Welcome back. Over the course of 2013, we featured many exciting milestones for Yardi here on The Balance Sheet. It was a year of strong growth for many of our clients, and Yardi’s products evolved to help support their goals and plans in the world of real estate. Here’s a look at some of the stories we featured that you might not want to miss. Find the highlights from January to June, published yesterday, right here. July Realcomm announced the winners of the 2013 Commercial Real Estate Digital Innovation Awards (AKA the “Digies”), including an award for Best Real Estate Technology Innovation, which was won by Yardi’s Commercial Leasing Pad. Yardi acquired Pierce-Eislen, a real estate research and reporting firm focusing on the multi-family industry. Teams from Yardi’s Pune, India office, selected a local non-profit organization to benefit from their  collaborative volunteer efforts. Dennis Shelly retired from Yardi after serving as a shipping assistant in the Santa Barbara office for eight years. In his free time he mentored at-risk kids. REALTORS® and Multiple Listing Services expressed concern about the practice of “scraping” exercised by some listing aggregators. Point2 took a stand. August Additional options for credit screening, including a new solution being offered by Yardi Resident Screening, help address the issue of potential renters who lack credit scores. September Yardi Atlanta moved to a new, “greener” home. Mansell Overlook, the new location, received LEED Gold for Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance. When Saul Klein realized the incredible potential that the Internet held to change the business of real estate, he was way out ahead of a forthcoming revolution. Today, he’s a widely renowned industry expert and part of the Yardi team. Top-rated teachers from our bi-annual YASC conference offered their advice about which classes to take at the event. Their timeless insight is valuable for any future YASC attendee. October We released a new version of our flagship product that is browser and device agnostic, generating great excitement from clients and prospects industry-wide. Yardi Voyager 7S is here. Kicking off Fall YASC 2013, Yardi Systems founder and CEO Anant Yardi addressed to 1,450 Yardi clients about the future of technology and the habits of the multifamily industry’s newest renters. For more than a decade, Yardi has provided the software platform that powers the New York State’s Metropolitan Transit Authority Real Estate Department’s  financial record-keeping and reporting services. The Walk-in Payment System (WIPS™), available as part of Yardi Payment Processing™, was introduced as a solution alternative to accepting cash and money orders. Yardi and WhiteFence integrated their platforms so that renters have an easier renting and moving experience than ever before. November Did you know that Yardi’s flagship system, Yardi Voyager®, is also the software of choice for a ground-breaking shopping center in Abu Dhabi, Dubai? Yardi COO Gordon Morrell was featured on a UC Santa Barbara blog for his exemplary accomplishments as an alumni of the university. Using Yardi’s RentCafe end-to-end marketing and leasing solution, Tarragon has been able to offer online leasing, responsive marketing websites, marketer and children’s book illustrator Jane Griffith told us. Yardi Voyager is used by companies and agencies around the world. But a training session for Yardi’s flagship product had probably never been delivered in American Sign Language (ASL) until 2013. Natural disasters both abroad and at home were devastating for the Philippines – where Typhoon Haiyan killed nearly 6,000 people – and in Illinois, where tornadoes destroyed more than 400 homes. Yardi has a long track record of providing financial assistance to disaster victims, and that tradition continued. December Each year, Yardi’s customer support team – better known as CSD – celebrates the outstanding accomplishments of its many associates with help from clients. We recognized them, too. Yardi eLearning™ is the gateway to hundreds of company-sponsored online training classes for two clients that are already using the new product to streamline their training...

Over the course of 2013, we featured many exciting milestones for Yardi here on The Balance Sheet. It was a year of strong growth for many of our clients, and Yardi’s products evolved to help support their goals and plans in the world of real estate. Here’s a look at some of the stories we featured that you might not want to miss. January Client Roscoe Properties shared the story of how they are using Yardi to aid in their mission of being a paperless property management company. Our vice president of technology Jay Shobe shared the story of how he evolved from Yardi intern to lead programmer .. and told us about the rock ‘n’ roll he’s played along the way. Yardi supported the efforts of our local Habitat for Humanity chapter to build affordable housing in Santa Barbara. Yardi offices around the nation participate in Habitat projects each year. We opened a new Yardi office in Dubai, which quickly grew and expanded to serve our growing client base in the Middle East. February An illuminative video featuring our unique corporate culture was produced. It gives great insight into what it’s like to work at Yardi. Yardi supported the fundraising efforts of the National Multi-Housing Council on behalf of the Folds of Honor Foundation. Global Solutions product specialist Kim Maddox shared her exceptional background from the world of commercial real estate technology. The multifamily industry celebrated National Apartment Careers month. We highlighted some of the interesting jobs that our clients’ employees enjoy. March Customer care and curling collide in Cory Hawkes, part of our team at Point2 in Saskatoon, Canada. Cory is a committed team player both on the ice and in the office Esther Bonardi, industry principal for Yardi Marketing Solutions, was honored to be named to the national Apartment All Stars team of multifamily experts. Our Yardi global data center network expanded with a new center in Sydney, Australia. Looking for a great deal on a new home? You need look no further than the HUDHomeStore App Yardi created for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which recorded tens of thousands of downloads in 2013. April Yardi sponsored the 2013 UC Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency, where U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu was among the featured speakers. Richard Gerritsen, Yardi European regional sales director, was featured in an article from Deloitte that focused the rise of the alternative fund industry and the transformation of business operating models Our clients at CBRE shared how they spread corporate empathy through volunteerism and other widespread philanthropic efforts. We made an effort to highlight clients who care all year long. Multifamily managers that wanted  to harness the power of Walk Score ccould take advantage of the site’s walkable grading service with its built-in functionality on RentCafe marketing websites. May For the NYC Parks Department, the property management and accounting side of its daily operations are of utmost importance. Yardi helps manage the agency’s vast leisure and recreation portfolio, from zoos to concessions. Not too many apartment renters can say they’ve seen the Budweiser Clydesdales pull up to their apartment building. But that happened to one property managed by Yardi. Clients connected with their Yardi contacts, and were able to give their feedback to Yardi developers, paving the way for products that are a reflection of clients’ needs at YASC DC 2013. “We’ve attended YASC in DC and Santa Barbara for several years now,” said a team member of affordable housing client New Directions. “Every year we learn something new.” June Did you know that one of the planet’s highest skyscrapers has a Yardi connection? Check out Malaysia’s Petronas Towers. Point2 showed real estate agents how a curbside snapshot can be so much more than just a pretty picture through use of smart technology. Connect, innovate, and inspire were the themes behind the 2013 National Apartment Association Education...