Posts by: Leah Etling

Happy Birthday, Blog

Marking a Milestone

This month, we celebrated the fourth anniversary of our Yardi corporate blog. This special project, created for Yardi clients and employees, has now been ongoing since February 2012. To date, we have published more than 1,200 articles. Our readers are at the heart of our content decisions and we applaud and appreciate you. Thank you […]

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A Speedy Implementation

At Houston's Villa Serena

When Corri Moura-Smith joined a new property management company in her hometown of Houston, she was tasked with correcting an archaic and outdated accounting and property management system within a very short timeframe. Villa Serena Communities is a multifamily firm, under the ownership umbrella of Austin Management Group, which focuses on providing safe and constructive […]

Giving, People

Providing Nourishment

Foodbank Santa Barbara County

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County does great work every day to assist thousands of locals in need of food, nutrition or health education. Did you know that 1 in 4 Santa Barbara County residents receives aid from a Foodbank program each year? Those assisted include a range of case types, from critical need situations […]

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Jeff Danley

Peak Capital Partners

Going into 2015, Jeff Danley did not expect that the multifamily investment firm he co-founded back in 2006 would keep buying properties at a fast clip. With 35 transactions closing this year for Yardi client Peak Capital Partners, however, he’s ready to admit that he was wrong. “Obviously we are pretty far into the cycle […]

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Renters Insurance Required

A Best Practice at Legacy Partners

At Foster City, Calif. based Legacy Partners, renter’s insurance is a requirement at all multifamily properties. The company has a 15,000 unit portfolio, which includes both conventional and affordable housing product. “We have 100 percent of our residents insured. That way we can reserve our big time liability policy for the big stuff. The little […]

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Dori Brewer

McWhinney Real Estate Services

With a longstanding tradition of community building and long term development vision in their home state of Colorado, McWhinney Real Estate Services, Inc. works on real estate ventures that range from commercial to hospitality to multifamily. As Vice President of the company’s Multifamily Operations division, Dori J. Brewer and her capable team are tasked with […]

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Pillar Stays Passionate

Expanding in Bellevue, Wash.

When Pillar Properties’ Billy Pettit looks forward to 2016, he sees challenges ahead. But after a tremendous year for the industry in the Seattle area, it only makes sense that double-digit growth can’t continue forever. “I’m of the belief that we have already started to feel the impact of the new supply. It could be […]

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Happy to be Hosted

Block Real Estate Services LLC

Moving to a cloud-based commercial property management and accounting platform typically sounds like a daunting transition. Kim Mann, CPA/property controller for Kansas City-based Block Real Estate Services LLC, makes it sound more like a walk in the park. “Going from self-hosted to hosted was the easiest conversion that I have ever done,” Mann said. “When […]

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Clarity in the Cloud

Wilson Blanchard Management Inc.

Moving to Yardi’s cloud-based Voyager 7S platform was a big leap for Wilson Blanchard Management Inc., a Canadian condominium overseer. With responsibility for nearly 37,000 units in the Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area and offices in Toronto, Hamilton and Cambridge, the company is one of the largest and most respected condominium management firms in Canada. […]

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Global YASC Events

Continued growth planned for 2016

With events in London, Sydney, and Singapore, Yardi’s continued expansion of its worldwide advanced software training offerings was well-received by clients in November 2015. The Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference, with a strong foundation of support from the company’s U.S.-based clientele, will continue to grow in 2016. “Offering YASC to our overseas clients is a product […]

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A Hands-On Approach

To low income housing

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, […]

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Better Leasing with Yardi

Pyramid Management Group

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 […]

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Nicola Crosby Real Estate

Yardi client profile

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 […]

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Michael Pestronk

Post Brothers Apartments

Over the last eight years, Michael and Matthew Pestronk, CEO and President of Post Brothers Apartments, have created a unique brand of Class A apartments for the Philadelphia market. Their latest major project is no exception. Presidential City, a John McShain project built in the early 1950’s that Post Brothers acquired in 2012 for $51 […]

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Growing with Yardi

Capital Asset Management

For Phoenix-based Capital Asset Management, use of Yardi software has been a key aspect of coming of age as a company. “Yardi has been one of our selling points,” says Aaron Strole, owner and founder of the company along with his wife, Rachelle. “When we talk to our current or prospective clients, we tell them […]

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