 200 years in New York City’s Greenwich Village and Brooklyn Heights. Unless you happen to live in a particularly old and historic part of the U.S., it might be hard to find a home more than 100 […]
06 / 13 / 12
Talking to the Rentennials
Oh, those hard-to-pin-down, picky renters and their hearts’ desires. Every year, major research and development dollars are spent by trade associations and independent companies to try to figure out what will make renters choose one property over others, pay more rent for certain amenities, and stay on as long term residents. What’s being most closely […]
06 / 11 / 12
Stamping out Smoking
Last week we told you about the growing national trend of apartment communities that are prohibiting smoking altogether, rather than limiting smokers to certain apartments, and have been backed up by legislation in some states that OKs the restrictions. This month, Yardi client The Towbes Group of Santa Barbara, which has multifamily and commercial properties […]
06 / 11 / 12
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