Category: People

Farris Haj

Yardi Employee Profile

When Farris Haj moved to Santa Barbara from Israel in 1984, he wasn’t sure what the future might hold. But he had heard from his cousin, who was living in Santa Barbara at the time, that it was a beautiful coastal city with warm people and strong educational opportunities. At age 18, Farris decided to […]

Domestic Violence Solutions Santa Barbara

Giving, People

Breaking the Cycle

Domestic Violence Solutions

Many Americans are unaware of the prevalence of domestic violence in our communities. Domestic Violence Solutions (DVS) strives to educate the public while creating a pathway of hope for those who experience domestic abuse firsthand. DVS is Santa Barbara County’s only full-service domestic violence agency, committed to ending the intergenerational cycle of domestic violence through […]

People

Focus on Manchester

UK Think Tank

UK Think Tank: Insight from a recent real estate roundtable held in coordination with Property Week. Manchester is one of the UK’s most successful locations for large-scale private rented sector projects. But what are the drivers of success? Yardi brought together a think tank to discuss future developments in the sector. OUR PANEL OF EXPERTS […]

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Westbrook Mgmt

Runs on Yardi

Maintaining a family-oriented company culture does mean limiting corporate growth. Westbrook Management of Milwaukee maintains the balance with Yardi Voyager. Westbrook Management supervises about 2,000 units, including 450 units of affordable housing. Anthony Franda joined Westbrook Management four years ago to serve as the Controller and CFO of the small organization. He quickly embraced the […]

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John Azar

MACC Venture Partners

For Yardi Matrix client John Azar, one of the most important aspects of any real estate transaction is rigorous due diligence. That means having the most comprehensive, up-to-date market information available to make a smart buying or selling decision. In 2016, Azar’s firm MACC Venture Partners began using Yardi Matrix for apartment market data, switching […]

People

Upgrade Achievement

Buzz Oates goes to Voyager 7S

The “Upgrade Like a Rock Star” series continues, offering insights for a smooth transition to Yardi Voyager® 7S, our latest property management platform. For the second installment, Kimberly Chambers, Senior Vice President, Accounting and Tax Services, at Buzz Oates real estate firm shares how she led her team through a two-month conversion from Voyager 6 […]

People

Value Opportunity

For British Shopping Centres

Editor’s note: the following article originally appeared in the British real estate publication Property Week on Nov. 25. Martin Betts is Yardi’s Sales Director for UK and Ireland. Are some shopping centre landlords guilty of thinking their asset is simply a property? They get the tenants in, the leases agreed and the rents start rolling […]

Marketing, People

Kelley Shannon

Meet the New Marketing Genius

Meet Kelley Shannon, Vice President of Consumer Marketing at The Bozzuto Group and marketing genius who started her professional career in accounting before changing courses to focus on brand management. “Coming from accounting where you’re looking at numbers all day, I was missing the creative piece. While I enjoyed the problem solving, I missed the […]

People

Redtail Ponds

A Place to Call Home

The first thing you notice when you visit the Redtail Ponds housing community in Fort Collins is how many residents have dogs. There are big ones and small ones, bulldogs and collies, mutts and mixes. Residents of the community proudly walk their pets in and out of the building’s front door, into a brisk fall […]

People

An Awesome Upgrade

For Avesta Homes

The “Upgrade Like a Rock Star” series highlights insider tips and tricks for a smooth transition to Voyager 7S, Yardi’s newest and most robust property management platform. For this installment, Yardi caught up with Will Newton, Director of Support Systems at Avesta Homes. His team converted from Voyager 6 to 7S more than two years […]

People

Beyond Credit Checks

Patrick Hennessey, Yardi

Patrick Hennessey, Vice President and General Manager at Yardi, joined the team in 2010 as an expert in screening software. He found Yardi’s small company feel and large company resources appealing. “We have a great team of people, cutting edge technology, and the efficiencies that a company the size of Yardi are able to attain […]

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Hillside House

Empowerment through Inclusion

Since 1945, Hillside House has edified Santa Barbara’s residents living with disabilities. The organization continues its mission into a new era that will expand services and build a stronger sense of inclusion in the community. The organization began as a care center for 15 young adults with cerebral palsy. Over time, it acquired the resources […]

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Affordable Care

Community Counseling + Education

Patricia Cooper found herself facing a two-fold void in the Santa Barbara community. A growing number of families were in desperate need of counseling, but they could not afford traditional services. Countless graduate students vied for scarce opportunities to fulfill their 3,000-hour residencies. Once the connection between the two dilemmas became evident, Cooper sprang into […]

People

Built to Last

Kaiserman Company

Philadelphia real estate developer and manager Kaiserman Company knows something about stability. It’s a third-generation family business founded in 1923. Some residential properties the company built in the 1950s still stand. Many of its retail and office building tenants have been clients for decades. Today, Kaiserman seeks another type of permanence: environmental preservation, a goal […]

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McKinney & Olive

Crescent's new masterpiece

Crescent Properties recently revealed McKinney & Olive, a Class A office building in one of the most desirable zip codes in Dallas. Yardi sat down with Montie Rouze, Vice President of IT, at the Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference in May to learn more about the new project. “They call McKinney & Olive the ‘sexy building’ […]

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Truth in Numbers

Accounting for Senior Living

Sentio Healthcare Properties continues to expand its use of Yardi Voyager across its property portfolio.

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MC Companies

Activism on Autism

The first thing you notice on MC Companies website is that the Arizona-based multifamily housing provider is a very compassionate company. It’s one of the traits that make them one of Arizona’s “most admired companies.” The “Good Life Promises” that are part of the firm’s foundational values include a rent rescue program that excuses late […]

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Great Goals

Barkan Management Company

One of Jim Merski’s favorite quotes, rooted in a 17th Century Italian proverb, is “Good is the enemy of great.” “Our goal is to be great,” says Merski, chief financial officer of Boston-based Barkan Management Company Inc., a Yardi client that manages 147 residential communities with more than 23,000 units, primarily condominiums, along with other […]

Giving, People

Combating Cancer

Fundraising and Awareness

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. As a company, one of our core values is community service. Participating in nonprofit work and giving back is a shared part of the culture at Yardi. Many of our employees give back regularly through local and global charities, volunteerism, and raising awareness. Yardi is honored to support organizations […]

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Wikimedia Foundation

All Human Knowledge, Free

The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit that’s dedicated to empowering and engaging people around the world to share in free knowledge. The organization supports and hosts Wikipedia and its sister Wikimedia sites, with the vision of allowing everyone, everywhere to freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Three projects have helped expand the scale […]

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