Proven Experts in All Things Yardi

Yardi Software

 

As a premier Yardi Independent Consultant, RealFoundations has significant experience implementing, upgrading, and supporting the full suite of Yardi® products for our real estate clients, including global REITs, investment managers, property owners, operators, managers and developers. Our deep knowledge of Yardi software solutions enables us to meet our client’s most important functional requirements and deliver valuable outcomes that help improve operational efficiency and performance.


Our Yardi-Related Service Offerings

Since our inception in 2000, RealFoundations has completed more than 100 unique Yardi software implementations and upgrades as well as fulfilling thousands of Yardi-related services for our real estate clients. With access to the latest products, training and supporting materials through our proprietary (“sandbox”) instance of Yardi Voyager® and Yardi® Aspire (Learning Management System), RF is both a preferred implementation partner and a client of Yardi products. We partner with Yardi’s Professional Services Group (PSG) on large implementations in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.​ We also offer industry-leading accounting services through our proprietary and integrated r3 Managed Services Platform, powered by Yardi Voyager at its core.

Our Yardi-Related Service Offerings

Our Yardi Software Knowledge

RealFoundations’ practitioners maintain a deep understanding of the leading practices that enable process optimization and operational efficiency. Our knowledge and cross-module experience in various Yardi software products empower us to meet our real estate clients’ most important functional requirements and deliver valuable outcomes, consistently.


Elme Communities Customer Story

“This was so much more than a technology project, and with so much at stake, there wasn’t an opportunity for failure.” — Susan Lilly Gerock, SVP, IT & CIO, Elme Communities

Elme Communities’  SVP, IT & CIO Susan Lilly Gerock joined RealFoundations’ Enterprise Managing Consultant Barry Faulkner and Lead Managing Consultants Natalie Wilson and Dominic Hollands to discuss the Operating Model transformation Elme recently underwent — a complex and comprehensive evolution from a diversified REIT to a vertically integrated, multifamily company. The Elme team selected Yardi and RF was chosen to coordinate the implementation and project manage the resultant organizational change with Elme. Today, Elme relies on a robust and centralized system of record to provide more time to focus on their business intelligence platform to gain portfolio-specific insights and enhance decision-making.


FirstKey Homes Customer Story

FirstKey Homes

As a leading U.S. provider of single-family rental (SFR) homes, FirstKey Homes (FKH) has operations across the West, Midwest and Southeast. RealFoundations collaborated with FKH on a 15-month technology project to enhance the organization’s operational excellence as a leader in the burgeoning SFR market. The project dubbed the Yardi® Enterprise Transformation Initiative, or YETI, included a diagnostic assessment of FKH’s Yardi Voyager® platform to identify challenges with utilization, opportunities to strengthen the management of portfolio assets and performance reporting, and ways to better support future growth.

“We partnered with RF because of their deep experience in the single-family rental home space and record of success. The project yielded all the benefits identified by the diagnostic and came in on time and within budget despite the challenges created by working in a remote environment. The completion of this project provides a solid foundation to further scale our business and achieve our growth plans now and into the future.” — Jack Brennan, Chief Financial Officer, FirstKey Homes

The assessment revealed that FKH could be leveraging Voyager’s robust, native functionality more effectively to replace many time-consuming and error-prone manual tasks, including those historically handled with Excel. Consequently, RF redesigned and implemented a new instance of Yardi® 7S which allowed the company to streamline processes, automate more functions and significantly improve system performance and processing time. The project was almost entirely executed over distance through RealFoundations’ Modern Digital Workplace (MDW), powered by Microsoft, which allows the firm and its clients to collaborate in real-time from anywhere via any device with an Internet connection.


JPI Companies Customer Story

JPI Companies (JPI) engaged RealFoundations to provide strategic guidance and program management services during the recent migration from Great Plains to Yardi® Investment Management and Yardi® Job Cost, solutions from the industry-leading Yardi real estate technology platform. With over $2 billion in equity under management nationwide, JPI recognized the need to replace its legacy accounting system and implement a new, more robust environment, creating an improved integration between its financial and construction systems.

To streamline business processes within the new enterprise accounting solution, JPI and RealFoundations collaborated on the design of system configuration, leading practices and the deployment of the Yardi platform for JPI’s unique predevelopment, development, construction and investment management requirements.


Yardi Events

The Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference (YASC) connects real estate property managers, owners, operators and investors with solutions that help them grow and innovate. Attendees can stay ahead of industry trends and emerging challenges with a stimulating combination of on-demand classroom instruction, real-time consultations with Yardi software solution experts and interaction with industry peers. In-depth insight, exclusive entertainment and fun social events make YASC a can’t-miss gathering.

Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference (YASC) 2024Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference (YASC) Europe 2024
YASC North America 2025
September 3-5
San Diego, CA
YASC Europe 2025
November 11-12
London


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Brian Daugherty, Enterprise Managing Consultant

Brian Daugherty
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Hope Dunleavy, Enterprise Managing Consultant

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Chris Johnson, Enterprise Managing Consultant

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Brent McFerren, Enterprise Managing Consultant

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