Leah Etling

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Leah Etling

Leah Etling is the founding editor of the Balance Sheet and a 12-year Yardi employee who also oversees press releases and social media. An award winning journalist, she holds a master's degree from UC Berkeley and is a native of Santa Barbara County, Yardi's home.

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Airports Honored

Flown the friendly skies lately? No matter where you went, you probably noted that some airports are better than others. Some are easy to navigate while you’re rushing to make that tight connection. Some had concessionaires that were more convenient to your departure gate than others. And some, inexplicably, put the restrooms way too far […]

05 / 15 / 13

Clydesdales

The Wooten Company

Not too many apartment renters can say they’ve seen the Budweiser Clydesdales pull up to their apartment building. But that happened to residents of a property managed by Yardi client The Wooten Company in Springfield, Missouri not too long ago. The stocky iconic horses were in town to deliver a case of beer to a […]

05 / 14 / 13

Managing a Menagerie

New York City’s Central Park is a place where millions of memories have been made. The iconic mid-city oasis has captured the hearts and imaginations of New Yorkers and visitors from around the world. Whether rowing a boat across The Lake, observing Gus the polar bear at the Zoo, or enjoying a burger at the […]

05 / 13 / 13

50 Billion Strong

The number of applications downloaded from Apple’s iTunes store has now surpassed 50 billion. That’s a lot of apps in five years’ time. And the lucky person who downloaded the 50 billionth app is being handsomely rewarded with a $10,000 iTunes gift card to be spent on – guess what? – more apps. And that’s […]

05 / 10 / 13

More Social Power

Facebook has introduced a powerful tool for managing online advertising campaigns that is being heralded as a major advancement in targeted marketing. If you are using social media-based ads to reach potential renters for your multifamily property, the Facebook Power Editor could change and enhance the campaigns you create. It allows you to create and […]

05 / 09 / 13

YASC DC 2013

Yardi Systems offers multi-day intensive training courses for its clients who use Yardi products to do business every day. Known as the Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference – YASC – this year the gatherings take place in Anaheim, Calif. in the fall and Washington, D.C. in the spring. On May 21, YASC D.C. 2013 kicks off […]

05 / 08 / 13

45 Years Strong

The Manhattan Valley Development Corporation will mark 45 years of providing affordable housing in Manhattan at the end of 2013.  As part of the celebration of this milestone anniversary, Yardi client MVDC will award the first Leah Schneider scholarship in honor of the organization’s former director who passed away in 2001. Since 1968, MVDC has […]

05 / 06 / 13

Eric Matulka

Eric Matulka has a simple yet solid foundation from which to build technology strategy and policy: He believes that good technology should make life easier.  From that baseline, when he chooses vendors and platforms for DEI Communities, he’s looking for solutions that are time and efficiency savers for all users. Matulka, Vice President of Information […]

04 / 29 / 13

Welcome Neighborday

Whether you live in an urban apartment building or on a quiet suburban street, we all have neighbors. The loveable Fred Rogers urged us to be good to them with his charming “Won’t you be my neighbor?” tune. No matter what generation you belong to, most of us know the lyrics to that one – […]

04 / 24 / 13

Walkability Rocks

Prospects love apartments in walkable neighborhoods. And more likely than not, they are checking out what neighborhood attractions they could get to on foot before they even decide to come check out a potential new apartment community. Location-based technology has made assessing such neighborhood info as easy as can be. With a simple search on […]

04 / 23 / 13

Focus Green

Today, April 22, is Earth Day. Alliance Residential Company is among the Yardi multifamily clients that will mark the occasion: A tree will be planted at almost every Alliance community this week, except those that are in exceptionally urban environments or have special circumstances. “The goal is to plant a tree at the majority of […]

04 / 22 / 13

Austin skyline

High Speed Chase

Austin, Texas is already famous. It is home to the major multimedia festival South by Southwest, a great music and arts scene, and fabulous queso. And now that Google and AT&T have decided to go head-to-head to deliver Austin super-duper fast Internet connectivity, it might be time to change the slogan “Keep Austin Weird” to […]

04 / 12 / 13

CBRE Cares

Delivering a birthday cake to a child celebrating their special day at a homeless shelter seems like a simple act of goodwill. For the CBRE real estate professionals who make time for such volunteerism regularly, it is much more. “By the time I got to my truck I was crying and extremely shaken.  I made […]

04 / 09 / 13

Love Musekegon

Sharing the Love

Have you ever thought about what it would take to get your residents to not just like, but love, where they live? Meet Peter Kageyama. He’s an expert on community engagement and the emotional power of place. That means that he has great ideas about how to make cities and spaces more interesting, create deeper […]

04 / 02 / 13

Aegis had many participants for the 2012 Alzheimer's Walk

Corporate Empathy

At Aegis Living, corporate values are much more than pleasant words that conjure positive thoughts. The philosophy for Dwayne Clark’s Washington-based residential senior living company is rooted in poignant personal history, and creates a culture focused on happy employees and helping people. “There’s a type of person that wants to work at Aegis and fits […]

04 / 01 / 13