by Patrick Revere
From Left, Tanner Buuck and Andrew Jones from Yardi work with a customer during the 2021 Florida Manufactured Housing Association Annual Conference in Sarasota, Fla.
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Yardi software is a solution for approximately 50% of multifamily and commercial properties in the country, and the company now has firm footing in manufactured housing. The billion dollar company with more than 7,000 employees has a dedicated team to service manufactured housing industry clients looking for property management and accounting systems. “We have the resources you would anticipate from a global company, but we also provide a very focused manufactured housing team,” Yardi Vice President Jeff Adler said. “It’s a good balance, we have a deep skillset to draw upon for our clients.” Andrew Jones and Tanner Buuck manage Yardi’s manufactured housing and self storage division, working
with the Yardi Breeze product that was redesigned for land-lease communities about three years ago. Adler said Breeze can be used to manage a single community and all the way up to the largest operators, all based on a per-homesite basis.
National Presence, Professional Resources Yardi has about 40 offices across the country, and has built a name in property management technologies, with accounting capabilities that require no other accounting software. With 4,000 clients today, Yardi tailors its features and schedules to the needs of manufactured home communit y operations today, particularly through the COVID-19 pandemic. The solutions
provide corporate and property-level website communication and transaction offerings. “You can do business on the platform, which is what is needed, particularly now. It’s been a critical strength but in the pandemic and coming out of the pandemic it’s proven all the more valuable,” Adler said. “From tracking lot rents and collection to managing loan servicing and utility billing,” Adler said. “They’re built together, it’s all web-based and easy to use." Simplifying back office work allows owners and managers to spend more time in front of residents, or prospects.
It’s property management and accounting with no need for Quickbooks. That’s the combination that I really think is attractive for property managers. -Jeff Adler “That’s where they should be,” Adler said. “The back office ideally should really take care of itself. And if you spend too much time thinking about your software, you have the wrong software.” MHV
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