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Renting to Millennials

What You Know is Wrong

You know all of those reports on Millennials and their love for tiny, urban spaces in walkable communities? They might be wrong. It turns out that Millennials value space and authenticity more than we previously believed—and the two rarely go hand-in-hand. A recent study suggests that while Millennials do enjoy their apartments in urban environments, […]

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Walmart Pay

In-Store Mobile Payments

The mobile payments war is far from over. In fact, it just got much more interesting since Walmart entered the scene—yes, mega retailer Walmart announced recently that it plans to offer mobile payments to its shoppers. Walmart Pay has launched as a feature in the retailer’s existing smartphone app. That will be compatible with all […]

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2016: Yardi Training Events

YASC & Forums

As 2016 begins, the new year will bring new training opportunities for Yardi clients. Yardi is expanding its event offerings to provide more opportunities for clients to learn about our products, address technical challenges, network and socialize. Of course, the extremely popular Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference, known as YASC, will return for another year of […]

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Breaking Records

Atlanta Offices 2016

It’s the perfect combination: a boost in local jobs, diminishing office supply, and rising rents. The three have positioned the Atlanta office market for a record-breaking year. With a conservative lens, JLL lists the Atlanta office space vacancy rating at 17.5 percent and average rents of $22.54 per square foot. Transwestern confidently states a 15.9 […]

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Solar for Affordable

Free, Resilient Energy

The Clean Energy Group recently completed the report, Resilience for Free: How Solar + Storage Could Protect Multifamily Affordable Housing from Power Outages at Little or No Net Cost. The group’s research unveils just how easy and cost-effective it can be to furnish affordable housing with solar energy. The research and new technologies could be […]

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Beyond Pet Friendly

Amplified Animal Amenities

The American Pet Products Association estimates that approximately 60 percent of all Americans own at least one pet, with nearly 80 million dogs and 96 million cats as part of that lofty figure. “That’s a significant amount of prospective renters,” said Gina Bertagnolli Slater, regional property manager for Pinnacle, Las Vegas. “For our pet owners […]

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Ice Storm 2016

Inclement Weather Preparedness

For the past several years, the southeastern United States has been slammed with ice storms in the first quarter. You can’t stop the ice from forming, but there are several steps that you can take to keep your leasing office staff as safe as possible. While weather forecasts are known to issue false alarms, ignoring […]

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Easy Package Pickups

New 7-Eleven Service

Some people hate shopping. Like myself. The idea of spending numerous hours walking in and out of countless stores, not finding the items I want, but buying some which I had no idea I needed, exhausts me mentally and physically. The day e-commerce became available, I felt relief. I no longer had to waste my […]

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Reaching for the Sky

The Jeddah Tower

The ancient Arabian port of Jeddah sits along the Red Sea, waiting patiently for barges and cruise ships. Meanwhile, just a few miles north, desert dust rises up in bursts as new Jeddah City rises up from the amber dunes spread out along the Arabian Peninsula. While the new Jeddah City’s horizon may currently play […]

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New Kind of Cozy

My Micro NY

What can you get for less than 400 square feet? How about a gym, a roof terrace, stainless steel appliances and the chance to finally ditch the roommates and lay claim to your own slice of paradise. That’s the option currently being offered by Carmel Place, New York City’s first ever micro-unit development. Originally called, […]

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New Milestone

Yardi Voyager 7S

The impact of Yardi Voyager® 7S on public, private and nonprofit real estate organizations continues to grow. The number of clients using the most advanced property management and accounting platform from Yardi® now tops 2,500, nearly double the total at the beginning of 2015. Clients report gaining flexibility, productivity and scalability from Yardi Voyager 7S, […]

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2016 Real Estate Trends

New year brings similar questions

For both the residential and commercial real estate markets, 2015 brought questions. Would interest rates rise? Would Millennials buy? Would the market keep rising, or are we on the verge of another bubble? As the year draws to a close, these questions remain, though the prevailing mood is optimistic. While the overall market continues its […]

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Hot Properties

Top Listings of 2015

In the luxury real estate market, prices fluctuate but palaces, manors and landmarks are always hot properties.

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Yardi Think Tank

UK Retail Asset Management

The fifth in Yardi’s series of thought leadership Think Tanks, held in association with Property Week, brought together retail centre owners and managers to discuss their experience and opinions on how to remain successful in a competitive retail environment. London’s retail scene is arguably the best in the world, with billions of pounds spent annually […]

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NYC Liberty Bridge

Headed toward reality?

For many Jersey City is “the sixth borough,” even though at times it feels like it’s a world away from New York City. There are only a few miles from Manhattan to Jersey with the Hudson River crossing of about a mile. Yet, moving from one side of the Hudson to the other means taking […]

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