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Fair Housing Month

Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream

April is Fair Housing Month. Created in the aftermath of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., the 1968 Fair Housing Act aimed to eliminate housing discrimination in every neighborhood. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sponsors a month long celebration that began on April 4 – the 44th […]

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Educating the Future

TAAEF supports industry training

The Texas Apartment Association (TAA) has been an advocate for the rental housing industry for decades. They are also hard at work shaping the future of the industry, and developing the talent of new potential hires, through the TAA Education Foundation (TAAEF). The program started 10 years ago in response to an industry-wide need for […]

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Joining the Global Party

Investing overseas

Global business. Those are catchwords the real estate industry has been grabbing onto for some time now, always as if it’s a current trend. Businesses are expanding globally; U.S. real estate service providers need to follow their clients, and investors purchasing property overseas can be their landlords. And foreign lenders are as much a source […]

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Hot Jobs

Insight from John Cullens

Construction of new apartment stock is booming again in America, and with that growth comes jobs. When new properties are completed, new apartment industry employment opportunities are created. We talked with John Cullens, President and Founder of ApartmentCareers.com, about what’s on the horizon for apartment industry careers. Filling the backlog of development that built up […]

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Creative, Cool, Commercial

Developer changes a community

Lance-Kashian & Company’s development of major commercial projects in the Fresno area, including the River Park and the forthcoming Fancher Creek and Campus Pointe communities, has been a major part of Fresno’s evolution from a mid-size farming city to major California metro area with amenities aplenty. Whether it’s a shopping center, office park, or a […]

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Yardi Acquires LTS

Lead tracking specialists

Yardi has acquired Lead Tracking Solutions (LTS), a Costa Mesa company that developed an innovative lead tracking and lead management software solution. Read the full press release. LTS’ PopCard™ is a Follow-the-Lead solution designed for any industry, according to the company’s website. It uses advertising to attract customers and increase foot traffic, and bridge gaps […]

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Let’s Get Technical

New YASC offering

Outside of ComicCon, geeking out will typically just garner a few confused looks and questioning tones from those you have inadvertently alienated with your techy banter. But this spring at the Yardi Advanced Solutions* (YASC) you’ll be pleased to know that even the most technical talk will be met with understanding and inspire new-found possibility. […]

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Affordable and Public Housing News

Insight from Mark Livanec

Mark Livanec, Vice President of Affordable Housing and PHA Sales at Yardi Systems, is an active advocate for Yardi clients when it comes to state and federal legislation affecting affordable and public housing. Mark serves as secretary of the Board of Directors of the National Affordable Housing Management’s Educational Foundation, which raises scholarship funds for […]

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Let’s Talk Online Leasing

With Steve Lefkovits

There’s so much talk in the property management industry right now about the future of leasing that we wanted to dive deep into the topic with the help of Steve Lefkovits, Executive Producer of the Apartment Internet Marketing Conference coming up in Arizona next month. Steve is the author of this interesting piece in this […]

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New Data Center

Yardi expands in Hong Kong

A new Yardi Systems data center in Hong Kong, announced Tuesday, March 27, will provide secure data hosting and infrastructure support for clients in the Asia Pacific region. “We are excited about the expansion of our infrastructure in Asia Pacific and expanding the value-added services that we can provide clients.” comments Neal Gemassmer, Vice President, […]

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Learning from the Stars

Lessons from industry achievers

The commercial real estate industry can learn a lot from its rising stars. Still young enough to be idealistic and take advice from their mentors, industry under-40—and sometimes under-30—achievers are able to turn it into successful business. Unfortunately, it is human nature to forget or lay aside ideals with age and experience—but doing so may […]

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Yardi SaaS Answers

New offerings for clients

Yardi Systems has announced that the company will now offer Voyager S in two types of Software as a Service – Yardi SaaS and Yardi Saas Select – for clients in the residential and commercial realms. The move is a logical one for Yardi, since we have a longtime track record of providing cloud services […]

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Procurement Trends

With Nick Davis, SiteStuff

Real estate procurement may not be the most glamorous aspect of the business, but it’s an essential ingredient of well-run properties and managing it well is essential to seamless budget planning for any property management firm. Yardi Systems subsidiary SiteStuff, based in Austin, Texas and headed up by Vice President and General Manager Nick Davis, […]

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Why You Don’t Want to Miss AIM

Two words: Dance off!

The Apartment Internet Marketing conference takes place in Phoenix, Arizona April 25 – 27 and if you’ve been thinking ahead you’re already registered. But perhaps youthink your marketing is already fairly successful and there’s nothing going down at AIM that you couldn’t learn with a little time online. Well, consider: Google’s Head of Real Estate […]

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Passionately Green

Changing Minds, Behavior

As an industry leader in sustainable development, Portland-based Yardi client Gerding Edlen is a step ahead when it comes to earth-friendly trends in apartment living. “Because we have such a passion for developing sustainable buildings, we wanted to ensure we were transferring the vision we have during development into the day to day management of […]

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