People

Karen Kossow YASC

Becoming a Big Fish

When it comes to the Washington, D.C. rental market, VP of Marketing Karen Kossow finds herself in a big pond with plenty of fish. As the one-woman marketing team at Community Realty Company (CRC), she is determined to grow with limited resources. She is overcoming her small fish status by working smarter, not harder. Step […]

10 / 19 / 15

Russell Tepper

With a quickly expanding footprint, Yardi client Mill Creek Residential is one of the nation’s largest multifamily developers. Last year, the company ranked No. 2, behind Alliance Residential, in number of units delivered. 2015 has already been another strong year for Mill Creek, with delivery of 7,000 units anticipated – up from just over 5,000 […]

10 / 07 / 15

Yardi Think Tank

LONDON – The burgeoning demand for rental property – particularly in London – means developers of build-to-rent schemes have a captive market, but everything else from valuation to finance and planning seems to be stacked against the sector significantly expanding. What do the pioneers of this form of development have to tell us about the […]

10 / 02 / 15

Congregate Housing Management

Repurpose + Revitalize

The concept of home comes in many shapes and forms. For the senior residents of South Hills in Pittsburg, home arrived in the shape of a high school. A school was probably one of the last places that seniors thought they would spend their golden years, yet Yardi client Congregate Management Services and its development arm […]

09 / 21 / 15

Michael Weiser

New York City’s strong multifamily market is creating some unusual trends and unprecedented opportunities for sellers to capitalize on their investments, says Michael Weiser, president of GFI Realty Services, Inc. In a recent interview, Weiser talked about the impact of rising prices for apartment properties, and the spillover effect on what were previously less-coveted assets […]

09 / 15 / 15

Debra Nutter

Debra Nutter, CEO of the Massachusetts based The Caleb Group, wants not just to house affordable residents, but to change their lives for the better. As a result, Nutter’s non-profit housing organization is encouraging HUD to expand its support for life skills programming to private non-profits, in addition to public housing authorities. The effort is […]

09 / 01 / 15

Fishy Business

If you work in the real estate business, chances are that at some point, someone has tried to tell you that your job is “all kinds of boring.” But most times, they sure are wrong. Not long ago we read a blog post published by one of our clients, Phoenix-based Gary Shaw of Arcadia Management […]

08 / 06 / 15

Housing and Helping

At the Caleb Group, a home is much more than just a place to rest at night. The affordable housing provider, based in Swampscott, Mass., aims to improve the lives of its residents. With a strong foundation of community service created by founders Joan and Warren Sawyer, the Caleb Group has been doing good works […]

07 / 30 / 15

Affordable housing

Karen Kossow

Community Realty Company is a leader in property management, leasing, and asset management for income producing properties in the Washington D.C. area and beyond, enhancing values for owner-investors and known for providing an exceptional tenant experience. We recently enjoyed an interview with Karen Kossow, Community Realty Company’s Vice President of Marketing. She talked about industry […]

07 / 29 / 15

Ali Shah

“I am a simple and ordinary person, who values the values of life,” says data entry specialist Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah. Born in Pakistan, Ali moved to Cluj-Napoca in 2008 after falling in love and marrying a Romanian woman. He joined the Yardi Romania family in 2011 as a neighborhood researcher, but switched along the […]

07 / 27 / 15

Michael Newman

When Michael Newman and Eugene Golub began their first commercial real estate deal in Poland, one of the first things they learned was that there was no Polish word that directly translated to “developer.” “The office market there was occupied by state owned companies in state owned buildings. No first class or modern office space […]

07 / 20 / 15

Honoring Veterans

Yardi client SilverCrest Properties is a growing senior housing specialist with a heart the size of Texas. At its properties in Minnesota and The Lone Star state, the company strives to make the golden years some of the most enjoyable and rewarding years of residents’ lives. One initiative, Honor Flight, has become a definitive moment […]

07 / 14 / 15

4 Lessons About Renters

For a short list of reasons, which are relatively uninteresting, I’ve recently become obsessed with the HGTV show House Hunters International (and its parent program, House Hunters). A couple of years ago, it was revealed that the elimination process featured on the House Hunters program is somewhat contrived – participants apparently have often already selected […]

07 / 10 / 15

Oakmont Senior Living

Many couples would deem themselves successes to have raised five children. Bill and Cindy Gallaher not only did that, but also founded and built senior community developer/builder Oakmont Senior Living in Santa Rosa, Calif. For good measure, they also founded an international adoption agency. Married for more than 41 years, the Gallahers brought two daughters […]

07 / 08 / 15

Brindley and Associates

Remote Yardi Training

According to the Association for Talent Development, American organizations spend an estimated $164 billion on employee training on each year. This ranges from 31.5 -56 hours of training per employee. This valuable time is spent simply learning how to optimize performance rather than putting those plans into action. Yardi client Brindley & Associates has cut […]

07 / 06 / 15

1 … 27 28 29 30 31 … 46