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Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson is a veteran of the affordable housing industry. In 33 years at ALCO Management, he’s held “just about every job from Accounting Manager to CFO to COO to CAO,” he told me at Yardi’s Fall Advanced Solutions Conference in Anaheim, Calif. But Michael loves his work, and in his current position as Chief […]

12 / 16 / 13

Easy Yardi Training

Multifamily real estate development and management firm Simpson Housing LLLP® has streamlined its employee training by making Yardi eLearning™ the gateway to hundreds of company-sponsored online training classes. Simpson Housing uses Yardi eLearning to deliver webinars, in-person classes and on-demand self-study courses on various aspects of property management directly to employees. “We present about 400 […]

12 / 13 / 13

Bedrock Real Estate

Detroit refuses to settle for the status of a has-been city. Tough economic times have certainly taken a toll. But rather than losing hope, city leaders are seizing the opportunity to recreate The Motor City as a metropolitan hub valued for its cultural offerings. Yardi client Bedrock is leading the way in the resurgence of […]

12 / 11 / 13

Steven Maher

Condo conversions can be risky business. That’s the lesson learned in Chicago over the last four years, where many efforts to transition apartment properties into for-sale condominium units flopped – and in some cases even reverted back to apartments once again. Chicago, the nation’s third largest condo market, saw median sales prices plummet when the […]

12 / 09 / 13

Mukang Cho

Being tied to one city has never been In-Rel Properties’ CEO Mukang Cho’s M.O. Born in South Korea, he lived in eight countries while growing up due to the career of his father, Key-sung Cho, a diplomat who served as the South Korean ambassador to Guatemala, Peru and Argentina.  The family’s immersion into Latin America […]

11 / 25 / 13

Alexis Vance

Alexis Vance wants to get inside the minds of the Millennials. So the vice president of marketing for Yardi client Alliance Residential Co. and her team completed an in-depth demographic analysis that revealed not just facts, but helpful nuance, about the country’s newest powerful renting and spending cohort. With a nationwide portfolio that touches 24 […]

11 / 11 / 13

Jane Griffith

At the heart of most talented marketing professionals is a creative and artistic sensibility. It’s something that Tarragon Property Services’ Jane Griffith was able to express in spades with her recent work on best-selling author and leadership trainer Ken Blanchard’s “Whale Done My Wonderful One!” The original iteration of Blanchard’s “Whale Done!: The Power of […]

11 / 05 / 13

Mackenzie Green

Yardi client Housing York, Inc (HYI) is The Regional Municipality of York’s non-profit housing corporation and the seventh largest housing provider in Ontario. This year, HYI added Mackenzie Green to its portfolio of sustainable housing. Located in Richmond Hill, one of the fastest growing communities in Canada, Mackenzie Green has demonstrated a complete approach to […]

11 / 04 / 13

Kyle Kazan

While biking down The Strand in Orange County, Kyle Kazan blends in with other fitness seekers and nature lovers. With his broad smile and down-to-earth demeanor, one couldn’t easily tell the years of graveyard shifts and pavement pounding that it took to build his company from the ground up. That company is now a Yardi […]

10 / 28 / 13

A Home Run

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 […]

10 / 24 / 13

New York State MTA

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 […]

10 / 21 / 13

Jeff Elowe

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 […]

10 / 16 / 13

Mercy Housing

Mercy Housing has found the key ingredients to a successful affordable housing community. Trendsetting design, effective public programing, and soulful community involvement have been combined to create award-winning communities that are residents’ pride. For more than 30 years, Yardi client Mercy Housing has offered program-enriched affordable housing for families, seniors, veterans, those with special needs, […]

10 / 01 / 13

A Rising Star

Billy Pettit, senior vice president of Seattle’s Pillar Properties, has been named 2013 Rising Star of the Year by a major multi-family trade publication, Multifamily Executive. Pettit’s aggressive rebranding of Pillar’s marketing strategy and strong leadership of the company, a division of R.D. Merrill Co., helped earn him the award. A passionate and creative visionary […]

09 / 19 / 13

John Crossman

John Crossman has taken a career in commercial real estate to exceptionally contributive heights. Not content to focus solely on the success of the company he helms, the 42-year-old Floridian takes the time to speak to college students, volunteer and fundraise for non-profit and social justice causes, and all the while maintaining a focus on […]

09 / 09 / 13