Category: Technology

Yardi’s HOTMA Plan

Implementing HUD’s changes

Spend time with professionals from the affordable housing space and public housing agencies and you’ll likely hear a timely HUD topic brought up in conversation: HOTMA. It’s a buzz that has many public housing agencies and affordable housing providers asking questions and perhaps feeling concerned about how they will manage to implement new compliance mandates. […]

Power of Customization

Elevate Training with Aspire

In the dynamic world of property management, training and development play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of your team and the smooth operation of your business. As a leading learning management system (LMS) provider, we understand the importance of seamless integration and customization when it comes to training your valuable workforce. Our cutting-edge […]

Empowering Property Management

With AI Synergy

Artificial Intelligence was an important focus at the 2023 Apartmentalize conference. Utilizing AI will empower property management companies, but what is the difference between AI in operations? Augmented versus generative AI is used differently for specific tasks for property management. Let’s explore a synergistic approach that combines augmented and generative AI for enhanced customer experiences […]

Fur & Bytes

Unleashing Technology for Pets

Let technology do its work and have happy residents, less pet damage, plenty of renewals and profitability. Earlier this month, Apartmentalize highlighted the latest technology property owners and companies are embracing for their pet residents. Let’s explore these opportunities for innovation. Paws and Effect. Many property management companies are using the latest technology for their […]

Save Money, Drive Efficiency

See how with Aspire

Staying competitive in the property management industry requires comprehensive employee training programs. However, developing and administering training can be costly. Streamline training processes and reduce expenses with an advanced learning management system (LMS) from Yardi Aspire. Read on to see how Yardi Aspire, with its customizable training content and advanced features, empowers property management organizations […]

Energy, Technology

Keys to ESG

Stay Ahead of the Curve

Note: This article is adapted from an interview with Joe Consolo, Yardi’s industry principal for energy, that was published in PERE magazine. “ESG [environmental, social and governance] performance is becoming a key concern and differentiator for many real estate players,” PwC and the Urban Land Institute declared in their joint Emerging Trends in Real Estate […]

Embracing Bots

For Property Maintenance

Being a property owner can be a laborious job. Summer is fast approaching, so lawn care is a top priority. Unless you have the budget for a lawn care and landscaping service, Artificial Intelligence in recent years has made some remarkable robots. Here are some robots to use this summer to make yard work easier. […]

Loan Visibility

Yardi Debt Manager

Property owners routinely borrow money to purchase additional real estate assets. But, as with any loan, executing the loan information elements, including covenants, amortization schedules, collateral and critical dates, is a complicated business. The level of difficulty largely depends on the technology involved. Some borrowers go low-tech, tracking their information manually with separate spreadsheets and […]

Subscriptions as a Service

Business Model Evolves

The subscription economy is here to stay. What does this mean for businesses and consumers? A successful strategy is for companies and consumers to subscribe to services rather than buy products. Let’s explore how subscription services are quickly evolving. The pandemic accelerated the growth of the subscriber model at a rapid rate. Those businesses that […]

Less Risky Business

With Yardi Debt Manager

Financing the acquisition of real estate assets can maximize your returns. However, borrowing money not only puts liability on your balance sheets; it can also come with extra headaches and tedious tasks for you and your team, including tracking amortization and payment schedules, meeting covenants, and tracking collateral and critical dates. Executing all these obligations […]

AI Advancements

With Practical Applications

Artificial Intelligence is becoming far more than just a viral sensation. AI is becoming a technology that any business or person can leverage to revolutionize their work and day-to-day activities. Let’s explore some of the latest mind-blowing AI tools beyond Chat GPT. Similar to Chat GPT, Dall-E 2 will transform text prompts into computer graphics. […]

Tenant Portal Convenience

5 key features

Convenience is a key factor when providing online solutions to your tenants. But if they have to log into one platform to make a payment, another platform to submit work orders and a third – or fourth – to review documents and share sales data, are you offering them true convenience? What about maximizing convenience […]

Webinar Recap

IoT and Better Building Management

Building occupancy is unpredictable and costs property owners and managers time and money. Without technology that delivers reliable analytics to make sense of trends, resources are likely wasted. That’s where smart tech and the Internet of Things (IoT) comes in. In the recent BOMA Buildings webinar, “Practical Ways to use Data Analytics and IoT to […]

Document Management Musts

Five Features You Need

You’re likely familiar with the challenges of managing documents across your business, both for your staff and external users. A few of these challenges include maintaining consistent folder structures, managing security and permissions, integrating content and users, finding documents quickly and tracking multiple versions over time. You can overcome these challenges by storing and sharing […]

Making Sense of HOTMA

Yardi’s plan for PHAs in 2023

The Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) of 2016 brings significant changes to HUD’s public housing program. After years of preparation and implementation processes, public housing agencies across the country are ready to change the way they complete many of their core processes. Yardi is also ready for HOTMA with updates to our PHA Suite […]

The Metaverse

Real Estate's New Frontier

Is the virtual real estate market the new frontier thanks to the metaverse? Investors are now looking at metaverse real estate, an online platform where people can buy, sell, and lease virtual property, according to recent article in the New York Times. A general contractor and NFT (nonfungible token) collector, Gabe Sierra, in Miami, offered […]

Tech Trends from CES

Let's Get Nerdy

Significant changes in technology are coming. At the 2023 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, recognized for underscoring the latest technology, Steve Koenig, Consumer Technology Association vice president of market research, highlights the newest tech-savvy trends. “Cybersecurity, cloud, artificial intelligence, and robotics are all part of it and underpins the effort and the global […]

Optimize Facility Management

Reduce costs, raise asset value

How are you overseeing maintenance operations, managing service requests from tenants, tracking work orders with technicians and extending the health of equipment in your buildings? If you’re not using automation, you’re working too hard and spending too much money. It’s also easy for important things like timely repairs and inspections to fall through the cracks. […]

Scam Alerts

Avoid these common traps

There are thousands of new scams every year, which can be challenging to keep up with them all. However, remember these few tips, and you can avoid most scams while protecting yourself and your family.

Related Training Boosts Long-term Skills

New Yardi Aspire Feature

Want to train your leasing agents to perform with fewer errors and more confidence? Research shows that learning something once isn’t enough. If you want your staff to retain long-term software skills, you need learning software that implements immersive learning and repetitive practice. But how do you implement those features without overwhelming staff? How to […]

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