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Walk-in Payments

A better way to accept cash

Cash and money order payments are not ideal for property managers. Susceptible to fraud and inconvenient compared to electronic funds transfers or online payments, just about all property management firms will tell you that they don’t want rent remitted this way. But sometimes, that’s how residents want to pay. Now there’s an alternative. a new […]

Technology

Power Up

Future of Mobile Charging

Perhaps more than anyone, business travelers understand the importance of rapidly charging a mobile device. Business professionals are expected to be connected, accessible, and up-to-date. A dead smartphone or tablet simply doesn’t lend itself to the lifestyle. A few new developments will help business travelers fulfill their commitments at home, abroad, and everywhere in between. […]

People

A Home Run

YASC contest winner Steve Schutz

Steve Schutz would have come to the Fall 2013 Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference (YASC) no matter what – as a 12-year user of Yardi products, he recognizes the value of the event to educate and inform him about developments and solutions for the software he uses daily. “I do everything from training, document writing, help […]

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Financial Planning

Americans seeking trusted advice

If the Great Recession has taught us anything, it is to show extra caution with our spending plans and investment endeavors. Almost half of Americans show an acute lack of trust and comfort when it comes to discussing financial affairs, according to Yardi client TIAA-CREF’s second annual Financial Advice Survey. Perceived cost and lack of […]

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New York State MTA

Trains, buses, roads and real estate

Yonah Bergstrom summarizes the real estate experience of New York State’s Metropolitan Transit Authority nicely: “It’s a whole different world when you are leasing space underground,” he told us at last week’s Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference. The MTA is not just one of the nation’s largest public transportation providers, overseeing the operations of the New […]

Technology

Facebook for Business

Reaching prospects online

Your friends are on Facebook. Your boss is on Facebook. Even your mom is on Facebook. In fact, this popular online network reached over 1 billion users in May – making it the largest social platform around. So are your clients on Facebook? You bet they are. If you’re ready to reach a larger audience […]

Technology

2 New Surfaces

Updated Microsoft tablets

Microsoft’s latest tablets, Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, are now on the market with a number of new covers and other accessories (dock, mouse, and charger). Both tablets seem like iterations of the concept Microsoft first demonstrated last summer. They kept the same angular design with metallic finish, announcing upgrades to the processing power […]

People

Jeff Elowe

Laramar Group

Last month, The Laramar Group announced a major acquisition in Southern California. With the purchase of Los Angeles-based JB Partners Group, the company assumed management of 7,000 new third-party owned units, adding 77 properties and 170 employees with the merger. It’s the latest significant uptick in what has been a steady several years of national […]

Giving, People

United Way Day of Caring

Santa Barbara

Every year, local chapters of United Way host Day of Caring festivals throughout the nation. These celebrations promote the value of volunteerism while shining light on community service programs, civic agencies, and human-interest organizations. Saturday, September 28th marked Santa Barbara’s 22nd annual United Way Day of Caring. Yardi employees joined forces with more than 1,000 […]

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Global Growth

Yardi Dubai

A year ago, Yardi announced the opening of a new office in Dubai, UAE, offering the global real estate technology provider the chance to better serve clients and expand our presence in the region. In just 12 months, major client growth and significant expansion of the staffing resources in the Dubai office have taken place. […]

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Multifamily Focus

Rental demand is strong

Homeownership across the U.S. continued to decline 40 basis points in the second quarter of 2013, creating a favorable context for multifamily to thrive. Rental demand remains strong with occupancy gains and rent growth occurring in every major metro around the country. Annual rent growth across the U.S. is currently averaging 3.4 percent, according to […]

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Modern Company Town

Facebook builds apartments

Facebook employees in California are about to find out what it means to reside in a modern version of the historic “company town”. The social media giant is working with Yardi client St. Anton Partners, a local multi-family development and investment company, to develop an upscale multi-housing complex within walking distance of Facebook’s existing Menlo […]

Technology

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Bigger display for a big phone

Since the introduction of the first Samsung Galaxy Note in 2011, competitors have placed on the market many phones billed as “bigger than ever before.” But none could match Samsung’s success or give the users a compelling reason to own such a big smartphone. Samsung smartly created a sub-market for the device that’s primarily a […]

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Fall YASC News

Conference highlights from Anaheim

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Kicking off Fall YASC 2013 at the Anaheim Hilton, Yardi Systems founder and CEO Anant Yardi delivered an insightful, engaging and humorous address to 1,450 Yardi clients about the future of technology and the habits of the multifamily industry’s newest renters – the Millennials. Encapsulating the larger trends in the technology marketplace […]

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10 YASC To Dos

Lots to learn and see

In the Fall YASC 2013 opening session, Yardi’s Bryant Shoemaker urged every attendee of Yardi’s largest ever user conference to meet at least 10 other Yardi clients during the event. “You’re going to go to the classes and learn things but you can learn more from all the other people here,” said Shoemaker. After a […]

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