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How to calculate internal rate of return (IRR) in real estate

IRR in real estate shows how fast an investment grows your capital, accounting for the size and timing of every cash flow from purchase to sale. Learn how to calculate it step by step, see a worked five-year multifamily example and find out what counts as a good IRR for each investment strategy.

11 / 12 / 26

Investment management

Investment Suite

Housing software AI innovation update (2027)

Want to know what’s coming to housing software in 2027? Explore how AI is changing workflows for PHAs and affordable housing providers, from automated recertifications and leasing assistance to smarter waitlist management.

11 / 12 / 26

PHA

How Rose Associates chose a single AI platform for multifamily

Rose Associates shares lessons on evaluating software, reducing complexity and choosing an AI platform for multifamily that grows with your business.

11 / 10 / 26

Who’s building apartments in the U.S.? Top developers and cities in a 1.2M-unit pipeline

Roughly 3,350 developers are building America's next 1.2 million apartments through 2030. Greystar leads with more than 15,500 units under construction, followed by Mill Creek Residential and NRP Group. Deliveries are off their 2024 peak, but the South keeps building.

11 / 10 / 26

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The 11 Yardi Voyager Residential questions property managers ask most

Yardi Voyager Residential is the residential edition of Yardi Voyager, a cloud-based property management platform that runs accounting, leasing, operations and reporting on a single database for multifamily, affordable housing, senior living, student housing, HOA and build-to-rent portfolios. This guide answers the 11 questions property managers ask most before adopting it.

10 / 30 / 26

Voyager Residential

Deal Manager Fall 2026 update: LOI abstraction in Smart Deal

The Fall 2026 update to Deal Manager adds LOI abstraction through Smart Deal, advanced percentage rent, a Claude connector and a new interface.

10 / 27 / 26

Virtuoso

Takeaways from YASC 2026: Multifamily Spotlight

Virtuoso Enterprise for Multifamily is Yardi’s connected multifamily software platform, and its latest updates bring more of that work into connected Yardi workflows. AI helps teams respond, follow through and spend less time on manual steps.

10 / 26 / 26

Analyst reviewing performance charts on two screens

Virtuoso Connector: 4 questions to ask your CRE data

Four prompts show what happens when LLMs read your Virtuoso Enterprise data directly: scenario forecasts, budget variances, tenant backup and portfolio trends.

10 / 22 / 26

What is Virtuoso Enterprise for Senior Living?

Yardi Virtuoso Enterprise for Senior Living is a complete AI platform that brings together community operations, property management, clinical care, sales and analytics. Explore what's included, from native AI to agents, and get answers to common questions.

10 / 20 / 26

Senior living

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Fall 2026 Aspire product update: New tools for every role

The Fall 2026 Aspire product updates bring a supervisor dashboard, a custom dashboard builder, a new learning plan experience, Open Threads and enhanced surveys and polling.

10 / 30 / 26

Aspire

Commercial lease amendment software: Smart Lease fall update

Smart Lease adds amendment abstraction, a redesigned extraction screen, new review controls and auto-train, so teams can see every change before it reaches the lease record.

11 / 04 / 26

Smart Lease

Deal Manager Fall 2026 update: LOI abstraction in Smart Deal

The Fall 2026 update to Deal Manager adds LOI abstraction through Smart Deal, advanced percentage rent, a Claude connector and a new interface.

10 / 27 / 26

Virtuoso

Senior living census management: Keep Inspiren data in sync

Senior living census management is easier when move-ins, room changes and move-outs update automatically. See how Yardi EHR keeps resident census data aligned with Inspiren to improve how clinical teams anticipate risks, decrease falls and respond quickly.

10 / 21 / 26

Care Suite

Yardi Meter Insights converts interval data into savings

Yardi Meter Insights uses interval data to reveal utility usage by time of day, which can identify unexpected equipment usage, water leaks and other problems.

09 / 17 / 26

Energy Efficiency

Success spotlights

Jennifer Plesnicar

CenterPoint Properties Trust
Efe Miller

Phipps Houses Services, Inc.
Amy Bertrand

Stratum

Improve decision-making with centralized operations

By centralizing operations, we save time and reduce errors which makes our workflow much smoother. Having all related information in one place has proved crucial for effective management and quicker decision-making.

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From hours of manual work to real-time insights

Data Connect really helps us make data-driven decisions. Our leadership team is always looking for ways to reduce costs, and we're making better business decisions based on the data we're seeing in real time.

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Everything at your fingertips

Being able to have the different components in house, at everybody's fingertips, has been amazing.

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Housing software AI innovation update (2027)

11 / 12 / 26

How to calculate internal rate of return (IRR) in real estate

11 / 12 / 26

Investment management

Investment Suite

Pune Social Work program: 6 interventions driving change

Yardi’s Pune Social Work program, based in Yardi's office in Pune, India, focuses on the interconnected needs of those living in the vastis, densely populated areas of informal housing.

11 / 10 / 26

Giving

Graphic on why Rose Associates chose a single AI platform for multifamily, with Yardi and Rose Associates logos

How Rose Associates chose a single AI platform for multifamily

Rose Associates shares lessons on evaluating software, reducing complexity and choosing an AI platform for multifamily that grows with your business.

11 / 10 / 26

Who’s building apartments in the U.S.? Top developers and cities in a 1.2M-unit pipeline

11 / 10 / 26

AI governance in commercial real estate: Summit takeaways

AI governance in commercial real estate was the common thread at a Yardi Executive Summit panel. Hudson Pacific and JBG Smith explain how they trained users, piloted tools and built adoption.

11 / 09 / 26

Commercial

multifamily building and Yardi banner showing from lease to ledger

How property management software works [Complete guide]

Property management software (PMS) is a platform that connects leasing, CRM, accounting, maintenance and compliance in one operational system for a real estate portfolio. It works across four dimensions: inputs, workflows, outputs and integrations, which determine how much automation, visibility and control your operation gets.

11 / 06 / 26

Virtuoso

Commercial lease amendment software: Smart Lease fall update

Smart Lease adds amendment abstraction, a redesigned extraction screen, new review controls and auto-train, so teams can see every change before it reaches the lease record.

11 / 04 / 26

Commercial

See everything, decide faster: Senior living in the age of connected data

How 5 teams switched to senior living reporting dashboards

Hours spent on spreadsheets and conflicting data slow decisions. See how five senior living operators replaced manual reports with real-time dashboards powered by Yardi Senior IQ. Download the ebook.

11 / 03 / 26

Senior living

Senior IQ

Affordable housing and PHA professionals learning at a training event

Yardi resources that help build affordable housing skills

Yardi clients have access to exclusive resources that further a career in the industry by building affordable housing skills through training, events and on the job learning opportunities.

11 / 03 / 26

Aspire

YASC San Diego 2026 spotlights Virtuoso & AI Agents

YASC San Diego 2026, the biggest-ever Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference, brought together roughly 6,500 attendees from about 1,200 real estate organizations and Yardi experts for three days to exchange ideas and explore products.

11 / 02 / 26

The 11 Yardi Voyager Residential questions property managers ask most

10 / 30 / 26

Voyager Residential

Aspire

Welcome to the Yardi Senior CRM Road Show: Lessons, learning and more in six cities

Senior living CRM tips from operators on the road

Four senior living operators share CRM tips and results from the Yardi Senior CRM Road Show. See what they learned and get the free white paper.

10 / 30 / 26

Senior living

Events

Fall 2026 Aspire product update: New tools for every role

The Fall 2026 Aspire product updates bring a supervisor dashboard, a custom dashboard builder, a new learning plan experience, Open Threads and enhanced surveys and polling.

10 / 30 / 26

The AI impact on housing authority jobs

Learn more about the AI impact on housing authority jobs, including improvements to routine tasks such as recertifications and invoices, letting staff focus on residents.

10 / 29 / 26

PHA