The Balance Sheet - Yardi Corporate Blog

Commercial Projects: Controlled but Creative

Slower pace, remarkable projects

While the movie “Field of Dreams” gave voice to the commercial development mantra “If we build it, they will come,” in the past few years this generally enthusiastic group has been admirably cautious

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NAA Goes to D.C.

Capitol Conference Mar. 11-14

Multifamily goes to Washington for the Capitol Conference this week, March 11 – 14. The National Apartment Association hosts this four day conference to allow the apartment industry to meet their members of Congress face-to-face and discuss how federal legislation could impact them and their businesses. This year’s theme is “Maximizing Our Advocacy ROI.” The […]

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New iPad arrives – What can it do for you?

Mobile business solutions

Property management firms are increasingly likely to turn to mobile devices like iPads to aid in the on-site residential lease-up process. IT managers for major multi-family and commercial management firms say that they’re using the devices to keep their employees better connected, impress potential residents, and steam line business processes. This week, Apple gave the […]

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Tom Schneider

Waypoint Real Estate Group

“The best way to learn from anything is just to jump in” – is a motto that has carried Tom Schneider from the college football field to his work in the residential property management industry. As one of the first employees at Oakland-based Waypoint Real Estate Group, Tom’s eager approach to learning and doing has […]

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Trends in Investment Management

Rob Teel Talks Commercial Real Estate

We talked to Rob Teel, Vice President, Yardi Global Solutions, about his thoughts on current trends in investment management, specifically commercial real estate portfolios. What’s hot? As a result of the global financial crisis, investors and portfolio managers are taking a heightened interest in three things: Cycle time, transparency, and risk analysis, before and after […]

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Welcome to The Balance Sheet

Timely insight and interaction

Welcome to the official Yardi Corporate Blog, the place to get news and information about all things real estate that matter to you. We’ll talk to experts in house and out to gain professional insight from the many real estate niches that are of interest to you. You’ll be reading about Yardi employees and […]

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Scott Pechersky

Alliance Residential

2011 may have been a rough year to be a Pittsburgh Steelers football fan, but Scott Pechersky of Alliance Residential in Phoenix, Ariz. sticks with the black and yellow through thick and thin. A Microsoft networking guru at the start of his career, Scott has become known in the residential real estate industry as a […]

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Moving to the Private Cloud

With the Private Cloud, the Sky is Truly the Limit

What’s the next big move for companies wanting to keep their business’ IT infrastructure, applications, and support management in step with the latest trends? If your business is struggling with servers that are out of date or need to be replaced, or you just want to be more nimble and future-focused while maximizing cost-effectiveness, perhaps […]

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MIPIM Cannes March 6-9

International Real Estate

MIPIM France is up and running at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France. As the “leading international real estate fair”, MIPIM sets a standard of excellence by bringing together top real estate experts with international economists, investors, builders, and government officials. MIPIM publicizes the event as 4 days, 60+ conferences, and 250 speakers so there’s […]

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Beacon Now Available

Affordable Housing News

A new software solution for smaller affordable housing property managers and public housing authorities is now available from Yardi Systems. Yardi Beacon™ a browser-based software solution, provides seamless integration of property management, accounting and compliance features. The product includes a complete online property management system with an integrated general ledger including accounts payable, accounts receivable […]

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Greener Building Design

Commercial gets eco-friendly

Building design has taken a big leap forward in the past decade. There is more attention paid to sustainability and efficiency, and buildings are better integrated into their environments, which by default makes them more attractive than the box-like and sometimes fortress-style structures of the ‘70s and ‘80s. However, such efforts still have a long […]

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Flying High with 4G

Better WiFi in the friendly skies

If you have not yet given in to the temptation to splurge on in-flight Wi-Fi, you are not alone. USA Today offers a relatively dismal assessment of the current state of the business. The low-lights include only a seven percent sign-up rate in 2011, and a tech bottleneck that severely limits bandwidth. The biggest barrier […]

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YASC DC 2012

Learn, network, socialize

Registration for Yardi’s Advanced Solutions Conference, scheduled for May 22-24 in Washington, D.C., is underway. Yardi clients benefit greatly from the classes and training sessions offered at the biannual YASC events, held in the fall in Santa Barbara and in the spring in Washington. May’s lineup of events includes: showcase of new Voyager and Cloud […]

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Raspberry Pi

Affordable tech trends

When I first heard about Raspberry Pi, I started thinking about summer baking season. Then I started checking out the extensive publicity received by this British-based accessible computing project and got more excited about its potential as food for thought. The $32 computer, comprised of naked components on a board, went on sale Feb. 29 […]

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Yardi Acquires ALMSA Corp.

Senior housing news

The newest company to be welcomed into the Yardi family provides electronic health record and electronic medication administration record software and services for assisted living and long-term care communities. ALMSA Corporation, based in Eagle, Idaho, was founded by a team of long term care professionals with longtime experience in the industry. The company’s software platform […]

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