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YASC DC Day One

News and insight

Welcome to YASC DC 2012. We’re here at the Washington Hilton in our nation’s capital, where warm spring rain showers and lightning greeted YASC attendees as they arrived from all over the country to attend this exciting conference. 10 a.m. – This morning’s general session in the International Ballroom got today’s classes off to a […]

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YASC DC 2012

Train & network with Yardi Clients

Twice a year, Yardi Systems offers multi-day intensive training courses for its clients who use Yardi products to do business every day. Known as the Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference – YASC – the gatherings take place in Santa Barbara, Calif. in the fall and Washington, D.C. in the spring. Tomorrow YASC D.C. 2012 kicks off […]

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We’re DC Bound

Find YASC coverage here

We hope that you’ll check out our coverage, starting Monday, of the Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference in Washington, D.C. This biannual event is an opportunity for Yardi Systems clients to become trained in our latest product updates and offerings, network with other industry professionals and experience spring in the nation’s capital. One of Yardi’s priorities […]

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Yardi Acquires MSG

Energy management services

Yardi Systems announced today that it has acquired ista North America’s Multifamily Services Group (MSG), a company that provides utility metering, billing, and management for multifamily, military and manufactured properties. With the acquisition of ista MSG, Yardi will become one of the largest providers of energy management services in the U.S., serving more than 700,000 […]

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MHN, CPE Now Digital-Only

Online industry insight

Two publications that deliver news and insight about the multifamily and commercial sectors of the real estate industry, Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive, are moving to an online-only content distribution model. “We determined that the resources associated with printing and delivering are better allocated to giving our readers the absolute best content in the […]

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Bike to Work Day

Celebrating CycleMAYnia

Yardi employees in Goleta, Calif. are encouraged to join their coworkers in cycling to work on Tuesday, May 15 in celebration of Bike to Work Day. Tuesday is just one of many events organized in May in celebration of cycling. Those who ride to work can enjoy a free Goleta-wide breakfast sponsored by Yardi in […]

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Let’s Move Together

Yardi takes on Arthritis Walk

Back in March we introduced you to Marilyn Hansen, programmer, runner, and charity volunteer extraordinaire. This month, Marilyn has organized a team of Yardi employees to participate in the Santa Barbara Arthritis Walk, a yearly event put on by the Arthritis Foundation and one of their major fundraising events. Arthritis is the most common cause […]

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Share Our Strength

Tasty treats benefit hungry kids

This week, Yardi Systems’ Santa Barbara office held a bake sale with a fabulous variety of treats – from red velvet cupcakes to toffee-crunch chocolate cookies to parfaits to peanut butter buckeyes – all to benefit Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale, which raises money to prevent child hunger. With 1 in 5 kids […]

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ALFA Honor

Pathway Senior, Yardi share award

Yardi and Pathway Senior Living, a Yardi client, have received the 2012 Best of the Best Award in the technology adoption category by the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), it was announced Monday, May 7. The award recognizes contributions from Pathway Senior Living, a Top 80 assisted living provider, to Yardi’s development of the […]

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Cost of Conservation

Conforming to IECC will be pricey

Energy conservation, resource preservation, personal health and the environment have taken priority in recent revisions of building codes. Few would claim that such issues are negligible. Problems arise, however, when architects, builders and owners are faced with a myriad of costly code standards that may not be able to yield desirable returns. Adapting the 2009 […]

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Bed Bugs Bite

Eradication isn't easy

Bed bugs have re-emerged in the multifamily housing industry after a nearly 50 year sabbatical. Not since World War II has the US experienced such an infestation. According to reports released by the National Apartment Association, bed bug-related reports have increase by more than 60 percent since 2004. In the past, property owners turned to […]

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5 Takeaways from AIM

Conference highlights

This year’s Apartment Internet Marketing (AIM) conference, which concluded today in Phoenix, definitely put the “social” in social media by the sharing of information between hundreds of multifamily executives. Conference panelists included people across the gamut of the industry, including speakers from Yelp, apartmentratings.com, Google and many others. And we can’t leave out the stuffed […]

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Selling to Seniors

Niche communities emerge

As the Baby Boomers head into their retirement years, a new market for senior housing is opening up – niche residential communities that cater to active older adults. Concept living, based around activities like education, recreation, or belief systems, is a hot trend. With today’s seniors enjoying longer life expectancies than ever before, the option […]

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Redefining Residential

Luxury in multifamily

Yvonne A. Jones has had a long and accomplished career in commercial real estate. Currently Managing Director of Asset and Property Management at Chicago-based McCaffery Interests, Inc., she’s also serving as President-Elect at IREM Chicago, Chapter 23. Recently The Balance Sheet had the chance to talk to Jones about her new foray into the residential […]

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Fair Housing Month

Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream

April is Fair Housing Month. Created in the aftermath of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., the 1968 Fair Housing Act aimed to eliminate housing discrimination in every neighborhood. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sponsors a month long celebration that began on April 4 – the 44th […]

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