Welcome to our first day of sessions at the Fall Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference (YASC) 2013, held this year in Anaheim, Calif. Our staff is thrilled to be here with more than 1,450 representatives of our valued Yardi clients, making this our biggest conference ever. Thank you for your attendance and making that record possible! Our goal for the next three days is to help you learn as much about our Yardi products as possible, and send you home from this great event armed with information that you can share with your on-site and administrative Yardi users. We’re also anxious to hear your feedback about our products, support and development process – it’s listening and responding to insight from our customers that has allowed Yardi Systems to be one of the real estate industry’s technology leaders for over 30 years. This morning, we’ll be beginning the day with a keynote address from Yardi founder and CEO Anant Yardi. He’ll tell us about the direction of the company and identify key industry trends that everyone in real estate management should be  aware of. Many clients have told us that they look to these remarks from Anant as a valuable guide for their business technology needs, so don’t miss the General Session beginning at 8:30 a.m. It will be followed by breakout overview sessions focusing on specific verticals, so you can learn about the hottest new Yardi deliverables for your industry. After that, we’re off to the races with over 200 courses that will be held through Friday midday. You should already be signed up for your selected classes prior to arrival, but if you need any assistance, simply visit the registration desk, where you can get all of your questions answered. In the midst of...

If you are joining us for our upcoming Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference in Anaheim, Calif., from Oct. 9-11, you can look forward to an experience that will be packed with value. From the course sessions, which are tailored to your corporate needs, to the chance to troubleshoot Yardi issues one-on-one in the computer lab, to networking and learning from your peers, there’s something for everyone at our bi-annual conference. Held for the first time this year in Anaheim, our entire conference team looks forward to meeting you and engaging productively to help you better use our software and systems. At the conclusion of each conference (events are held annually on the East Coast in the spring and on the West Coast in the fall), attendees are asked to review the speakers and teachers who led their classes. Thanks to their invaluable feedback, we were able to seek out some of the top Yardi experts who you may encounter at YASC. Thanks to their insight and contributions, we’re able to share a quick primer on some of the recommendations they have for you during your time at YASC, and we hope you’ll have a chance to check out their classes!   Dwayne Jordan Class everyone should take: “Tenant Ledgers is probably a good one. Everyone is going to have tenant ledgers, regardless of the market they are in. That’s a good class to help them troubleshoot some of those basic issues that everybody has.” What he’s teaching in October: Advanced recoveries, advanced lease administration, reporting and other features, retail calculations and reporting. (Commercial.) Why he’s a strong teacher: “I interact with clients as much as I can, stay upbeat and keep them on a good pace so they can ask questions and don’t feel uncomfortable...